We are over the first hump! Another good day in 405-406! Our day started with a little writing! We continue to focus on characters, settings and event! I really am enjoying watching the kids apply our mini lessons to their individual work! What great learners! After writing we had an opportunity to share our writing! So…now we are learning that we are writing for an audience. It is very important that we make sure our sentence matches our picture, we use our very best handwriting and we include all important elements of our sentence!

I like you too, Thatcher! 

I love the invented spelling! Great job on scavenger!
Look at the detail in this picture.  She is holding a "magnifying
glass so that I can see the ants more clearly!"

I played with my army guys!  We learned that guys is JUST like
Miss "GUY"!  (and it's on the wall)

We continue talking about books that fit just right! I introduced the I pick good fit books strategy!!! I look at a book, Purpose, Interest, Comprehend, Know most of the words! We reviewed the 3 ways to read books and then discussed what the students in Read to Self should look like and sound like as well as what the teacher should be doing! Then all 44 of us practiced read to self and the I pick strategy! We did a pretty good job!!! After reading it was time to go to the cafeteria (for practice), recess and lunch!

During math today we had our FIRST LOST TOOTH. Jackson was able to add the first tally of the year and got to take home the tooth fairy bag. What an exciting time! We continued to practice workstations. Today we introduced a matching game and added that into the rotation. We had to stop workstations a couple of times to go over what station time would sound like but once we reviewed we were good to go!

The students are reflecting on the different ways numbers
were represented in our memory game. 

Today in science we drew ourselves as scientist in our science journal! And believe it or not…it was then time to pack up, eat snack and go to specials! We went to ART today!

A few reminders: 1. Flash Drives due ASAP 2. Field trip t-shirt money 8.00 due ASAP (Safety Town is coming up!) 3. Google Doc forms due! I will resend these this weekend to those I have not received them from!

I hope your children are enjoying school as much as I am! This is a FUN group of kids! I am looking forward to spending the next 170 plus days with them! Thanks again for sharing them with me!