Wednesday

Today in music, we had a substitute and we played The Old Gray Cat. We played Down by the Banks in morning meeting this morning.  We had a test in math on geometry. In reading we finished the book Crickwing which was about cockroaches. We had the last day of math WIN groups in the morning. After lunch and recess, we finished Trumpet of the Swan! In writing workshop, we worked on a special project and then worked on our stories. We ended the day with a story about butterflies.

Tuesday

We had math in the morning today! Today in PE, we made mini-golf courses. At science with did new drawings of dragonflies and other insects that have symmetry. During math stations, some people stayed in the classroom and some people went out of the classroom to different places. In reading we read Crickwing and wrote down our questions. Today was awesome!

Monday

 Today in morning meeting, we had quite a few people share. That seems to always happen on Mondays! We wrote Weekend News and did Writing Share. After snack, we went to the computer where it was really cool! We typed up our writing benchmarks for Mrs. Griffin. We also illustrated them so we can put them in a book. In reading, we worked on the workboard and started to talk about the strategy of questioning. Some people met in reading groups. After lunch, we read aloud and then in math we talked about flat surfaces and curved surfaces.  We did a scavenger hunt around the classroom looking for objects that have flat surfaces and curved surfaces.  At the end of the day, we fit in some science with insects.

Homework went home today. It is due on Monday.

Friday

Today in art we did our self portraits. Miss Sarah came in to help. Today we had Ketchup Work to do. We did math with Mrs. Jones and read a book with riddles.  This afternoon it was really hot. We got to go into the computer lab to work on our Storybirds.

Have a great weekend!

Thursday

Ms. Adams came back! Today was a zigger zagger because we had an assembly and we started PE in the classroom. Today parents came in for lunch. In the assembly, everyone sang. We had math WIN groups. People who had enrichment reading didn't do it. In reading, we did Scholastic News. We didn't have an activity in morning meeting. In math, we did an activity about lines and curves. At recess, it was really crowded with the parents. In writing workshop, we typed.

Wednesday

We had a fast morning meeting today before music.  After music we did the MAP test for math. There were some computer glitches, but almost everyone is done. We had reading after that. Today was the first day of WIN groups for math. It was fun to "mix it up". It was inside recess. We had writing workshop in the afternoon. Different people did different things!  Have a super night!

Tuesday

Today feels like a Monday!  A lot of people shared at Morning Meeting today. Today in writer's workshop, we worked on our Weekend News because we didn't have school yesterday. Today in gym, we played Jewel Thief. This is when you have teams and there is a big bucket with balls.  You pretend they are diamonds and you try to steal them.  In reading, we did the work board. We read The Grouchy Ladybug and determined the main characters, the settings, and a major event. This is what we need to do for our Write about Reading this week. Today in science we learned that insects are symmetrical. This means that something is the same on both sides, like in a mirror. We read a long chapter of Trumpet of the Swan: only 4 more to go!  Today in math, we learned about geometry and had a pretest as well as a Mad Minute.

Please remember to memorize the poem for Thursday.  There is no homework other than that unless you had some catch up work to do.  That was sent home on Thursday.