Wednesday

I look forward to meeting you at Open House this evening.  I will be here from 6:30 to 7:30PM in the classroom.  See you then!

Today, we had music right off at 8:10.  2F has been great about getting in the room and getting ready for  a special!  It's impressive!

After Morning Meeting and snack, we made a Who am I? book where we wrote riddles for people to guess.  These were all put into a book to be read in the classroom.  After that, we read Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox.  This is a story about a boy who befriends an older woman who has lost her memory.  The boy finds objects to help her get memories back.  Students have their first homework assignment!  I sent home a paper bag with directions on it.  They are to find 5 things to put in their bags that spur memories for them.  These will be shared with the class and I will take pictures of each student with their items for their portfolios.  This assignment is due no later than Monday.

During Word Work, I explained how to do an activity called Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check.  We will work on this tomorrow as we ran out of time!

Speaking of running out of time, we had a fire drill today that cut into our math time.  We are working on place value but I will need to finish up the lesson tomorrow!  I also read The Conversation Club to them and we talked about taking turns to speak and raising our hands.