November 13, 2014

Brrrr!  It's cold outside!  I am so glad to see that most of the students are dressed for the weather.  Please make sure your child is warm enough with the clothes they have with them.  Even if they don't want to wear mitts it doesn't hurt to throw a pair in their backpack just in case. :)

Here's how our day went:

1. Opening exercises - the students wrote a journal entry about if they could travel back in time, when would they travel to!
2. W.W. - We focused on quotation marks today, and Punctuation Pig came out to help us along too.  The students generally seem to have a solid grasp on how to use quotation marks, and were enjoying editing students writing. 
3. Handwriting - the 3's moved on to letters u, w, c, and o, while the 4's worked on I, i, and some review
4. Math - the 3's worked on counting money today (ask them about the "bag of money" they received), and the 4's worked on dividing using arrays.
5. R.W. - we started our first guided reading groups of the year today!  Each child has been placed in a group that best suits their reading level.  They will work through a book with their group, reading out loud, and occasionally on their own, doing group activities together about the book as well.  This will culminate in a project about their book as well.
6. P.E. - with Mr. Banman
7. R.W. - with Mr. Ediger
8. Chapel - led by Mrs. Ryskamp