Archive for May, 2007

Measuring Can Be Fun!

Mrs. Buck's update for May 10th 2007

A Word Ladder sheet had us expanding our vocabulary.  Spelling activities had us working with our weekly words.  Our Word of the Day today was:  “won.”  We worked in our literacy groups at the rug, class book, and centers.  Today was Pennsylvania Day for the fourth grade.  Their plays were very informative!  We enjoyed watching […]

The Peanut is Amazing!

Mrs. Buck's update for May 9th 2007

Our day began with spelling activities and a Word Ladder sheet. At library, we listened to Mrs. Devine read Today I Feel Silly. It had us giggling like crazy! In reading, we finished up reading The Extra-Good Sunday. The dinner turned out to be okay. In phonics, we worked with […]

Ramona Has Some Crazy Ideas!

Mrs. Buck's update for May 8th 2007

Our day began with a Word Ladder sheet and spelling activities.  We sure love doing those word searches!  Our Word of the Day today was: “with.”  It was very easy to make spicy sentences using this word.  In reading, we began reading The Extra-Good Sunday.  It is a chapter from the book Ramona Quimby:  Age […]

Do You Know How to Find the Perimeter of a Plane Figure?

Mrs. Buck's update for May 7th 2007

What a great start to a brand new week! We began a new chapter in spelling. All of our words have the same sound as the word “ball.” After our Word Ladder sheet, we worked with our Word of the Day: “winner.” In grammar, we created a similie poem as […]

Water Ice Only Made Our Friday Even Cooler!

Mrs. Buck's update for May 4th 2007

Our Friday began with spelling activities and a Word Ladder Sheet.  Our Word of the Day was:  “whole.”  After working in our literacy groups, we took our spelling and selection tests.  A review of inflected endings proved helpful in phonics.  First Friday Mass was beautiful.  The first grade did a great job!  Father DiMaria’s homily […]