Archive for September, 2007

Our “All About Me” Windsocks Are Beautiful!

Mrs. Buck's update for September 14th 2007

Our Word of the Day today was:  confuse.  Today was our last day for spelling activities for the week.  After meeting with our literacy groups to come up with team names, we took our spelling and reading tests.  We practiced our l’s and b’s in handwriting.  They are so similar!  After recess, we reviewed sentences.  […]

Do You Live in a Suburban, Urban, or Rural Community?

Mrs. Buck's update for September 13th 2007

Our Wonderful Word of the Day today was:  budge.  After working on spelling activities, we reviewed our homework.  We are very excited to start working at our literacy centers next week.  Today, Mrs. Buck explained how we will move through the centers and what is expected of us.  It’s going to be a fun way […]

Officer Buckle and Gloria Make a Great Team!

Mrs. Buck's update for September 12th 2007

Our Word of the Day today was: brief. Did you know it can be used as a noun, verb, and adjective? After spelling activities, we finished reading Officer Buckle and Gloria with partners. We really liked this story. The illustrations were imaginative. Using the back portion of our ILA […]

Our First Gym Class with Mr. Bruno Was Fun!

Mrs. Buck's update for September 11th 2007

Today’s Wonderful Word was:  agreeable.  If someone says that you are agreeable, you are easy to get along with.  What a compliment!  After working on spelling activities, we began reading Officer Buckle and Gloria.  Gloria had us giggling just like the children in the audience.  It was nice to see our vocabulary words used throughout […]

Do You Know How to Classify Vocabulary Words?

Mrs. Buck's update for September 10th 2007

Our morning began with our Wonderful Wizard Word of the Day:  abroad.  We started our first set of weekly spelling activities today.  The word search was a huge hit!  After working with our words and using them in sentences, we explored our reading vocabulary words for this week.  In small groups, we classified the words […]