Archive for January, 2008

Mr. Buck Was Our Mystery Reader!

Mrs. Buck's update for January 31st 2008

Our Wonderful Word of the Day today was:  reveal.  What is something you try not to reveal?  After working on spelling activities, we reviewed our homework.  Listening to Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears on cd and following along with our rulers or fingers, helped us recall different parts of the story and prepared us […]

We Swapped Teachers!

Mrs. Buck's update for January 30th 2008

Our Wonderful Word of the Day was:  request.  What is something you might request?  After working on spelling activities, we reviewed our homework.  We played two games of Sparkle and read some of the BFG.  Sophie and the BFG made it to the palace and found the Queen’s bedroom!  We swapped teachers for Teacher Appreciation […]

You Should Meet Our Division Dudes!

Mrs. Buck's update for January 29th 2008

Our Wonderful Word of the Day today was:  represent.  What do you represent?  After working on spelling activities and reviewing our homework, we read Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears.  It was neat to see the actual printed copy of the book as we read along.  After practicing our lowercase “s” and “p” in cursive, […]

Happy Student Appreciation Day!

Mrs. Buck's update for January 28th 2008

Our day began with our Wonderful Word of the Day:  release.  What is something you might catch and then release?  After working with our new spelling words that all have the “ur” sound, we met at the carpet to explore our new vocabulary.  We broke up into our Write, Draw, and Show groups.  Our work […]