Archive for January, 2008

Adjectives Can Turn Writing From Ordinary to Extraordinary!

Mrs. Buck's update for January 25th 2008

Our Wonderful Word of the Day today was:  relation.  It was a tough one to use in a sentence!  After spelling activities and homework review, we listened to Coyote Places the Stars on cd.  Then, we took our spelling and reading tests.  Practicing our u’s and w’s in handwriting is helping us to work on […]

We Created Bumper Sticker Ideas!

Mrs. Buck's update for January 24th 2008

Our Wonderful Word of the Day today was:  reflect.  When you sit and think, what do you reflect about?  After reviewing our homework and working on spelling activities, we worked in our literacy groups.  Two games of Sparkle came next.  Then, we headed to the library.  After morning recess, we finished reading Coyote Places the […]

Can You Name a Conductor or Insulator?

Mrs. Buck's update for January 23rd 2008

Our Wednesday began with spelling activities.  Then, we headed to the science lab.  We explore different materials to see which ones are conductors and which are insulators.  It was a lot of fun!  After reviewing our homework, we met in our literacy groups and worked at Centers, Class Book, or Small Group.  We enjoyed reading […]

Have You Ever Written a Diamante Poem?

Mrs. Buck's update for January 22nd 2008

Our day began with our Wonderful Word of the Day:  recover.  Have you ever had to recover something that you might have lost?  After working with our new chapter in spelling which includes homophones, we explored our new vocabulary.  Our Write, Draw, and Show groups come up with some interesting ideas!  After working in our […]