We had a super day today!  Our Question of the Day today was:  Which would you rather be:  a cheetah or a lion?  (All 16 of us chose cheetah!)  After our morning meeting, we had math centers.  After recess and snack, we read a hilarious book about fables called Squids Will Be Squids.  Then, we practiced our two plays for the Africa Show.  Who knew we were so talented on the stage?  Recess and lunch followed.  We had a Mystery Reader for our read-aloud.  After Quiet Time, we had P.E.  We played fun games involving African animals.  Our journal topic today was:  I think the lion is called the “King of the Jungle” because… We ended our day with Activity Time.

We had a magnificent day today!  Our Question of the Day Today was:  Which of these Dr. Seuss books is your favorite: Green Eggs and Ham, The Cat in the Hat, or Bears on Wheels?  (Twelve of us chose Green Eggs and Ham; three of us chose The Cat in the Hat; One of us chose Bears on Wheels.)  After our morning meeting, we worked at new Math Centers.  One group had to roll the die and make trains of Unifex cubes.  Another group had to show teen number amounts of 10 + ? using counters.  The third group played Shisima, which a form of Tic Tac Toe from Kenya.  Recess and snack followed.  In language arts, we read two Dr. Seuss books.  Then, we worked with the “op” word family.  Our new unit in Skills for Growing is about skills and talents.  We brainstormed different ideas of skills and talents we have.  Work in our phonics book with the “op” family and the short “o”sound followed.  After practicing our weekly poem, we had recess and then lunch.  The Cat in the Hat  was our read-aloud before Quiet Time.  Music with Miss Elena had us practicing our Africa songs.  Our journal topic today was:  I like Dr. Seuss books because…  In the afternoon, we had Activity Time.  One group worked on weaving our placemats for the Africa Show luncheon.  Another group designed their signs for the Africa show.  The third group worked on an “ig” family cut and paste.  The last group played a Memory Match game using numbers, shapes, number words, and shape words.

We had a fantastic day today!  Our Question of the Day today was:  Have you ever seen a real elephant?  (Eight of us have; Eight of us have not.)  At our morning meeting, we talked about our new theme of Africa.  We couldn’t believe that Pastor Chad is in Africa right now!  Our Africa Show on March 26th is going to be incredible!  In math, we finished up Centers from last week.  Recess and snack followed.  In language arts, we listened to two stories that we will be acting out for our Africa Show:  Anansi and The Moss-Covered Rock and Anansi and The Talking Melon. We can’t wait to find out which parts we will all play!  Our new word family this week is the “op” word family.  After reviewing the sounds that the vowels make, we practiced our new weekly poem:  The Hippopotamus.  Finding Star Words and Challenge words in our poem is always fun!  After recess and lunch, we had our Read-Aloud and then Quiet Time.  Spanish class was next.  Our journal topic today was:  If I had a pet elephant, I would name it _____ because…  In the afternoon, we made our Dr. Seuss hats for Dr. Seuss’s birthday tomorrow and wrote about why we are lucky.

We had a super-dee-duper day today!  Our Question of the Day today was:  Would you want to meet the President?  (Eleven of us would; Five of us would not.)  At our morning meeting, we talked about keeping our class library organized and how to treat books.  In math, we worked in small groups at Math Centers.  Recess and snack came next.  We read a book about a farm and then did a retelling of Miss Nelson is Missing.  We liked this book so much last week, that we read it again today.  It is truly one of our favorites!  After reviewing word families, we worked in our phonics books with the short “u” sound.  Practicing our weekly poem followed.  After recess and lunch, we had Quiet Time and P.E.  In P.E., we played “Baby in the Air” again.  We really like this game!  Our journal topic today was:  If I were President, I would…  We finished the day with Activity Time.