We had a terrific day today!  Our Question of the Day today was:  Do you like to read books?  (15 of us said yes; one of us said no.)  After our morning meeting, we explored dividing objects in half in math.  It was fun to use graham crackers for this lesson.  We enjoyed eating them at the end!  Recess and snack followed.  After reading a book about a bug safari, we had language arts.  We changed jobs and then read several books with reading buddies.  It was fun to find a quiet space in the room to read with a buddy.  We read many different little books and swapped with our friends when we were finished.  Our new A to Z book this week is about Rocks.  Our new weekly poem this week is:  Raindrops.  Afternoon recess and lunch came next.  Our afternoon read-aloud was:  The Tortoise and the Hare.  We talked about how a fable is a story with animal characters that teaches us a lesson.  After Quiet Time, we had Spanish with Miss Maureen.  Our journal topic today was books.  In the afternoon, we had Activity Time.  One group played Star Word Bingo.  Another group used Picture Dominoes.  The third group played Star Power and made words using different vowels.  The last group used seashells with letters and thought of words that end with the letters.   Our day ended with new classroom jobs and a new Junie B. Jones called:  Junie B. Jones’ and That Meanie Jim’s Birthday.

We had a marvelous day today!  Our Question of the Day today was:  Do you think fish make good pets?  (Thirteen of us said yes; 2 of us said no.)  After our morning meeting, we talked about Uniform Day.  Miss Sharon had on her art smock and she shared some of her artwork with us.  In Writers’ Workshop, we used letters of the alphabet to brainstorm sentences.  After recess and snack, we read a book about a little boy named Max who played baseball and also danced ballet.  He had on both a baseball uniform and a dance outfit!  We then each made our paper quilt squares to put together as our class quilt.  We had to think about what we like to do most in the summer.  It looks beautiful hanging in the hallway!  Then, we practiced our weekly poem.  Recess and lunch followed.  We had a Mystery Reader and then Quiet Time.  In art, we made rainbow fish, using contact paper and colored tissue paper.  Our journal topic today was lizards.  We ended the day with Activity Time, Time for Kids, class jobs, and Junie B. Jones.  Have a terrific weekend!

We had a wonderful day today!  Our Question of the Day today was:  Would you ever want to wrestle an alligator?  (Thirteen of us said yes; 2 of us said no.)  After our morning meeting, we worked in small groups at Math Centers and had a quick snack.  Then, it was time for Kindergarten Round-Up.  We each had a pre-school buddy that we showed around our classroom.  We told them all about what we do in Kindergarten and answered their questions.  Miss Sharon read a story about Kindergarten and everyone worked on a picture showing their favorite part of school.  Then, we worked on puzzles with our buddies, drank some cups of juice, and read books together.  In language arts, we played a popsicle rhyming match game.  Then, we read our weekly poem and A to Z books.  Recess and lunch followed.  After our afternoon read-aloud, we had Quiet Time and our special popsicle treat for Popsicle Day.  In science, we read about the life cycle of a frog and put together our very own diagrams.  Our journal topic today was alligators.  We ended our day with Activity Time, jobs, and Junie B.

We had a terrific day today!  Our Question of the Day today was:  Which ocean creature is your favorite:  starfish, shark, whale, or other?  (No one picked starfish or whale; two of us chose shark; 14 of us selected other.)  After our morning meeting, we worked in Math Centers.  After recess and snack, we read two great books about the ocean.  One, A House for Hermit Crab, was by one of our favorite authors:  Eric Carle.  Next, we cut out mixed up ocean sentences, put them together and created illustrations.  Our jellyfish windsocks look so adorable!  We had afternoon recess and lunch next.  Another ocean book read-aloud and Quiet Time followed.  In the afternoon, we played Octopus Tag in P.E. and wrote about the ocean in our journals.  At the end of the day, we had Activity Time, performed our classroom jobs, and read more of Junie B. Jones.