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.

We had a superb day today!  Our Question of the Day today was:  Have you ever skipped a rock across a pond?  (Four of us have; eleven of us have not.)  In math, we worked in small groups at Math Centers.  One group recorded half groups in their math books using counters.  The second group played bankers and traders using pennies, nickels, and dimes.  The last group drew out treasure maps.  After recess and snack, we read a book about rivers and floods.  Then, in language arts, we wrote notes to different friends in our class to celebrate N Day - Note Day.  Next, we practiced our weekly poem and our new graduation song.  It is to the tune of “New York, New York.”  Recess and lunch followed.  After our afternoon read aloud and Quiet Time, we had Music with Miss Elena.  Our journal topic today was rocks.  In the afternoon, we had Activity Time.  One group used their name to create a colorful letter pattern.  Another group sorted digraph words into a chart.  The third group played “Read My Mind” and gave clues for words to partners.  The last group wrote about their favorite pond animal.  We ended the day with jobs and Junie B.  She’s always getting into trouble!

We had a fantastic day today!  Our Question of the Day today was:  Do you like loud music or soft music?  (Twelve of us like loud music; two of us like soft music.)  After our morning meeting, we had Spanish with Miss Maureen.  In math, we learned about different tools for measuring time.  Miss Sharon had some students cross the room in different ways to see how long it would take them.  We liked using the timer.  It was fun to play Pass the Seashell.  We beat our fastest time and did it in 12 seconds!  Recess and snack followed.  Next, we had a Tooth Buddy puppet show.  It was very funny and we learned all about keeping our teeth healthy.  In language arts, we read a book about three children by the sea.  Then, we read and assembled our A to Z books called:  Where Is Water?  Afternoon recess and lunch came next.  After our afternoon read-aloud, we had Quiet Time.  Then, we read our new weekly poem:  Fishing.  We listened to different types of music and played Musical Chairs.  Our journal topic today was mudskippers.  In the afternoon, we made our very own music shakers.  We ended the day with new jobs and some Junie B. Jones.

We had a fantastic day today!  Our Question of the Day today was:  Have you ever made lemonade?  (One of us had not made lemonade; thirteen of us had made lemonade.)  However, after today, we all had made lemonade since we made it together!  After our morning meeting, we stirred the lemonade and added lemons.  In writers’ workshop, we wrote about different things that are different colors.  After recess, we had snack and enjoyed drinking our lemonade with big straws.  In language arts, we read a funny book about teachers from the Black Lagoon.  Then, we created a story as a class and illustrated different parts of it.  It was about a girl named Alice and two deer named Peter and Jack.  They found a diamond tree, a golden tree with golden leaves, and a gold and black rock.  After putting them in their basket, everything fell out.  They cleaned it all up, went home, played games, and remained friends forever.  We finished language arts with our weekly poem.  After recess and lunch, we had a Mystery Reader.  Then, it was Quiet Time.  In art, we made spiral snake sculptures.  They look awesome hanging in our room!  In the afternoon, we had Activity Time and then Time for Kids.  We read about growing lettuce.  We finished our day with jobs and Junie B. Jones.  Have a super-dee-duper weekend!

We had a marvelous day today!  Our Question of the Day today was:  Would you rather build like a beaver or tunnel like a groundhog?  (Seven of us would like to be beavers; eight of us would like to be groundhogs.)  At morning meeting, we changed our assigned seats at the carpet.  In math, we worked in small groups at Centers.  After recess and snack, we read a book about rivers and had many great questions.  In language arts, we practiced our handwriting and invented spelling.  Next, we played kickball for K Day.  The weather was gorgeous!  Miss Sharon helped us understand more about the similarities between baseball (T-Ball) and kickball.  After recess and lunch, we had our afternoon read-aloud and Quiet Time.  In Science, we filled out a Venn diagram comparing ponds and streams.  We also chose which one we like better,  ponds or streams, and wrote out our ideas.  Then, we let our butterflies go out into the wild.  Our journal topic today was beavers.  In the afternoon, we had Activity Time.  We closed our day with jobs and Junie B. Jones.  We really love the Junie B. Jones series!