Sentences In a Bag

This week we read the story Sam and the Bag. It was about a curious cat that wanted to climb into a bag with his cat friends. The boys and girls worked with a partner or two to unscramble some sentences in a bag. They worked great together and used clues such as looking for a capital letter to begin a sentence, a punctuation at the end, and what made sense. I think they are becoming super readers!

Casey Shares Her Max and Jan Story

Casey shared her Max and Jan story with her classmates.

Jalyne's Further Adventures of Max and Jan

The class enjoyed hearing Jalyne's story about Max and Jan.

Kyra's Story

After reading a short booklet to practice the short a sound I challenged the class to write a story about what the characters might do next. Kyra wrote this story all by herself at home last night. The boys and girls enjoyed her sharing it with the class today.

Computer Class

The boys and girls had a great time experimenting with Tux Paint in computer today. It is a free download from the following site if you would like to use it at home also:
http://www.tuxpaint.org/
Casey was our Star of the Day today. In reading we practiced short a words today by highlighting them in sentences on the SMART Board and then choosing a picture that went with each sentence. We read a silly story about a mixup with a ham and a hat together. Ask your child to tell you about it. In math we graphed how we come to school and discovered that most of our students ride the bus each morning.

Art Day

Mia said,"We drew pictures in art."
Weston said, "We ran around the gym in pe."
Matthew said, "We read two chapters of Junie B. Jones Boss of Lunch."
Casey said, "We learned about squares and circles in math."
We made a glyph all about us. Katy said, "We made our faces."
Kyra said, "We talked about the letter I in phonics today."
Jalyne said, "We played catch in pe."
Andrew said, "We went outside for recess."
Mason said, "Casey and I played outside at recess together."

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