September 19-23, 2011

KM’s Week in Review:

Monday:  We are off to a great start this week!  We will be reading a lot of Clifford books this week and making connections between the books and ourselves.  We sorted in math and learned you can sort items by size, color, shape and other characteristics.  In the LMC, we listened to a book and learned that the book fair is at our school this week. 

Tuesday:  Today in Writer’s Workshop we talked about how authors get their ideas.  We made a list of our own ideas for when we are busy writing this year.  We made a Birthday Graph in math and discussed the information we collected.  July is the busiest month, for birthdays, in our class!  Our “reading to self” stamina in Daily 5 is up to 10 minutes!  We are proud of ourselves!  J

Wednesday:  Today we took part in a bus evacuation drill.  We learned safety tip about riding a bus.  It was really exciting for some of us because we had never been on a bus before.  We were so well behaved on the bus evacuation drill we were able to finish our trip around the world!  We had our celebration immediately!  All of us went outside for a morning recess; the weather was spectacular!  Ask me if I know what a deed is?  Clifford has done many good deeds!

Thursday:  Go Away Big Green Monster!  We had so much fun reading this book, completing an activity on the computer and making our own monsters!  We visited the Scholastic Book Fair and filled out our “wish lists.”  The students are able to purchase books on Monday, Sept. 16^th.  In addition, there is an evening where your family can come in and purchase books as well.  Making patterns using different colors was challenging, but makes it fun working with a partner.

Friday:  What would you give Clifford as a birthday present?  It was exciting reading about Clifford’s birthday celebration and then writing about what we would give him as a present.  We were busy this afternoon in Art and PE.  We continue to work on our reading to self stamina in Daily 5 and like using our own book boxes. 

All About Me:  Gracie Hargrove

Reminders:

Progress reports will be coming home next Friday, September 30^th.

Our classroom can purchase books from the book fair on Monday, September 26^th.