Another great day in Room 240!

Here’s the joke of the day:

Why did the boy eat his homework?

Because she said it was a piece of cake!

This morning, after Independent Literacy Time and Morning Meeting, we had Reader’s Workshop.  We worked on our Author Study of Mem Fox again – we read Possum Magic, which is her first book (and was rejected by 9 publishers, and ended up selling 3.5 million copies).  The kids all then write a Reader’s Response to that book, so that they could practice different ways of writing their responses.

After reading, we had Writer’s Workshop, in which the kids read a piece that they were working on to a partner, and then their partner gave them a nice comment and then 3 Reader Questions.  After they switched roles, everyone went back to their tables and wrote, trying to answer the reader questions.

After that, we had lunch and recess, and then back up for Read Aloud (the book I Stink).  After Read Aloud, we headed up to art for class with Mr. Fairbanks. 

When we got back down to our room, we had Bravo class – Ray’s mom Joanne came in to teach the class about Beethoven – we listened to and saw an orchestra playing his 5th Symphony, learned about his life, and then saw a clip form the Disney movie Fantasia that had animation that went along with the music.

After that, we had Science Lab, in which we reviewed a book about sharks to learn some more interesting facts.  While we were doing that, each child had the chance to make an aquatic “fossil” by pressing seashells into clay.  After they dry, we will try to be paleontologists and match up the imprint to the shell.

By that time, it was time to pack up and head home!