A: Nine.
Another great day in Room 240 – a bit crazy schedule-wise, but we’re none the worse for wear.
After Independent Literacy Time, we went down to the Atrium for spring picture day. Everyone had great hair, big smiles, and took cute pictures. Look for a packet with proofs to come home in a few weeks – order if you like.
After pictures, we came back up to the room and got it set up for our Writer’s Celebration today. The kids got in some last-minute rehearsing/practicing, and we got organized into reading teams.
Then the kindergartners from Mr. Wold’s morning class came up to be an attentive and eager audience. Both classes were split up into teams, and the first graders took turns reading to a small group of kindergartners. It went really well – the kids really had a chance to shine, and I think that the kindergartners were sufficiently awed.
After the celebration, the kids had a chance to share “The Secrets of Good Writing” with the kinders – it is amazing what they have learned and retained in writing!
It was then time for lunch, and indoor recess. After recess in our room, we finished the Cam Jansen book that we were reading, and headed up to the art room for class with Mr. Fairbanks and his student teacher. You should see the fruits of their labors today – they brought them home.
When we got back down to our class, we had Math Workshop, in which the kids each made a “Tens Book,” which had a different page for each number combination that adds up to ten, along with the equation and an illustration. They will come home tomorrow.
In Science Lab, at the end of our day, we read a fun book called “Poor Pluto.” It’s funny, and written by a class of third graders in California. Each of the kids wrote a letter to Poor Pluto (who is poor Pluto, by the way, because he’s not a ‘real’ planet anymore – he’s a dwarf planet). By the way, it’s the book, and not me, that assumes that Pluto is a he. Tomorrow we’ll be illustrating the letters.
After all of that, it was time to pack up and head out!
