Down By The Bay

Our word of the day today was "he". It was a pronoun. It was a rule breaker and a rule follower, because the "e" said his long sound all by himself. We found out that this word is actually very popular, but many of the other words in the word family look different. We had quick math today, because he had a morning music special. In math, we used our estimation books. We estimated how many watermelon jellybeans were in the jar. We learned to compare 10 as our something we know. There were 37 jellybeans in the jar. After music, lunch, and recess, we finally came back to the classroom. Mrs. Myers read the story Down By The Bay. We sang along as she read. Then, we listened for the rhyming words in the story. We made a list and saw that many words look alike but some rhymes do not look the same. Then, we made a Down By The Bay art project. It was a watermelon. Inside the watermelon, we wrote a Down By the Bay verse with our own rhyme. Then, we added a pop-up character and drew the setting, when and where. Then, it was time for writing workshop. We brainstormed a list of characters we could add to our first story. Tomorrow morning, we will draw characters in our journals. In handwriting, we practiced the letter Ll. It was easy! At centertime, we finished our fourth round of centers. Then, Mrs. Myers introduced the new art center step. We traced and cut a watermelon shape on red paper. We had a good day, but we need to practice listening to directions the first time Mrs. Myers gives them. Don't forget, our scrapbook page is due tomorrow!!!