The Long Jouney

Our word of the day today was "so". It was a rule breaker with a twist. The "o" said his name, with out another vowel helper, but we see this happen in other words like... no, go, ho. This word is a homonym for the word "sew". It is also an adverb. After our morning routine, we had lots of Mayflower learning. First, we used the Smartboard to hear about the Speedwell. It broke down because it had a leak. It was from Holland, but met the Mayflower in England. They tried for a month to fix it, but they couldn't. Then, we saw the names of all the pilgrims who sailed on the Mayflower. Some had funny names like wrestling, love, oceanus, remember. They were named after things they liked to do or virtues. After recess, we continued to use the Smartboard. We saw the different parts of the Mayflower and look a interactive trip across the Altlantic Ocean using the internet. We got to touch and press things on the Smartboard to see and hear new facts. At lunch, we really enjoyed our Thanksgiving dinner. We had to cancel "eat lunch with the teacher" because it was the holiday meal. We will use our passes tomorrow. After lunch, we learned about the laws the pilgrims made when they landed in Massachusetts. It was called the Mayflower Compact. Only the men could sign it. The girls were mad. Kids couldn't sign it either. That wasn't fair. We also learned that the pilgrims weren't trying to land in Massachusetts. They were trying to sail to Virginia. After the pilgrims landed, they still had to stay on the Mayflower, because they had to build a place to live. Then, we took a break from the Mayflower and had our own centers and reading workshop. Mrs. Myers is reading with us one at a time. Then, it was writing workshop time. Mrs. Myers shared stories from last week. We heard the content of Annabelle's, Ryan's, and Ian's stories. We practiced that good content means - characters, setting, problem, and solution, lots of events, and adjectives! Then, we wrote in our journals. Last, she shared Madison's story. She taught us how to use commas in a series of names and how to tag our quotations. WOW! We will hear more stories tomorrow. At the end of the day, we had art class.