Packing for the Big Journey

Our word of the day today was "out". It was rule follower. We practiced a new dipthong, the "ou" sound. We hung the "ou" of ouch in our classroom to help us with this tricky sound. Today's word was an adverb. In the morning, we started our pilgrim lesson by learned where the pilgrims lived. They lived in England, where the king made they workship at Church of England. The pilgrim did not like this, so they decided to move to Holland. In Holland, they did like that they had to act Dutch. So, they decided to be like Columbus and sail across the Atlantic Ocean, to find religious freedom in a new world. We had to pack an imaginary suitcase for our trip. We made a big circle and shared our suitcase items. We listed them on a chart. Then, Mrs. Myers broke the bad news that each family could only take a small box for all of their belongings. We had to cross off many of the items we didn't NEED! They were called our WANTS. We also learned that the pilgrims had no electric for wII, DS, or TV. They didn't have iPods either. We made a new list of things we would need to take to survive with Target, a grocery store, or even a house. Then, we got on two boats, the Mayflower and the Speedwell. The Speedwell was a bigger, nicer boat, so most of us chose to get on that boat. Soon, the Speedwell broke down. We all had to get off the board and wait. Then we found out that the Speedwell would not be able to sail. We all crowded onto the small Mayflower. Tomorrow we set said again. At math time, we had math centers. We practiced ordering numbers, comparing numbers, problem solving using reasoning, and making a bar graph and true math statements. It was fun! At the end of the day, we had writing workshop. We used our GO Map organizers to write the story called, My Turkey Ran Away. We had to put a grab the reader beginning with a partner. We also learned to "pinky check" our sentences. Ask me what that means tonight. Finally, we ended the day with phys. ed. Mr. Stiffler said that we are one of the best first grade classes! YEAH!