Robert Munsch Author Study

Our theme this week is the author, Robert Munsch. We are learning lots by reading his books. Our word of the day was "do". It was a homonym for the word "dew". It was rule breaker, because the "o" said the sound of "oo". Also in the morning, we did a class election. We went down to the voting booth in the lobby. We had 12 boys and girls vote for McCain. We had 6 boys and girls vote for Obama. In all of Roundtown, 57% voted for McCain and 43% voted for Obama. It looks like McCain has won at Roundtown. We'll see the results of our country tomorrow. After library, lunch, and recess, we had a guest lesson by Mrs. Thomas, the reading specialist at Roundtown. She read us the story, Hazel's Best Mom. We listened for story connections. After the story, we sorted the connections by little and big. A big connection is a connection that helps us understand the story. A little connection is a connection to a name or small event in the story. After Mrs. Thomas left, we heard the story, The Paperbag Princess. We practiced retelling the story using props. Please check the paperbag in the mail today. I will retell the story to you tonight. We can visit Mrs. Myers' teacher page to hear Robert Munsch read the story, too. In writing workshop today, we listened to the story, Yellow, Red, and Purple. It was so funny. We listed the elements of Robert Munsch's writing style. He has surprise endings, repeating events and words, and funny problems. Then we tried to write with Robert Munsch's style. We will keep trying all week! At the end of the day, we had centers. This week's writing center is about writing a letter to Robert Munsch. We are going to send our letters to him! In the sentence strip center, we are highlighting contractions in Robert Munsch's story, We Share Everything. Then, we are sorting the contraction into two words. In the "Read the Room " center, we are proofreading words that Mrs. Myers has spelled wrong that are in our classroom. In the listening center, we are listening to the story, Alligator Baby and sorting the story elements - character, setting, problem, and solution. We are excited for the art center tomorrow - painting!!! GO VOTE!