Inauguration Day!

It was an exciting day today in our classroom. We were all excited for our new president to be sworn in! Our theme this week is the inauguration and Martin Luther King, Jr. We learned today that the two themes are very connected. Our word of the day today was "now". It was a rule follower. We practiced the difference between "ow" in cow and "ow" in snow. During our lunch recess, we watched the inauguration. We saw Joe Biden be sworn in as our vice president. Then, after recess was over, we all watched Barack Obama be sworn in as president. We also listened to his first speech as president. We were amazed at the huge crowd of people in Washington DC. Mrs. Craig even watched from our room. After the speech, Mrs. Myers read us a story with photos from other inaugurations. We learned that there are many parts to the inauguration. Ask me what things Obama did today for his inaugural events. After this, Mrs. Myers read us a story about Barack Obama. We learned lots of new facts. We recorded the facts on a sentence strip with a partner and shared them at the end of the lesson. Ask me to share three facts with you tonight. Then, we had reading workshop, but today we read with a partner from the Barack Obama and Martin Luther King books. Later, we had a spelling test. Finally, it was time for writing workshop. We were very excited to meet the Obama family. Mrs. Myers showed us pictures of his wife and daughters. Then, we wrote a letter to Sasha, Malia, Mrs. Obama, or President Obama. Mrs. Myers is really going to mail them to him. We were very curious about what it would be like to have a dad as the president, live in the White House, or get to go to the inaugural balls with the Jonas Brothers or Miley Cyrus. We hope to get a letter back from them soon. After the last recess, we read the story, Happy Birthday, Martin. On the easel, we compared Dr. Martin Luther King to Barack Obama. They were the same in many ways. Ask me how they were the same and different. It was a really busy day!