Factful Friday

We started our day with a Roundtown Town Meeting. We heard poetry by second and third graders! Back in our classroom, the word of the day was "very". It was a rule breaker, because the "e" said the name of long a. We looked at other words in this family and they all looked different - erry, ary, airy. The word "very" has a homonyn with "vary". We didn't know that word! Before lunch, we heard a penguin book called, "How Much is a Million". We also looked at a nonfiction penguin story called Face to Face Penguins. We examined the table of contents and the index to learn how to use a nonfiction text. After lunch and recess, Mrs. Lauber's class came over. We did a vocabulary sort penguin words. We sorted them groups around the room for how penguins move, how penguins eat, penguin's habitats, kinds of penguins, and penguin's body parts. There were a few words we were sure of including - Adelie, colony, rookery, colony, and Peru. Mrs. Lauber read two nonfiction stories about penguins. We learned all sorts of facts. We also listened for those tricky vocabulary words. We found where they belong in the sort. Then, we made penguin brochures to show all the facts we learned about penguins this week! They looked great! Be sure to check mine out tonight! After this, we had centers. We worked hard to finish our giant penguins in the art center. At the end of the day, we watched a movie called Polar Prowl, by National Geographic. It is a great documentary for kids about living in a polar habitat, with a special section on penguins. We had our Friday sharing to end the day! What a fun week of facts and nonfiction! We are very excited for our pizza theme next week! Remember to send in the donation and volunteer form for our pizza party next Friday!