More Penguins

Our word of the day today was "back". It was a rule follower. The -ack family is sometimes confused with the -ake family. The word family was very popular, so we made a list of the words on the "sack of -ack". Later in the day, we heard the story, Penguin Quartet. It was a fiction story. We practiced cause and effect for events in the story. Then, we had reading workshop and guided reading. Then, we had our regular center time. We visited our second center of the week. Mrs. Myers opened the art center. We are making a giant penguin. Then it was time for math centers. We used penguins to practiced double digit subtraction, stamps for double digit addition, made a human clock to tell time to the hour and half hour, and met with Mrs. Myers to tell time and show elapsed time. We had a bonus pattern center with polar animals. At the end of the day, we had a guidance lesson with Miss Anderson. We learned about being a good friends. We also finished the day, by conferencing with our writing partner about our Penguin Adventures. More to come tomorrow!