A Week of Presidents

Our word of the day today was "live" and "live". It was a crazy word, because it is pronounced two ways and means two different things. When the "i" says his name, it is a rule follower, because it is a CVCe word. When the "i" is saying his short sound, it is a rule breaker. The CVCe way was much more popular as a word family. At 9:45AM, Mrs. Miller, a dental hygenist came to Roundtown to teach us all about taking care of our teeth. We learned about the bad stuff called plaque. It really likes sugar and uses it to make acid that eats holes in our teeth. We learned how to brush and floss our teeth using a giant toothbrush. We also learned healthy foods to eat to help keep our teeth clean! When we got back to our classroom, Mrs. Myers read us two tooth books, Wiggly Wobbly Tooth and Moose's Loose Tooth. After lunch and recess, we read the story, Arthur Meets the President. We listened for common and proper nouns in the story. Then, Mrs. Myers gave us a card with a noun. The first letter was missing. We had to decided if it was a common or proper noun. Then, we had to write the first sound using a lowercase or capital letter and put it in the correct hula hoop for common or proper nouns. Then, it was reading workshop time. We had a quick one today! After that, we had writing workshop. We practiced using our plan to write our president story. We also read with a partner and worked on writing a focused ending. Then it was time for music. At the end of the day, we practiced telling time the digital and analog way on our clocks. Then, we learned a new part of telling time called elapsed time. It is showing how much time passes on the clock between two events. We talked about all the times we use elapsed time in our day at home and at school. We used two giant clocks to make elapsed time for one and two hours. We even tried elapsed time up to six hours. We will be looking for elapsed time at our own house this weekend. Have a good one!