The Day After Earth Day

Today we continued to learn about taking care of the Earth. Our word of the day today was "cry". It was a rule follower with a consonant blend and a "crazy y". It is a verb. Later in the morning, we had reading workshop and game time. For the game today, we clapped syllables, stretched sounds, and spelled words about Earth Day. Mrs. Myers read with the Ant and the Grasshoppers, the Bears, and the Desert group. After lunch and recess, we had our writing lesson first. Mrs. Myers had us remember the elements of style to use in our stories. We brainstormed similes, onomatopoeia, strong verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. Then, Miss S. read the story, Michael Recycle. After the story, we sorted the elements of style for the story into "recycling bins" on the board. We heard all the elements except for similes in this story. Next, we had center time. We visited our fourth center. At math time today, we practiced measuring. We reviewed "units of measure", jobs that use measurement, and ways we can measure. We forgot that measurement was more than using a ruler. We measured weight, capacity, circumference, and length this year. We also talked about measuring speed. Mrs. Myers spread "Earths" around the room and we worked in pairs to measure them in inches and centimeters. Then, it was movie time. We watched the Lorax by Dr. Suess. We will have a lesson using the book tomorrow. At the end of the day, we did a dress rehearsal of the Earth Day Reader's Theater. It still needs a lot of work. Mrs. Myers reminded us to wear red tomorrow to support the Roundtown team at Battle of the Buildings.