Good Bye Bugs

Our word of the day today was "form". It was a rule follower, because the "or" was a bossy r sound and "rm" was a consonant blend. The word form is a verb. It was not part of a popular word family. At reading workshop time, we did our bug stretching game. We had to stretch and sounds and the syllables of each bug on the picture card. Then we had to write the word. After the game, we had regular reading time. Mrs. Myers met with the Seal and Robot groups today. After lunch, we met with Mrs. Lauber's class to do a vocabulary match. We had to match a noun to a verb using a partner. The words on the cards were from the story, Waiting for Wings. After we made of vocabulary predictions, we heard the story and listened to see if we made correct vocabulary connections. At the end, we had to correct our noun/verb vocabulary partners to retell the life of a butterfly. Next, we had centers. Today was make-up day. We finished our art center projects, too. They are hanging on our windows. If you had everything finished, you got to make bug "baseball" cards, telling facts about different bugs. We had to read a nonfiction book in the library center to find out the facts for our cards. We were so excited for the next part of the day! It was our writing workshop time. We worked hard to finish and proofread our bug adventures. Mrs. Myers was proud at how we wrote from a bug's point of view. After writing and partner conferencing, we went into the big first grade area and painted our bug using the big paint brushes. Mrs. Myers is going to help us share our stories with you soon! At the end of the day, we had art. Mrs. Myers also announced the Most Beautiful Handwriter of the Week - Evan Eisenhart! The Most Improved Handwriter of the Week was Dawson Bashada. Mrs. Myers wants us to enjoy the great spring weather this weekend. We are also supposed to visit her teacher page for the weekly survey, beginning today, because the survey question for next week is about taking care of the Earth as a family. Please stop by and put in your vote today!