Cinco de Mayo

Happy Cinco de Mayo. We learned all about the Mexican holiday today. Mrs. Myers read the story, Cinco de Mayo. Mrs. Myers also showed us how to make a pinata. We would like to try it out at home! Our theme this week is Mother's Day! Our word of the day today was "even". The word was a rule follower, because the "e" helped the other "e" say his name. The "even" family was not popular. There is a homonym for the meaning of the words. In writing workshop today, we learned how to write three different kinds of poems. The first kind of poem we wrote today was the acrostic poem. It is called a name poem. The second kind of poem we learned today was called the diamante poem. It uses nouns, adjectives, verbs with -ing, and synonyms. The last kind of poem we learned today was the cinquain. It uses nouns, adjectives, verbs, synonyms, and a describing phrase. You will see our poems at the end of the week! After lunch and recess today, we visited our Book Fair. If we brought money from home, we bought our things. We came back to the room and had a few minutes to look through them. The Book Fair is open for families tonight. Then, it was centertime. At the writing center this week, we are writing a poem and drawing a picture to match. In the sentence strips center, we are sorting verbs and adverbs. Then, we are using some of them in a story. In the games center, we are making quotation sentences with the tag in the front and the tag in the back. In the library center, we are reading a Mother's Day book. Then, we are making a venn diagram to compare the mothers in the story to our own mom. We have a special art center project this week, but it's a secret! The rest of the day was spent working on our reading fluency. We are reading poems, songs, and a reader's theater to practice our reading fluency and expression. At the end of the day, we had art! The day just flew by! Thanks to all the parents who donated food for the teacher appreciation lunch today! Mrs. Myers said that it was great!