More Pirate Fun!

ARRR! We really like being pirates. Our word of the day today was "why". It is a question word. This word has a consonant digraph - wh, and it has a "tricky y" at the end. It is a rule follower, and it belongs in the "cry of -y" word family. We read the words in our word family. After recess, we had reading workshop, and Mrs. Myers began reading with us one at a time. At game time, we played the pirate word stretch game. We practiced spelling pirate words by their syllables. After lunch, we heard the story, Pirate Girl. We listened for the most important event in the story. This is the event that changes the story. After the story, we listed four very important events. We picked one and recorded it. Then, we told why it was the most important event. Next, we visited our second center. We wrote letters back to our pen pals after we finished our center. Mrs. Baker came during centertime today. She wanted to watch Mrs. Myers' centertime. Next, we did a making words activity. We used our letters to make 2, 3, 4, 5, and even 6 letter words. Then, we made the "super-jumbo-bonus word". It was "treasure". We also played the word detective game using the words me made. It was fun! Next, we had music class and recess. When we got back to the classroom, we had a writing dictation test. Mrs. Myers read two sentences, and we had to write and spell the story. Then, we read a fun story called, Ooey Gooey, Pirate Delight. It was about this gross recipe that a pirate made on his ship. Mrs. Myers gave us a recipe to read for fun pirate delight. We can read the recipe at home and make the ooey gooey pirate delight to play with. (It's like slime or gooey play dough). At the end of the day, we began our math assessment packet for the end of the year. We will work on it a little bit at a time, so Mrs. Myers know what we need to practice before the year ends. WOW! It was a very busy pirate day!