Our Last Tuesday and Wednesdays Together

Today will be a combined blog. We have been so busy with special projects that we didn't have time to blog yesterday. Our word of the day yesterday was "every". It was a rule breaker, because the first "e" said it's short sound. This word was an adjective and an adverb. Later in the morning, Mrs. Mumme came and did a lesson to review shapes and logic. It was fun. We had music and then we went to lunch. After recess, we read four beach stories - Lottie's New Beach Towel, Atlantic, My Mermaid Sister, and Curious George Goes to the Beach. We had to decide which book was our favorite and make a book poster. On the back of the poster, we had to write four reasons why we liked this book the best. For the rest of the day, we worked with Mrs. Lauber's class. First we brainstormed a list of the themes, special events, and field trips we had in first grade. Next, we got a partner from Mrs. Lauber's class and we picked one or two ideas to write about, to share in a book for next year's first graders. After that, we conferenced with Mrs. Myers and began to type our ideas in a speech bubble. We illustrated our pictures.

Today our word of the day was "friend". It was rule breaker, because the "i" did not belong. Mrs. Myers told us that to remember the crazy spelling, you need to remember to put yourself (i) in the middle of the word, because it takes you and someone else to have a friend. Later in the morning, we had library. We had a great summer birthday lunch party. Thank you to all the parents who donated items for our party today. Mrs. Myers ordered cheese and sausage pizza from Papa Johns as her part of the birthday treat! I was so much fun! After lunch, we an exclusion brainstorm activity for the nonfiction book, Seashore. Then, we checked the table of contents, index, and the glossary for the words we thought would and would not be in the book. There were lots of words in the book that we thought were silly, made-up words - like dogfish!! Next, we went to Mrs. Weikert's room and listened to the animal reports that her students made on the computer. We will see our buddies one last time on Friday! Next, we came back to our room and brainstormed a list of the skills we learned this year. Then, we wrote about these skills on our portfolios. At the end of the day, we filled our portfolios. Mrs. Myers read to us the goals we set on the first day of school and we all met them!! YAY! We also saw our handwriting samples from the beginning of the year and compared them to the writing sample we wrote today! WOW! It was a fun day looking at all of the learning we accomplished this year in first grade. Remember, tomorrow is Camp School No More. Bring a towel and sunscreen and wear sneakers!