Friday, April 9, 2010

Highlights of the Week #22


  • TB's dad came in to be the Mystery Reader.  He read a book called Michael Recycle. (CP)
  • JMN was a very good captain.  TM subbed for him when he was sick.  (PR)
  • We made Easter eggs.  (KR)
  • We worked with our Character Clubs to make puppets and put on a show.  (OS)  It was lots of fun.  (DS)  Every group got to practice for 15 minutes.  (EB)
  • We had 2 visits this week.  On Monday we went to listen to a poet.  She was really old (81) and has been writing poems since she was in third grade.  (MA)  We also had an author visit.  He lives in Vermont.  (CVI)
  • We had a spelling test.  It was really hard!  The 'sorry sisters' are a tough list of words.  (KG)
  • We are going to watch a movie for Fun Friday and to celebrate Spring Break.  (FH)
  • Miss Dineen talked to us about doing our VERY best on our work.  She says, "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing well the first time."  We also had a class meeting about friendship problems.  We talked about the strategy of "Take 10 and start again" when we are feeling mad, angry, frustrated or sad.  We are trying to get along and not hurt each others feelings.  (class)