Friday, May 14, 2010

Highlights of the Week #25


  • KR was an excellent captain. (TM)
  • We started practicing for the Three Piggie Opera with the other classes.  (MA)
  • JMN's dad came in to be the Mystery Reader.  (JMN)
  • We had Game Day this week.(EB)
  • In Writing Workshop we wrote shape poems and 2-2 and 3-3-3- poems.  (KG)
  • We had our spelling test on compound words.  Compound words are 2 real words smooshed together to make 1 BIG word. (EB)
  • We have 2 more weeks of spelling tests and homework.  No homework in June!!!!!(FH)
  • We hit off of a tee in gym to play baseball.  If you hit the wall with the fielders not stopping the ball then the fielders had to do 5 jumping jacks. (TB)
  • Our class got caterpillars in the mail this week.  (JS)  We put the caterpillars in little cups with a tissue on top.  JS took pictures for us.  (CM)
  • We did a butterfly observation so that we can keep track of how they are growing.  (CP)
  • Miss Dineen is getting annoyed with the Zany Band bracelets.  She is threatening to ban them.  (RP & class)
  • Librarians from the Darien Library came to our school to tell us about the Summer Reading Program. (OS)
  • We took home our grass heads.  (MA)