Friday, October 15, 2010

Highlights of the Week October 15

  • We had D-Day in Writing Workshop.  D-Day means Decision Day.  This is when we pick our best story to fancy up and publish.  (MC)
  • We finished writing our small moment stories.  We are going to publish them next week.  (KE)
  • We painted in art.  (KK)
  • We used a sponge  to mix yellow and red paints.  (KS)
  • We played Capture the Flag in gym. (AB) 
  • We did the pacer test in gym.  (LMD)
  • We had 2 birthdays this week.  (JF)
  • There was MC's bday and JF's bday.  (MC)
  • We talked about Christopher Columbus.  (MM)
  • We started centers.  (CF)
  • There are 3 kids in every center group. (DG)
  • There are 8 centers.  They are fun.  We play games and do activities.  (KE)
  • We got to do a center called ABC Center.  This week we tried to think of words about Ox Ridge for every letter of the alphabet.  (KS)  For example:  A is for Art Room,  B is for Mr. Bartold,  C is for Cafeteria, etc.  (Miss D.)
  • We had a storm drill.  We stayed away from the windows.  We sat in the hallway.  (EW)
  • In 1 hour we will have a Mystery Reader.  (MM)
  • In Reading Workshop we practiced pointing at words with our witch fingers.  (AK)
  • In music we learned a song.  (KK)