Friday, November 19, 2010

Highlights of the Week November 19


  • This week we went on the back playground.  (JF)
  • On Monday we had a field trip.  We saw a play with the Berenstien Bears. It was called "Family Matters".   It was teaching us not to eat too much junk food, not to talk to strangers, always do your homework and be a good sport.  (CH, CF, Miss D.)
  • Next week CH will be the captain.  (LJD)
  • DG was a good captain this week.  (CF)
  • In art we painted and made prints with ink and designs made out of glue.  The designs were all about music.  We didn't use a brush, we used a little roller.  (JF, LMD)
  • Today we are going to have a Cranberry and Pumpkin tasting party.  Some kids might be afraid to try the foods.  (KS and Miss D.)
  • We will have a Mystery Reader today.  (CH)
  • We will have our last 5-word spelling test.  After Thanksgiving we will have 10 words on each test.  (KK)
  • After Thanksgiving our Monday Word Work homework will have 8 choices instead of 5.  (CH and LMD)
  • In Writing Workshop we wrote snapshots about people.  (MM)
  • We will go to the computer lab today.  (JF)
  • In music we played xylophones.  We learned 2 new songs. (KE)
  • In Reading Workshop we added a new poem to our poetry notebooks.  It is a funny song/poem about leftover turkey.  (CH and Miss D.)
  • In gym we jumped to try and touch lines.  We tried to beat our old score each time.  (CB and JF).  In gym we also played basketball.  (LMD)
  • We also ran laps during a whole song.  (MC)