Highlights of the Week October 14

• KD was the captain this week.  ED will be the captain next week.  (RH)
• We learned about Christopher Columbus.  (MK) 
• We watched a movie about Christopher Columbus.  (KD)
• We got a Columbus poem for our binders. (AP)
• We learned that Columbus sailed with 3 ships.  (ES)
• Here is a Columbus joke:  What kind of car can go over the ocean?  A colum-BUS!  (BS)
• Columbus sailed for 71 days.  (RM)
• In Reading Workshop we practiced getting our mouths ready, going back to reread, and skipping the word and trying to figure it out.  (LC)
• Every 3 days, everyone gets to pick out new books.  (JN & AP)
• We finished our Small Moment stories and made covers.  (AM)
• We went to Mrs. McGettigan's room to see the other kids' small moment stories.  (EC)
• In Writing Workshop we used blue pens to revise our story.  Revising is when you reread your story and add on to it.  (CC)
• We used red pens to edit our stories.  (KB)
• In art we made a leaf pile and us jumping into it.  We used sponges and paintbrushes to make the leaves.  We stamped the sponges on the paper.  (MF)
• In gym we played dodgeball and messy yard.  (KN)
• In music we sang a pizza song.  (TP)