Highlights of the Week October 7

• EC was a great captain.  (Miss D.)
•  In Reading Workshop we started a new unit called Tackling Trouble.  (SS)
• We worked on looking at the pictures when we are reading.  It helps you when you can't figure out a word.  (RM)
• We pointed with witch fingers in reading workshop.  The witch fingers are creepy green fingers with red nail polish.  They help us to point to the words when we are reading.  (KD)
• We used post-it notes to write tricky words on.  (KB)
• Miss Dineen put out new Halloween books on the monthly rack.  (AM)

• In math we worked on the strategy called "counting on" or "adding on".  (BS)
• When you "count on" you put the highest number in your brain and then you count on from that number.  (LC)
• In Writing Workshop we wrote stories about our friends.  (RH)
• This is our last week drafting small moments.  Next week we will pick our favorite story and make it way better.  (ES)
• We made a new picture in art.  It was a fall picture.  We used pencil and crayons.  (KN & AP)
• In gym we played a game called Mat Ball.  (MF)
• In music we sang our names.  (CC)
• In music we played instruments.  We learned 2 new instruments.  They were cow bells and cymbals.  (MF & AP)
• This afternoon we will have Game Day with some parents.  (EC)
• Today we will have our first parent Mystery Reader.  (JN)