Highlights of the Week May 18

• We did the Writing Olympics yesterday. This is a writing project that ALL the first graders in Darien do.  (CC)
• We have been practicing for Poet Palooza. It will be next Thursday after Art.  (KN)
• This week we had D-Day for our poetry unit.  D-Day means Decision Day for picking our best work.  (CC)
• If you have a really long poem, you only pick one.  This is what BS did.  If your poems are short, then you could pick two.  (AP)
• Our poems have been typed by Miss Roxbury so now we can read them at the show.  (EC) 
• Yesterday we practiced for our Poet Palooza.  (SS)
• This month of May is the anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania.  It sank in 1915.  I wrote a poem about it.  (CH)
• In Art we are making clay ducks.  (JN)
• The clay has to be put in the kiln for many hours until it gets hard. (KD)
•  Before the clay goes in the kiln, it has to have 10 days to dry.  (RM)
• In gym we played kickball and we still don't know what teams we are on for Field Day.  (BS)
• Today we will have an author visit.  His name is Bill Thomson.  (KB)
• Today is a very confusing day because we will have a shorter time at library and a shorter time at computer.  (ES)
• We are going to be very flexible about our schedule today because there are going to be many changes.  (Miss D.)
• We might not be able to go to computer today because we will be visiting the author.  (MF)  If we do go to the lab we are going to try a poetry website.  (BS)
• Kids can get their books autographed by Mr. Thomson.  (RH)
• Next week JN and BS will be co-captains.  (MK)
• Today is our last Mystery Reader for the year!  (MF)
• Today is our second-to-last spelling test of the year!  (AM)
• I fininshed my Fast Facts book.  I did the whole book in order.  (ED)
• ED is the only kid so far to finish the Fast Facts book.  He is a math master!  (Miss D.)
• This week we got to eat lunch outside at the picnic tables because it was nice day.  (class)
• Our caterpillars are inside their chrysalis.  (MF)