Friday, February 1, 2013

Highlights of the Week February 1, 2013

  • (LS)  We are going to have a spelling test today.
  • (ES)  Today is sports jersey day.  The most popular jersey in our class is the New York Giants.
  • (BT)  Today we have a Mystery Reader.
  • (BV)  We have Spanish today.
  • (WB)  Today is D-Day in Writing Workshop.  D-Day means Decision Day.  It means we pick out our favorite How To book to edit and revise and publish.
  • (JB)  We have new Valentine books out on display.
  • (WC)  We reorganized our non-fiction books.  Now they are all together on a rolling shelf.
  • (RC)  We will have a Mystery Reader today.
  • (MD)  We have collected 29 boxes of cereal. Our class goal is to get at least 33 boxes for the poor people. 
  • (AD)  Yesterday we had a Pep Rally.  MRS and RC won!
  • (WD)  During snack and read aloud time we started a new chapter book called, "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing".
  • (SD)  Yesterday we did not have gym because there was a 90 minute delay.
  • (GG)  Tomorrow is Groundhog Day.
  • (LM) This year's Superbowl is brother vs. brother.  That means that the head coaches are brothers.
  • (GM)  Yesterday at the Pep Rally we started chanting "49ers"  and "Ravens".  We did the wave.
  • (CN)  In music we have been practicing folk songs and dances.
  • (BO)  We read a book called "Valenslimes".  It is about two friends who play tricks on each other and they call it Valenslimes instead of Valentines.
  • (GP)  We finished our How To drafts.
  • (DP)  The 49's head coach, Jim, has a son named Jay.  Jay works with the Ravens team in the weight room.  He helps train the players.
  • (MRS)
  • (RS) Today is the first day of February.  February is the shortest month of the whole year.
  • (AS)  We put up a superbowl football flag next to our calendar.
  • (VS)  In math we are working on patterns.