Birthdays

We have birthday meetings in our classroom.  First, we tell the person what we like about them.  Then we draw pictures of them or something they like.  We make a book out of the pictures, and the birthday person takes it home.  We have cupcakes at lunch.

Word Study

In word study we write on white boards.  We learn rules about words.  For example, whenever f, l, s, or z are at the end of a word, they are doubled.  We call this a bonus letter.  We also learn about vowels.  When two vowels are together, we usually only hear the sound of the first one.  We also write trick words.  Trick words are words that do not follow the rules.  We can memorize them easily.

read aloud

In read aloud we read Junie B. Jones books, Magic Tree House books, Fox books, and Adventures in Cartooning.  Read aloud is very fun!  Junie B. Jones is the kind of girl who likes to say the word stupid.  During read aloud we practice making pictures in our minds, retelling the story, and thinking about the characters.

Reading Workshop

In reading workshop we read two different kinds of books.  We read information books and just right books.  Right now we are getting to know the characters in our books.  It is really, really FUN!!

Writing Workshop

In writing workshop we write information books.  We write about... Kittens, little sisters, school, fish, books, parties, brothers, sisters, and candy.  Some of us LOVE it.

Front Yard

On Mondays and Wednesdays we have Front Yard.  In front yard we play outside in a yard that is in front of our school.  We play... tag, puppies, toilet tag, monkey bars, family, and color tag.  We love it and have fun.

- Mia and Rose