Wow, today was a busy one!

This morning we talked about the Pet Show. Each of us will write a short story about our pets. I shared a few examples today of stories that were...well...not so amazing. We discussed what they were missing and how the author could have improved them. It boiled down to a few simple ideas. Stories should include:

*the name of the pet
*the type of animal and its breed, if known
*an interesting story about your pet
*lots of intriguing details

We will start writing the stories tomorrow.

I also introduced the new spelling words and they were added to our spelling dictionaries: always, especially, laughed, myself, whole.

During math today, we discussed the meaning of perimeter. You can find the definition here.



We also spent time reviewing how to measure to the nearest inch. Children completed all of page 62 in the math journal and parts of page 64- the section that applied to YOU. (Everyone measured the 'body parts' that could be measured with a ruler: shoe, neck, wrist, forearm, handspan.)

We skipped page 63 because we ran out of time! The children enjoyed playing with AngLegs, creating triangles, squares, rectangles, and other shapes. We will finish that tomorrow.

Later this afternoon we met in the library for a follow up lesson on Non-Fiction with Mrs. McCracken. The students finished the last page in their packet and played a fun matching game.

Afterward, we came together to draw our Ocean Food Chains. It was easy and fun! Since everyone had completed a sketch of the food chain, all we had to do was draw it on the water color paper. Tomorrow we will paint over the sketches in bright blue paint.

While the students worked, I met with individuals to review Reading Counts goals for October and November. I will meet with you when you return.

Finally, at the end of the day we listened to a few of the poems from our poetry project. Everyone sounds so amazing!

I hope you are feeling well and are able to come back to school tomorrow!
:)Mrs. Neal