Our First Week

Our first week of school was AWESOME!  We enjoyed getting to know one another, and have started to come together as a group.  I have no doubt we will establish a wonderful classroom community.  We brainstormed ideas, and created some classroom rules.  We all signed them, too.

This week in math, we began to learn about place value.  Mrs. Merten was quite impressed with all of the information we already know about this topic!  Our math lesson today was interrupted by our first FIRE DRILL.  We were all impressed by how quickly and quietly the whole school left the building.

In writing, we said goodbye to two unnecessary words, "I Can't". We had a small retirement celebration as we raised the "I Can't" shirt to the rafters.  All of the things we "can't" do are attached to the bottom of the shirt. 

In reading, Mrs. Merten read a new book, Carnivores, by Aaron Reynolds.  This is a book that stresses the importance of realizing who you are.  We also listened to the story Aunt Chip and the Triple Creek Dam Affair, by Patricia Polacco.  We have a few more pages to read in this book, but we have enjoyed the story so far.  This book is a wonderful way to remind students about the wonderful things we get out of books.

Mrs. Merten handed out our first reading log today. This will help guide the children's reading throughout the year.   Logs are due on Fridays.

Here we are "turning and talking"

Today we had our first Poetry lesson with Mrs. Williams, and our first Technology lesson with Mrs. Merten.  We loved both of these times today.  In technology we learned how to sign into our computers and then to set some bookmarks.  We are excited about all of the things we will learn this year!