Today was a mixed-up day. We had the all-school picture outside, and it happened right in the middle of our usual skills time, so we moved things around. We started the day with a read aloud, and then went out for the picture. When we came back in, it was time for snack, then we proceeded with skills.
In Skills:
The Organic Squirrels did some dictation of the sounds they've learned recently. They read The Flag Shop and reviewed the story elements.
The Zesty Wombats reviewed bossy r. They learned that bossy r makes short e say /er/ (herd), short a say /ar/ like a pirate (card), and short o say /or/ (corn). We had a lot of fun making up pirate jokes!
The Screaming Mustaches looked more closely at the oe and oa spellings for long o. They read The Tortilla which is a story about how words have different origins, and that affects their spellings.
The Ice Dragons didn't have real skills today because of the picture, but read independently a book of their choice.
Our class was the beneficiary of a program called DonorsChoose.org. DonorsChoose is a website where teachers can put up things on their wishlist to make their classroom or school a better place, and people from all over can donate money towards their item. Over the summer I decided to try to get our school a greenhouse, and many people donated money towards it, so we were able to get it!
This afternoon we worked with Jeff's high school project to start putting it together.
It's not completely finished being installed - we need to get a few more stakes to be sure it stays well in the ground. We're going to be doing a lot of work with the high school project to make sure that the gardens are well-used and well-maintained, and to be sure we know and understand all about what we plant, where we plant, and when we plant. They're going to be a big help to us!
At All Pod:
This morning, Velma asked me if anyone would want to share their journal entries from project at all pod today. Much to my surprise, almost every child in the class wanted to share!
I was so proud of everyone who shared! It's hard to get up in front of all of level I and read a journal entry without warning or practice! They all did an amazing job!
Have a wonderful weekend!
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