Letters to Namibia

Today was Day 1 in our schedule. We began our day with morning meeting. For our greeting today we taught Mrs. Miller "2-4-6-8..." (Ask me to tell you about it!) We have a new poem to recite at morning meeting called, Winter. We know that winter is just around the corner. After morning meeting, we completed a listening exercise using a hundred board. Mrs. Miller read directions to us about numbers on the board and we had to listen to the directions to color in, underline or circle the numbers according to her directions. It turned out to be quite a challenge for some of us! After this activity we took a spelling pretest on holiday-themed words. Next, Mrs. Miller took us on a trip to Namibia, a country on the continent of Africa. Mrs. Miller visited Namibia this past summer to do some teaching there. She showed us pictures of the country, the people, the houses and schools in Namibia. We used our letter writing skills to write friendly letters to the children in Namibia. (Ask me about the differences between Roundtown and the schools in Namibia!) After lunch we reviewed all of the place value skills that we have been learning so far and then we went to our special of the day, Phys. Ed. In Phys. Ed. we are playing the volcano game. This game involves a lot of strategy! After Phys. Ed. we finished math and made our new spelling lists and worked in spelling centers. At the end of the day we reviewed our homework on graphing by completing a portion of the graph. Tomorrow is Day 2. We do not have a special. If the weather cooperates, we will be going to Sinking Springs tomorrow afternoon to visit our 5th grade buddies. Our buddies will be presenting persuasive speeches to us and helping us to write a persuasive paragraph. :)