Mrs. Peckmann, Mrs. MIller and Mrs. Templeton Play Jailbreak!

We began our day with morning work and morning meeting. We greeted each other this morning in French. Our student of the week, Joshua presented his poster, Sarah S. shared some pictures from her recent trip and then we moved on to our poem of the cycle, December Holidays. At morning meeting we also wrote a class acrostic poem for WINTER. Following morning meeting, we had our special of the day, Music. After Music we had indoor recess due to the cold temperatures outside. After recess Mrs. Miller read more of The Doll People to us. Next we worked in Reading Groups and Literacy Centers until lunch time. After lunch we silently read at our desks and then Mrs. Miller taught us a new pre-writing strategy to help us focus and organize our writing called The Four Square. Mrs. Miller showed us how we could use the Four Square Organizer by creating one of her own. We will use it later this week when we begin to write a story called, The Relatives Came modeled after the Cynthia Rylant book with the same title. Following writing it was time for math. We completed our math facts and then worked in math centers with our groups. At the end of the day we participated in our classroom reward. We had extra Phys. Ed. time! We played the game Jailbreak with Mrs. Peckmann, Mrs. Templeton and Mrs. Miller. We all had a terrific time! Homework tonight is Jumpstart 1. Tomorrow is Day 5. Our special is Library.