The Groundhog Saw His Shadow!

Today we began our day with our special of the day, Phys. Ed. After Phys. Ed. we completed our morning work and began our morning meeting. At morning meeting we talked all about Groundhog Day and discovered that the groundhog saw his shadow, which means - 6 more weeks of winter! We sang a song about the groundhog, too. After morning meeting it was time for morning recess and then Mrs. Miller read more of The Meanest Doll in the World to us. We are almost finished!!! After that, it was time for reading groups. Mrs. Peckmann met with the books and letters groups. Mrs. Miller met with the newspapers group. The strategies of retelling and visualization were the focus for the groups. After reading groups and lunch it was time for shared reading. Today we traveled to Canada and talked about New Year's traditions in Canada. We even played a game with an orange like children play in Canada on New Year's Day. (Ask me about it!) After shared reading, it was time for math. Today we used base 10 blocks and regrouping mats to model adding two digit numbers with regrouping. After using the base 1o blocks for several examples, we used the mats and wrote actual numbers represented by the blocks. We are really getting the hang of regrouping. Tomorrow we will try regrouping with pencil and paper. At the end of the day Mrs. Miller introduced us to the concepts of neighborhood and communities. Throught the book, Humphrey, The Lost Whale, we discovered the people and places that are a part of a community. (Ask me to name some.) At the very end of the day we used google earth to find our own community and our own house. Homework tonight is Jumpstart 6. Tomorrow is Day 4. We have Music. The lunch menu for tomorrow has been changed. Tomorrow will be the pancake and eggs or chicken patty and Thursday will be ravioli with meat sauce or chicken patty.