Wednesday

Hello everyone,

This morning we had Daily 5 literacy and celebrated the 100th day of school with our buddy class. We did two experiments... predicting what 100 drops of water looks like and how far 100 steps would take us.



We then had guest reader and went to gym. We did a relay race and it was just warm enough for students to go outside. In the afternoon we had our literacy groups and we had some work period time. During work period, students were working on their weekly words and creating Valentine's Day patterns. After afternoon recess, we handed out our Valentine's Day cards, had a sugar cookie (they are seriously beautiful!) and watched some of the Berenstain Bears Valentine's Day special.



Guest Reader
Thank you so much for helping your children get prepared for their guest reader presentations! It's so awesome to see the growth in their confidence and reading skills. Please try to support your children in choosing a story that takes them less them 15 minutes to read. It is hard for the class to sit quietly for longer than this and when the story runs late we end up being late for gym! If you are ever interested in coming to watch Guest Reader please let me know. We usually do Guest Reader around 10:50am.

I hope to see many of you at the Family Dance tonight! I will be here during the second half of the Dance for the pie throwing!

Enjoy the long weekend and spending time with your families for the Family Day long weekend!

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