Forgive us, we have not been able to blog lately, which makes us sad. But we have been VERY busy working and have run out of time. We will get back to daily blogging when things slow down. Check back for updates daily!

Our morning started off in morning meeting. Then we quietly came in the room and unpacked at our own desk. Next was morning message where we wrote about being CHAMPS and how to be a better CHAMP. Spelling was next and we worked on telling the difference between “there” and “their.” Mrs. Ray orally said sentences using “there” or “their” and we had to write the correct word on our dry erase boards. We have our spelling test Friday so we will work on it tomorrow also. After spelling we did writers’ workshop. Sam is writing a fiction story called The Runaway Turkey. Daphne is writing a nonfiction book about sharks. Landon is publishing a story about Halloween. Karson is revising a story about her favorite zoo animals. Reading centers was next followed by recess and lunch. We came back from lunch we did number corner and played three rounds of Around the World. Around the World is a game we play to work on our addition facts.

Please visit our Published Work to see one of our groups perform a readers’ theater about the three states of matter. Click on the link in the right hand column title Mrs. Ray’s Published Work. Enjoy!

Hat day tomorrow.

Our day started off by going to morning meeting. When we came to the classroom we unpacked and did morning message. Our morning message was about how to carve a pumpkin. We worked on sequencing the steps of how to carve a pumpkin. Next, we watched Mrs. Ray carve a pumpkin. We were able to put our hand in the pumpkin, feel around, and pull out seeds and mush. Kaylee thinks the pumpkin felt gooey on the inside. Kassidy says it felt cool and funny. Ethan thinks the inside feels like honey. Next we named our jack-o-lantern. We voted and the majority wanted his name to be Jack. Reading  centers was next followed by recess and lunch. After lunch we came back to the room and did number corner then worked on graphs.

Some good things about our day:

Laura liked going outside for recess.

Andrew enjoyed PE.

Kaylee’s favorite thing was lunch because she brought her lunch.

Kassidy enjoyed taking the seeds out of the pumpkin.

Daphne liked going to math centers.

4 notes in my folder

Spelling test Friday, October 22.

Pictures tomorrow

The day started out at morning meeting. Then we came to the classroom, unpacked, and did morning message. Today our morning message focused on the fall weather and how it makes us feel. Next we used our resource journal to edit some telling and asking sentences. Then we came to the floor with our dry erase markers and boards and worked on words ending with all, ell, ill, oll, and ull. Reading centers was next. Triana wrote about a fireman, Sam did problem solving pocket chart, Joshua played games at computer, and Dylan did poetry center. After recess, lunch, and number corner we worked on telling the difference between addition and subtraction. The boys were such great CHAMPS that they got to work around the room for this activity. Next was science lab. In science lab we are observing how things change. One station used play do to change colors, another one used paper leaves to blend colors with water, the other stations focused on seasons and how they change. PE was next and we played free centers.

Graded papers tomorrow.

We started our day off in morning meeting then we came to the room to do morning message. Our morning message was about yesterday’s storm. We shared what we thought of it and circled our no excuse words then underlined words with y endings that say “ee”, “ing” endings, and “ed” endings. Next we learned what our new no excuse words. We are learning the words: all, an, but, can, there, were, what, when, & your. Then we played “Rescue the Rabbit.” It is a game like hangman. We rescued him every time except for once! Then we did our reading centers. After centers we went to the science lab and looked at our stations for tomorrow. We are working on change in the science lab. After lunch we did number corner and started skip counting by two’s all the way to fifty. Then we worked on subtraction. After math, Mrs. Maines came and we did character ed, today’s lesson was about having courage. Then we went to technology and the library.

PE tomorrow

We started our day going to morning meeting then we came to the room in a CHAMPS line and unpacked. Instead of morning message we did a coloring contest for the student council. The picture was of a fireman since this is Fire Prevention Week. We will find out who the winners are at a later date. Then we came to the floor and wrote about Kaylee. We learned that her favorite color is pink, pepperoni pizza is her favorite food, and that she wants to be a hair stylist when she grows up. She also has a pet dog named Molly. After writing we did our reading centers where Karson did problem solving, Ryan worked on rhyming words, Sam typed a story about fall, and Morgan listened to stories on the iPod. In math we are starting to work on subtraction so we read the book The Action of Subtraction and used our Mimio to practice making addition sentences. Today was character education and Mrs. Maines taught us about courage. Courage is showing bravery when you are afraid of something. Then we went to the computer lab and worked on a lesson that showed us how to treat a computer. The last thing we did was going to get new library books from the library.

Triana said her day was good because she got to play with her friends at the playground.

Andrew said his day was good because he went to the computer lab and got a prize for getting the high score.

Miguel said the best part of his day was going to the library and choosing a new book.

No pep rally tomorrow.

We had a great surprise this morning! The high school football team, band, cheerleaders, volleyball players, twirlers, and Joe Roughneck came to give us a surprise pep rally. Daphne enjoyed watching some of the cheerleaders to some cheers. Sam liked going through the tunnel and giving everyone a high five. Miguel thought the band played really good. And Karson got a big hug from Joe Roughneck. Ryan thought the drum line played really well. After the pep rally we came to the room to unpack and went to the floor to interactively wrote about our good friend Korban. We learned Korban’s favorite book to read is Green Eggs and Ham. Next, we wrote independently about Korban. Then we went to reading centers. One group played games on the computers, another group went to listening center, another group wrote about their teeth after examining them in the mirror, another group went to problem solving pocket chart and worked on math problem solving, and the last group went to poetry to work on identifying short and long vowels. Today in math we worked on problem solving and domino addition.

PE tomorrow.

We started our day off going to morning meeting, then came to the classroom to unpack. After wards we went to the floor for morning message. Our morning message was all about PE. We learned that Sam enjoys going to PE for the games, especially hockey. Next we worked on spelling and phonics using the words by and be. We created a word bank of words ending in y that say “i,” and did an activity called change a letter with the spelling word be. Then we wrote about our friend Dylan. We learned that Dylan wants to be a fireman when he grows up. We think he will make a fantastic fireman! Then we had two guest authors come and share their writing with us. Both of them were second graders and wrote wonderful stories. Reading centers was next and Triana enjoyed doing problem solving pocket chart and games during centers. Next was recess then lunch. After lunch we came to the classroom and did number corner then worked with manipulatives to make addition sentences that equaled 10, 11, and 12.

We are still working hard this week. Today we continued our work on long and short vowels, interactively writing about Andrew. We learned he has three sisters and loves to eat cupcakes! In math we are working on addition by using two-color counters to model addition problems. Continue to check back for updates!