Our First Friday Together! Our routines are getting stronger every day. We came in this morning and got straight to work. Our spelling word was "transition"—we might be seeing more of that interesting “-tion” ending! We practiced "Show, Not Tell" by describing an angry dog, and we did our final doodle of a tractor. Afterward, we swapped out the books in our book boxes for Read-to-Self and then partnered up for buddy reading. How did your buddy read go? We also outlined a story about Foxy the Cat, who had a very messy room. In Math the Grade 3s practiced skip counting with Mr. Ross, while the 1s and 2s explored our M-A-T-H centers: M (Meet with the Teacher) A (At-your-seat worksheet) T (Technology with DreamBox math) H (Hands-on math—today we played a dominoes game). It was our first introduction to using the centers, so we worked through each one together as a class. Lunch and Afternoon Fun: During our pizza lunch, we watched part of a movie. It looked a bit scary to me with all those monsters! Afterward, we learned about "Bucket Filling" and headed outside for gym with Mr. Ross. I recognized the soccer game, but the paired ball-throwing game looked like a lot of fun too! End of the Day we wrapped up with our Book of Gratitude, reflecting on “Something that filled my bucket today was…,” completed our Home to School books, and somehow had a little extra free time at the end of the day. I won’t be betting on someone making a mid-classroom basketball shot again anytime soon! Have a great weekend, and thanks for an amazing first week!