Daily Update:

I love how everyone comes into the classroom, puts their lunch cans away, and gets right to work! We began the day by evaluating yesterday’s work before diving into today's tasks—working on getting a little better each day. Our spelling word was CATERPILLAR, and our "Show, Not Tell" sentence was “She was sleepy.” We completed our Heggerty drills and finished doodling our shark. We also checked in on Ann Bonnie—she hasn’t pinged in over a week, so she could be anywhere now! After that, we did a 15-minute Read-to-Self session and a quick 10-minute writing exercise before recess.

Math:
The Grade 3s continued working on skip counting forward and backward by 2s and 4s using connecting block manipulatives. The Grade 1s and 2s focused on showing the number of the day (19) in different ways—ten frames, tally marks, place value, and on a 100s chart. We rotated through our 4 centers today and worked more independently.

After Lunch:
We read more of The One and Only Ivan and learned how Julia gave Bob his name. Afterward, we talked about the color spectrum (R-O-Y-G-B-I-V) and used the first three colors to create a background for our artwork. Once it dries tonight, we’ll add the foreground tomorrow!

In PE:
We went outside to work on our soccer skills—dribbling around cones, taking passes, and practicing shots. We finished up with a quick game.

Day End:
Since our paintings were still drying, we didn’t apply the foreground yet. We did our Book of Gratitude with the writing prompt, “An adult I appreciated today was…” and filled out our home-to-school books. A reminder: Friday is Pizza Day, so on Thursdays, I’ll try to include the current milk and pizza tally in the book.

Picture of the Day:
Some very serious work was being done as we applied the upper third of our sunset paintings today!