Fine, Fine Room 9

Today was a great first Monday of school!  We started the day with Math Review, which we will do every morning, and students got to use the Activeboard for the first time to show their thinking.  Next we talked a little about the Silver Beach Expectations, and what it means to be Respectful around the school.  This morning we also did Reading Workshop.  We learned about the 3 ways to read a book: read the words, read the pictures, and retell the story (we actually only learned about the first two and will talk about the third tomorrow).  Then we did Read to Self (independent reading) for 3 minutes.  It seemed very short, but we were all able to be successful for that amount of time!  After lunch and recess we continued reading Danny, the Champion of the World and in the chapter we read today Danny and his dad made a kite and a fire balloon together.  Then we went to our first music.  We had fun singing and playing with the rhythm sticks!  At the end of the day we learned about a new Thinking Map called a Bubble Map, and came up with fake names for our blog, which Ms. Kalstad will be posting this afternoon.  Another great day in Room 9!!