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| We told family stories |
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| friend stories |
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| sad stories |
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| snow stories |
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| happy stories |
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| disgusting stories |
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| barfing stories |
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| boat stories |
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| and scary stories |
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| Writers need to talk before they can write well. We must fill our brains with words--from books, from others, and from our own voices--before we can write. |
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| First, we read other people's books. |
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| Then we commented on what they did well as writers. |
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| We wrote things like "Your pictures have lots of details" and |
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| "You wrote lots of words" and |
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| "I liked your book because it was easy to read." |
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| We did a lot of reading! |
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| People wrote books about their lives and |
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| fiction books about bunnies and |
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| stories about holidays and |
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| friends stories, just to name a few. |
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| We are good writers, and we know what writers do! |
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| We like to share that with everyone. |
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| We love celebrating writing. |
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| Then, after all the celebrating, we had snacks! (Punch and Christmas cakes) |
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| Yummy! |
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| Great job, writers! |
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| Today during JA, some of us were chosen to work for the government as teachers, firefighters, police officers, etc. |
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| The rest of us worked at Sweet O Donut Factory. |
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| The donut workers were paid $5 for their hard work. |
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| The donut workers were told by the tax collector that they had to give two of their dollars to her to pay taxes. |
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| Some people even hid under the table so they wouldn't have to pay! |
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| Then...the unthinkable happened! The tax collector gave the donut workers' dollars TO THE GOVERNMENT WORKERS! |
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| They thought they were really something...until the tax collector came for their money too! |
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| We decided we're just going to stay kids and play with stickers and never get mixed up in all this tax stuff. |
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| Sock Monkey sat with Makensie this morning. |
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| During Community Circle, Sock Monkey said he wished we could have bananas for lunch. |
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| Sock Monkey read with his owner, Kelsey, during independent reading time. |
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| He even took an AR test with her. He didn't tell her any answers. |
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| Then guess what happened? The kids went to lunch and this is how Mrs. Overman found poor little Sock Monkey. |
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| She felt bad for him, so he sat on her lap while she worked during lunch. |
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| Lucky for Sock Monkey, the kids came back and he got to do a Junior Achievement lesson with them. He was much happier after that. |
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| Playing Dizzy Dizzy Dinosaur |
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| Playing Chutes and Ladders |
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| Playing Hi Ho Cherry O |
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| Playing Tic Tac Toe |
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| Making a book |
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| Playing There's a Moose in the House |
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| Playing the computer |
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| Cleaning the closet |
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| Drawing on the easel |
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| Wishing Dylan a happy birthday on our whiteboard |
