Lots of Writing and a Little Rain

This week went by so fast! We only had three days of school, but we still learned a bunch and did a lot! Here's what we did this week:

It rained and we got to play with our toys. And we read a book from the library about siberian tigers. -Oscar

We had indoor recess and played with our toys inside. -Jonah

It was raining and wrote an opinion piece about it. -Ms. D.

Today we made our own pandas, just using paper, q-tips, and water. -Ginger

We wrote two times in one day! -Lilliana

We wrote informative pieces about pandas. -Aiden

We ate lunch in our new gym today. -Logan

We wrote about the rain after Miss Kloczko showed us a picture of an orangutan in the rain. -Krishelle

We had a new signal word today, opinion.  Opinion is what you think. -Antonio

In the gym, we had a dance party when we were eating lunch, and it was really fun. -Sophia D.

We all wrote stories about a panda who fell asleep. -Ella

We learned more about giant pandas. -Alexis

We did opinion writing today. -Lucia

We have new table groups. I'm on the peacock team. -Mihir

Yesterday we read The Not So Quiet Library, and then we played a game where we had to had to guess whose voice we heard. -Savannah

Today we read books with our third grade buddies. -Noora

We read a book, Panda and Polar Bear, on the chart. -Brielle

We started to talk about subtraction. That's when you take away. -Henry

Our third grade buddies came today. -Sophia M.

We learned what closure means. It means bringing your writing to an end. -Owen

We read Please, Mr. Panda. -Carson

We read I'll Wait, Mr. Panda, the sequel of Please, Mr. Panda. -Sam

I made a tiny panda during Fun Friday. -Gino

We also had a special mystery reader this week, our books for our Donors Choose project arrived (THANK YOU to those of you who contributed!), and one of our first grade friends lost a tooth! I love missing-tooth smiles! What a fun week! Thanks for  reading— leave us a comment if you have a minute!