Author Celebration/Popcorn party

During our Narrative Unit we spent a lot of time on the story Ira Sleeps Over which is about a boy who can't decide whether to take his beloved teddy bear on his first sleepover.  Ira is very worried throughout the story and keeps changing his mind about what to do, especially after his sister keeps teasing him.  He finally decides not to bring his teddy bear but then goes back home to get him after he sees that his friend has one of his own.  We took what we knew about Ira and wrote our own Ira stories  with a new problem. Using a familiar character was a great and fun way to try out some fiction writing.   Some of our stories were about Ira losing his teddy bear on an airplane, Ira being worried about the first day of school, and Ira being scared to go on a ride at Lake Compounce.   

 To celebrate all of our hard work on our stories,we had an author celebration with some freshly popped popcorn from an old fashioned hot air popper.  The children were so excited to see the popcorn start popping that they were practically popping out of their seats.

 Children were proud to share their stories with their friends.    I look forward to sharing them with all of you during conferences.

 

Thanksgiving Fun

I hope everyone had a wonderful and relaxing Thanksgiving holiday.  After spending weeks learning about The Mayflower, The Pilgrims, and what the holiday is all about, we were happy to celebrate with some delicious pie.  Thank you to everyone who donated pie and came in to help.  We are thankful for all your help in making our pie tasting event a success.  

Grace's mom printed out these great recording sheets.

Our 5 different kinds of pie.  No worries...the children did not get this much. 

Our results.  Chocolate was the big favorite.  Thank you to Addison's mom for the homemade chocolate pies.