Today in class we made pirates out of construction paper to go on the bulletin board outside with their pirate stories. I'm not much of an "arts and crafts" teacher, but we had fun, and these pirates are pretty cool. They weren't allowed to draw anything on them; everything had to be cut out of paper. They really did a neat job on them.
We have six students absent today! We continued talking about strong openings, this time looking at the first chapters of Holes and Because of Winn-Dixie. There is a reason those books are so well-read by kids, and it's that they're almost effortless to read once you get started, and that starting is very vital.
We also continued reading the hilarious Qwerty Stevens Stuck in Time with Ben Franklin. I keep laughing while I'm reading it. Ask your kids what it means to take an "air bath".
Pirate Day is Friday, but we also have commercials that will be presented that day as well as two tests (spelling and states and capitals). If your child is absent today and tomorrow, we'll talk about when to make those tests up on an individual basis.
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