What Did You Do At School Today?

So often when parents ask, "What did you do at school today?" The response is, "Nothing". Sometimes it helps to ask specific questions such as:
What books did you read at reading time?
Did Mrs. Serrecchia read any books today? If so, what did she read? What was it about?
What did you do during math?
What are you writing about?
Who did you play with at recess?
What did you do at Music? Art? P. E.? Computer Lab? Library?

Specific questions will often elicit more response.

Each day in our classroom one child is the leader. That child gets to take the lunch count to the office, run errands, lead the line, etc. I have decided to add a job to the leader's responsibilities. On days that we have time, the leader will help to craft a summary of our day from their perspective. 

 Here's what Cayla had to say today:

"We went to gym with Mrs. Spivack's class. We played with Gary the Clown. He showed us how to do the ring toss. We had reading time.  I read Honey for Baby Bear. We talked about how readers think and talk about the books that they are reading. We read The Three Questions by John Muth. We practiced telling time during math time. We rehearsed for our play with Mrs. Lazenby. I played with Liv on the bars at recess."

March Madness

We weren't following basketball in our classroom during month of March, but it sure seemed like a crazy month!  We had a little spring, a little winter, St. Patrick's Day, a quick visit from the Easter Bunny, a celebration for winning the Golden Trash Can Award and a whole lot of learning.

Henry and Wyatt enjoying a spring-like day

Simon's just hanging around

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Spring snow is perfect for building a snowman at recess

They won the Golden Trash Can for taking such good care of our classroom!

A surprise visit from the Easter Bunny!

I think Liv might be a future teacher. She loves reading to friends while they wait for the bus.

Cayla and Addie doing some partner-reading work

Aiyana is listening carefully to Henry read