Writing

* The graphic organizer I used to help me get my thoughts down on paperthe focus was on Beginning, Middle and End * Working hard to write my own version of a gingerbread story- so far I have been working on the beginning and the middle of the story

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Phonics
* The new hunk and chunk I learned this week, the nal bossy r er and where it is found in a word * Singing the whole ir ur and er chant for these hunks and chunks * How er can be a suf x as well as a hunk and chunk apart of the word and see if I can think of an example

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REMINDERS!
Monster Word Spelling Review is tomorrow I most done four been

Math
* * * * Measuring parts of my body using a tape measure Measuring the height of friends in my class and the bar graph we created Using base 10 blocks to build structures and exploring with geoboards Visiting my B Day math rotation one last time before we switch new teachers and new topics next B Day Beginning to learn to tell time to the quarter-hour... this is tricky!

Book Orders are due tomorrow! (Dont forget about the FREE book coupon!)

Other
* Evans Star of the Week and all of the things we learned about him * Mr. Schenck volunteering today and the math gingerbread man game we played * The Spanish version of the Gingerbread Boy and what happened to him at the end of the story * Where I took my rst bite, the math tally and graphing activity we did and the questions we answered using the DATA