Good afternoon!
We started the morning by cleaning our classroom! Unfortunately, after we completed our dioramas yesterday afternoon, we didn't really clean our classroom properly. We had paint spills and materials all over the floor. We decided it was important to take some time to create a neat and tidy workspace for the rest of our day.
Right before gym, we read the true story behind our novel study book, The One and Only Ivan. The true story picture book is called Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla. It was pretty fascinating to find out that the real Ivan didn't see any gorillas for nearly the first 30 years of his life because he lived in a shopping centre.
We LOVED gym today. We started our Mission Impossible unit which is all about obstacles. Today we learned the course, and tomorrow we start competing on it.
After gym, we made another poster for our classroom, this one was all about VERBS! We learned that a verb is an action word such as swimming, riding, skating, and dancing.
When we came in from recess, Ms. Zimmermann's class had music, while Mr. Fisher's class worked on their spelling from yesterday.
After lunch, we worked on our silent reading again... still trying to make it to 20 minutes. We spent the rest of the afternoon learning about Martin Luther King and how he fought for freedom. In order to reflect on how important this man was, we wrote a journal reflection which included what we learned and what freedom means to us.
Right before the final bell, we took a little movement break to get all of our energy out before we head home!
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