January 9 in Room 11

• Students colored their place value scenes. Scenes ranged from a fiery dragon to the layout of a football field.
• The children are continuing to work on their papers about their satellites. They are to imagine that they are living, playing and working on their satellite. The object of this project is a step by step walk-through of how to write a story.
• Math involved more place value practice.
• Title 1 teachers checked reading progress of many students today using the D.I.B.E.L. oral test. It's fun to be able to note improvement so clearly.
• The class made a graphic organizer on local community helpers. They added lots of extra "arms."
• Alphabetizing continues to be difficult for many children. "Fix and return" papers may be appearing in backpacks."
• The class got their free time today. It was a long time coming and hard earned!