March 2 in Room 11

• Spelling word-sort. It's a review week, so there are twenty-five words to study.
• Because it is Dr. Seuss' birthday, Mrs. Craig read The Cat in the Hat and the students made tall "cat-hats" afterwards.
• They were so happily busy constructing hats that they totally missed P.E. and there was very little complaining.
• "Up, Up, Up, With Reading!" That's the theme of the new bulletin board outside of the room. As students complete a book, they write the name of that book on a paper stripe, then add it to a growing hat on the board which gets taller with each book. Who's hat will be the tallest?
• The class is working on setting up subtraction problems. They must figure out which number is bigger, then put that on top, at the same time, aligning the tens and ones.
• Everyone in class had a chance to contribute to the baking of a chocolate cake in Mrs. Stebbins' bread making machine. From measuring oil to adding chocolate chips at the sound of the beep, students were engrossed in the process. Tomorrow they eat!
• As part of the baking, students were then asked to write five sentences about how the cake was made. They were encouraged to use words like "first. next, after that, finally, and lastly."
• Students are also keeping track of ingredients, in order o better compare the cakes later.