+0, +1, Make 10

We are getting so good at using "vanished" correctly in a sentence!  Some examples today were, "I quickly vanished when my mom said she was serving broccoli for dinner," "The magician made the coin vanish," and "I always vanish when my mom says it's time to take a bath."  We only had to write four words in SWR today which we thought was way too easy!

In math we took a different kind of a math test.  It was about adding and subtracting 0's and 1's.  We all did a fabulous job and then moved through our math centers.  It was an excellent day at centers today- we stayed on task and worked hard to accomplish our goals. 

During reading something very exciting happened... we finished Mr. Popper's Penguins!  We absolutely *love* this book!  In fact, the first graders were so impressed, the class erupted into applause when it was over.  (SO endearing).
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SPOILER ALERT!  SKIP THIS NEXT PART IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE BOOK YET! 

We couldn't believe that Mr. Popper was going to leave his family for one or two years to go on the expedition with Admiral Drake.  We did think it would be pretty cool though, if the Popper Penguins were able to start a penguin colony in the Arctic.  This is going to be a tough book to follow... I'm hoping they like the next book choice as much. 

In writing today we worked more on our realistic fiction stories.  Now that we are aware of the elements of stories, we are finding problems and solutions everywhere!  It has been fun recording them on our realistic fiction chart.