FINALLY!

I'm going to share what we did TODAY, today!

Our day began just like yesterday, but this time with our LAST PARCC! It's a good thing, too, because they are done with these tests. At least we have a few weeks until the next round and they now know what to expect so we won't need to do any preparation-it will be just like taking any assessment on any other day. After the tests were turned in, we moved our tables back and got re-organized as a community. Then, we were able to celebrate World Read Aloud day! First, Mr. Buss read Chasing the Falconers and then I read The Book With No Pictures (another one from our March Book Madness bracket). While I read aloud, they created a mural of words and illustrations that came to mind while I was reading this silly book. They also took turns reading it. We also watched some book trailers and voted for Round 1 of March Book Madness. (marchbookmadness.weebly.com to check out voting and brackets; http://padlet.com/raayres1/2015mbm to view the book trailers) After recess, we finished voting for Round 1 and participated in a few more World Read Aloud day activities like creating a new book cover for one of our favorite read alouds/books. Art was our special for today and afterward, we continued our work with fossils by sequencing the events for how an animal becomes a fossil.