Farrington Thoughts

Highlights: "We went to music and gym. In music, we practiced our songs for the sing along. In gym, we played snowman attack." Emma "We had writing and the learning target for that was I can plan and write stories." Grace "We had math and we did math boxes. We reviewed how to tell time to the quarter hour." Gauri and Brooke "We had Daily Five and my favorite choices are read to self, writing, and technology time. Summer "We learned about Kwanzaa." Sabrina

Highlights: "We worked on our Trojan Pride Shining Star awards and we had Nature Center." Emma "We had buddies and we made a reindeer." Benton "Today, we had Mrs. Hatton at 11:00." Ava "We had writing and we did a circle and tree map." Grace "We did gym and it was our last day of volleyball." Max "We had media and we were looking at a poster for all the star books that we could vote for." Summer

Highlights: "We learned about identifying the author's purpose." Emma "We had writing and the learning target for that was I can write 3 sentences using a adjectives. We wrote a story about Mr. Zobrack." Grace "We went to computer lap and we did spray painting in kid pics." Gauri "We went to music and we watched a video about Low Max the Hound of Music." Summer "Today, we had a visitor at 3:00 and she taught about analogies." Ava "We had a great Wednesday!" Sabrina

Highlights: "We learned about Hanukkuh. We learned why people celebrate this holiday." Max "We learned about measuring objects using a tape measure." Summer "Today, we went to to art and gym. In gym, we practiced our volleyball skills." Ava "We learned about a CAFE strategy and the learning target was I can use the CAFE strategy flip the vowel sound." Grace "We did art and surfer of the week. The surfer of the week is Austin. In art, we watched the video 'The Lost Mitten." Ezequiel "We did daily five. We learned about the -ed- endings." Gauri

Highlights: "Today, we did Social Studies. We learned about 3 different holidays that happen during the winter around the world." Ava "One of our learning targets was I can write using a circle and tree map with adjectives." Summer "We went to gym and music. In gym, we played a game and we did our pacer test. In music, we played instruments." Ezequiel "We had math. We measure objects with 6 inch rulers." Gauri "In gym, the hall of famers were Max and Joe." Benton "One of our learning targets was I can read and write words with the long u sound." "In health, we learned about how to invite people to play with us." Emma 

Highlights: "We had indoor recess today and we did choice time. My favorite choice was iPads." Emma "One of our learning targets was I can write 3 combining sentences using a circle and tree map." Grace "We played four corners. Aubrey and Emma were the winners." Brooke "We had media and gym. We learned about a famous dancer." Summer and Austin "We had gym. We played volleyball." William  "We learned about contractions." Gauri 

Highlights: "We had buddies. We read to our buddies. One book that I read today was The Best Birthday Present." Summer " We had computer lab. We did code.org." Gauri "We had a new helper in our classroom. Her name is Mrs. Stang. She told us about herself." Max "Today, during M.A.T.H. My favorite was M because I got to play games with a partner." Grace "We went to music. We read a book called Miss Mary Mack." Alivia "Today, we did daily five choice. My favorite choice was read to self because I was reading a horse book." Emma "Today, we got ready Career Day." Ava

Highlights: "We did a project about snowmen." Ava "Today, our Trojan Pride winners were Sabrina and Joe." Benton "One of our learning targets was I can write about what I would do if I were a snowman or woman." Summer "Today, we went to art and we made seahorses." Gauri "One of our learning targets was I can write 3 sentences using a circle and tree map." Grace "We did surfer of the week and it was Brooke. She shared her talents." Ezequiel We had a great day at Farrington Bay!

Highlights: "Today, we went to gym and we played a game called volleyball." Gauri "In media, we got some books." Sabrina "We did surfer of the week and the surfer of the week was Brooke." Ezequiel "We did sharers today and the sharers were Brooke, Joe, Emma, Summer and Calum." Emma "In media, Mrs. Mcqueeny was with us." Max "One of our learning targets was I can describe how to spend and save money." Summer "One of our learning targets was I can read and write words with the /wh/, /ch/, /tch/." Grace

Highlights: "We had PE today. In PE, we practiced volleyball." Summer "Today in social studies, we learned what goods and services are." Ava "We did music and we played xylophones. Also, we read a book called Run Turkey Run." Ezequiel. "We learned about picking good fit books." Sabrina "One of our learning targets was I can add using a dominoe." Grace We had a great day at Farrington Bay! 

Highlights: "We did art and in art, we saw a video of an artist." Ezequiel "We did a project. We made Turkey Hats." Gauri "One of our learning targets was I can use two different strategies to figure out unknown words." Summer "We ate turkey cookies." Max "One of our learning targets was I can make a line plot." Grace

Highlights: "One of our learning targets was I can read words with c and g sounds." Summer "We went to PE and we played a game Indiana Jones." Gauri "We did our growth mindset posters." Emma "One of our learning targets was I can read the Farmer and the Hat." Grace

Highlights: "We had media today. We read a book called Turk and Runt." Summer "One of our learning targets was I can write small moment stories." Ava "We had buddies and we made turkey Thanksgiving placemats." Brooke "We had health and we learned a new way to solve our problems." Gauri "We did PE and in PE, we played snow fort." Ezequiel "We had a fun day in Farrington Bay." Emma

Highlights: "Today, we played heads up, five up with clocks." Brooke "We went to PE and we had a challenge. We had to pass a hula hoop." Gauri "We did health and we watched two videos about a boy who was worried and how he solved his problem." Ava " One of our learning targets was I can read and write words with the long a sound." Summer "We did art. We painted our circles." Alivia "In daily five, we did daily five choices. My favorite choice in daily five was read to self." Calum We had a great day!

Highlights: "Today, we learned about a growth mindset. It's when somebody never gives up." Max "We had media and we got some books." Gauri "We went to PE. We played pirate ball." Ezequiel "We had hat today because we started short vowel week. Today, the vowel was /a/. " Summer "Today, we got the lunch point in lunch." Ava "Today, one of our learning target was I can make my short vowel flipbook." Emma "One of our learning target was I can tell time to the half hour." Grace

Highlights from today: "We got to read with our buddies. The book I read was about Diwali." Max "It was Ava's birthday today and we all got cupcakes." Summer "It was Veterans Day and we learned about people who fought in the Navy." Brooke "One of our learning today was I can tell time by the half hour." Grace "We learned about peer editing our small moment stories." Sabrina "One of our learning targets was I can read and write short vowel words." Emma "We went to technology and we did tux paint and co-writer. We went to music and we played an instrument called a xylophone." Ezequiel

"We did health, and we learned how to do belly breathing." - Summer "We practiced using the number line to count." - Grace "We did PE, and in PE we played lava crossing." - Calum "We did M.A.T.H., and my favorite choice was H." - Emma "Today we had booknook." - Gauri "We did music.  We played pass the plate.  It is from Japan." - Ezequiel "Today we did a project in science.  We wrote sentences from our journals, and we drew pictures that matched." - Raymond

"We had art, and we made little circles." - Summer "We practiced making patterns in math." - Emma "We practiced reading and writing words with the th and sh sounds." - Grace "We did booknook, and we read a book about a mouse." - Ezequiel "We did a project.  We painted fish." - Sabrina "We did free choice, and I did blocks and legos." - Calum "Today we made pattern corn in math." - Ava "We read A Big Fish for Max. " - Gauri

This is how we do Daily Five at Farrington Bay!

"We went to the nature center.  We learned about birds, butterflies, deer, and red squirrels." - William "We did science.  We learned about anemometers and wind vanes." - Gauri "In writing, we learned how to edit our stories." - Grace "Today was our second day of learning about nouns.  A noun is a person, animal, place, or thing." - Ava "We did booknook time, and my dad came." - Lila "We had library today, and we learned about books with lessons in them." - Summer "We did P.E. and played sinking ship, and Mr. Farrington played with us." - Ezequiel