Hello, and welcome back to school!

Today we had Center Time to begin the day, which consisted of independent reading at the kids' tables. Then we had Afternoon Meeting (it's good to get back into the routines of it all...). After morning meeting, we sang Happy Birthday to Joseph, and played out instruments alkong with it, really loudly. Joseph's dad also read three stories from one of Joseph's favorite books, Frog and Toad Are Friends. After that, we had Writer's Workshop. The kids wrote about their most fun thing from Winter Break - each kid made a page that will be part of a class book that I will compile, and have in our classroom library. we worked on phonics, reviewing the High Hat friends that we have already met, and the letter sounds that we have already learned.

When we finished that, it was time for us to head up to the computer lab for our math and reading practice there. After computers, we came back down to our classroom and met a new High Hat Friend - Gordon Goat, who, predictably enough, introduced us to the /g/ sound. After brainstorming a list of words that begin with the letter g, we ate the YUMMY cupcakes that Joseph brought for his birthday snack, had a short Choice Time, and then got packed and bundled up to go home!