Today, after Center Time and Afternoon Meeting, we worked on our January self-portraits to hang in our portrait gallery in our room. We also met a new High Hat friend - Jumping Jack.

For our reading lesson, we talked about our sight word for the week (see) and a "magic ending"* for words (-ing), both of which are in the song Going to the Zoo, which we have been learning (here are the words to the song, if you're interested).

We then went up to the computer lab for our time there, and when we got back down to our class, we spent some time talking about the Burroughs Read-a-thon (we had the kick-off ceremony this morning -- we can start reading on Sunday!!!). After that, we had a very fun Choice Time, and then packed up to go home.

Have a great weekend!!

* "magic endings" are simply suffixes for words that we study from time to time. It's the phrase that I use to help kids remember to use them in their own writing, and notice them in their reading and speaking.