Happy Wednesday!!!

Happy Wednesday to you :) We've had a great day so far! Today we FINALLY really got down to some writing. We now know that we do WORDS FIRST. No more drawing pictures. That's not what authors do. Here is Cade's writing that he shared with the class today. It says, I can ride my bike. A friend noticed that he remembered a space between ride and my. We have to remember spaces between every word for first grade :) 

Here is a risky word that Beau wrote. Risky words are not snap words. They are words we either segment the sounds in or say slowly and write down the sounds we hear. Can you figure out what his says? The class agreed that it looked right. 

When you're reading at home and come across a hard word....start asking these questions....

Does it look right?
Does it sound right?
Does it make sense? 

Here is Taylor answering our survey question. Today my goal was for them to look for chunks you know. Chunks are SUPER important! Look for them at home :) I'll put a picture of the poster on here sometime. Beau is our first chunk expert because when he was reading, he knew that --ing says ing like in king. 

A very fun and famous celebrity came to visit today! Shawn Cable! He read us a book about snow! He was a very nice man and we had such a great time with him. He said we might be on the news...either tonight or tomorrow morning after 6:30am. So set your DVRs :) 

We also celebrated the birthday of a special little boy :) Thank you for coming and for donating such a wonderful book to our classroom library!