Besides practicing our shared reading in sign language, we learned signs for forest animals. Mrs. Webber introduced the next three vocabulary words that go with our story, Annie and the Wild Animals: unexpected, growls, strategy. While she was teaching, I did a quick internet search of animal growls and played clips of real animals such as cheetahs and lions growling.

At journal time, students chose their own writing topic. Once they completed a sentence and a picture, they were allowed to show their page on the overhead projector for all to see. If you received the gift of some wilted flowers today, you can thank your little recycler who raided the garbage can. I had flowers left over from Valentine's Day, which I finally discarded. The students thought they were beautiful and rescued them.

Reminder: Tomorrow students get out of school at noon.