This morning, I introduced the concept of surveys. I didn't think about it at the time, but this could have led to a discussion about the US Census. Students made up a yes/no question, asked their classmates, and tallied the answers. We reviewed the vocabulary words: amusing, gumption, mimic, detest, snarled, and content. Students acted out some of the words and we watched an amusing video of a sheep demonstrating gumption.

Students earned enough points for a popcorn party on Tuesday, but since I was gone yesterday, we celebrated today. Popcorn is getting old with this bunch, so we had an ice cream party, instead. We had Fat Boy ice cream sandwiches with Cookies and Cream filling. Yummy! In math, students used plastic, connecting cubes to measure things in the classroom. We discovered that the student tables are 95 cubes long!

I appreciate all the pennies, Box Tops, and Campbell's soup labels. All of the above are still being accepted. Pennies will be collected through the end of February and the others are collected all year long. When our class has $20 worth of pennies, the students get to choose a new book for the library. I didn't have many pennies, but I put a bunch of spare change in our jar. ;)