Apparently we GREW a toad in our garden!!!  We are using our imaginations and we are writing creative stories as to how Tippy Toad was found sitting next to the "BEWARE OF ATTACK TOAD" statute in our garden.  It is a cement floor surrounded by brick walls.  How did he get in?!

We will also be writing personal narratives using a checklist/rubric that we develop for both sloppy and final copies.  I hope to see a lot of new vocabulary included in these writing tasks as that is what we will be focusing on in our whole and guided reading groups.  

I wonder how many different words mean the same thing as 'said.'  We will be making a list while listening to stories this week.  We will also be determining the main idea of stories by identifying IMPORTANT details.