Today, after Morning Work Time and Morning Meeting, we had a visit from a technician from a microphone company. All of the classrooms at Burroughs have been equipped with a sound projection system for the teachers to use - the amplification will enable us to use a smaller voice and still be heard all over the classroom. We learned all about how it works, and then we got to try it out. We then read a book before our Writer's Workshop - Edward and the Pirates by David McPhail. We talked about how the boy in the book got so into the book that he was reading that they seemed to be real. Then we got to writing, and tried to make our writing as real as the writing in the book. After that, we headed up to the music room for our time there with Mr. Hofmann.

When we got back down to our room, we continued writing, since the kids were really on a roll. By that time it was time to pack up and head home!