Windy Wednesday

After reading this book by Eric Carle, we each created a cloud we wish he would have included in his story! Their creativity never ceases to amaze me. Tomorrow they will all get a chance to label their picture (there's just not enough hours in a day!) I told them one of my favorite road trip memories is when my sister and I would see who could find the cooler cloud. Hope you don't fly away today :)

Sunflowers, Pumpkins and Apple Trees

What do those three things have in common?? We watched three videos about them on our schools iTouches today! Afterwards we shared out what our partner learned (lots of listening skills involved there!) We also each created a Thinking Map of our choice to organize our new and old information learned on these topics.

Eggs are here!

They are here!!! Today we examined the egss (they are all different sizes and colors) and made our "Chick Hatching Calendar" to keep track of their arrival. Keep it at a safe place (refridgerator, next to bed, etc.) and have your Kindergartner mark off the days! As you can see they will be hatching over the weekend (Easter weekend to be exact) so I'll come up and if they are hatching I'll send an email for you all to come up to school.

On a side note-we started reading this chapter book last week. Ask your child to tell you what fun things we get to do during chapter book readings and see if they know what's going on in Junie's funny Kindergarten world. :)

The time has come...

Saturday we will be welcoming the arrival of chicken eggs! Today we discussed the life cycle of a chicken, the incubator condition and how we need to be extra quiet so they can grow. :) More updates to come...

Meanies

This week we are reading (one of my favorites) the story Meanies by Joy Cowley. We read one "shared reading" book per week. Shared reading books usually are predictable, have a rhyme or rhythm, and have large print suitable for large group readings. They help readers to develop positive concept of themselves as readers, develop book and print concepts, provide the reader with a model, and gives them security to read aloud. Ask your child:

• What do Meanies drink?
• Where do Meanies wash?
• What do Meanies drive?
• What do meanies eat?
• Where do Meanies sleep?
• What do Meanies do?
• Who wants to be a Meanie?

Book Fair Time!

It's that time of year again...book fair time is upon us! You are welcome to visit the book fair with your little one after lunch (11:00-11:30) or before or after school. We also have "late night" tomorrow (Tuesday) night and early morning Thursday morning. Hope to see you there!

Last week happenings

Last week was so crazy I didn't have much time to post! Here are a few shots...

During "free choice" I looked over to the computers and saw this! WOW! For some reason it made me think of the stock exchange when everyone is gathered around monitors and yelling. So funny!

The weather last week could not have been more perfect for recess and practicing new things.

If you haven't heard of table tallies, ask your little one to explain it to you. Also, ask them what the winning table receives.

Ladybug update: the eggs turned from yellow to brown Friday. I thought they had possibly died?? Then this morning the eggs were white. I'm not sure what that means but we are still diligently watching the progress.

Happy Monday!