Feb 28 2012
CJ, Dorothy, and David are excited about making their birthday cupcakes!
We had our February birthday celebration today! I know our three friends, CJ, Dorothy, and David were counting down the days until they got to bake their cupcakes. They came into school cheering about it!
Dorothy is busy adding sprinkles!
All three friends are working together to make the cupcakes!
Feb 27 2012
Just a reminder! On Wednesday, our class will be having a pajama party! We earned it because we filled up our marble jar! The kids are getting very excited! I am sure it is the talk of the town at home 🙂
Feb 24 2012
While I read this book at the end of the day, I feel like GOING GREEN was our conversation of the entire day! From recycling to planting trees there was so much to talk about!!
It all started this morning during Free Exploration. The first 20 minutes of the day the kids come into our room and make a choice. There are multiple things out including puzzles, books, and the materials in the message center. Today, a few students made “Going Green” messages. At the end of free exploration, they decided some would stay in our class and some could go to other friends via the message center. They also said they should write messages to everyone in our school about going green.
Reid is busy making his Going Green message for the class!
The next moment came when we were getting ready for our weekly recycling trip around the building. I rang the chimes to clean up and get coats. When I reminded the kids about recycling, they all started to cheer!! During our recycling rounds, Raki asked, “Why do we recycle?” Max answered her almost instantly, “Because we want to save the earth!” About 30 seconds later, David chimed in, “Because we are superheros!”
Some of our friends are taking out the recycling!
I must say I am so proud of what the kids have accomplished! At the end of the day today, Sophia summed it up by saying, “Mrs. Clark, the entire school should go green!” I couldn’t have said it better myself 🙂
Feb 23 2012
BreAnna and Dorothy are busy telling time.
We have been making a lot of progress in Math Workshop. As we finish up learning about time, the kids are so happy to know that they can almost take their clocks home! Today, the kids used their clocks to quiz each other on different times. It was so great to walk around and hear, “Ok…here is a hard one….show me 7:30!” They liked to challenge each other and see how far they could push on another!
Look at Salih and Selah work together!!
While working together in math was impressive, I was blown away to see how well the kids worked together in yoga! Today Mrs. Williams taught us a series of partner poses. Each pose required partners to work together and trust one another. While I knew our classroom community was strong I was so pleased to see each and every partner working. They were not questioning, arguing, or fighting. They were all working together! I even told the kids, “If I had any more marbles to give you I would!” (too bad we just earned our marble party yesterday!)
Feb 22 2012
Today, during recess, a few friends started to wonder about trees. As we start our investigation into trees, it is important that continue to ask questions. The kids have so many wonderings about trees! Here are a few of them from today:
Kristien- “What do you call little trees? What do you call big trees? Do you call them big babies?”
J’Nayla- “What kind of trees can we plant? We don’t want to plant poisonous trees or pointy trees. They could hurt someone!”
Our two friends, Kristien and J’Nayla, returned after recess and shared what they were wondering. The kids were very excited about this and began to share what they already knew about trees. I am looking forward to more conversations as we continue our adventure into trees and how they can help the environment!
If you have not already heard, we filled our marble jar today! The kids had voted that our next party would be a pajama party. You could hear the excitement down the hall when the last marble dropped into the jar. Our actual party will be next Wednesday, the 29th. I will be sending home more information tomorrow.
