Happy Birthday Pierre!

What we've been up to...

We dressed up like princesses and superheroes to raise funds for Juvenile Diabetes Research! (9/23/11)

We met a real farmer and got to pet his one-week-old baby calf! (9-23-11)

 We've been sharing our AWESOME family projects!  What a great job by all!

(Farm Foods Project)

 (Measuring Project)

We practiced cutting and identifying shapes to make a tractor!  (Thanks to Mrs. Kirkpatrick's class for this fun craft!!) (9-26-11)

We sorted pictures that began with the U sound and the P sound! (9-26-11)

And we met Johnny Appleseed!! (9-26-11)

Who Sank the Boat?

This story is about 5 animals (cow, donkey, pig, sheep, and mouse) who attempt to get in a boat.  We had lots of ideas about who would sink the boat before reading the story, but it turned out that none of our predictions were correct.  We guessed one of the big animals would sink the boat because they were heavy, but it actually turned out to be the mouse!!

 Acting out the story today were Colby (cow), Mandy (donkey), Charlie (mouse), Lexie (pig), and Cameron (sheep)...

First to get in the boat was the cow!

 Then the donkey...though it rocked, it didn't sink!

 Then the pig!

 Then the sheep!

 And, finally, the mouse!

 And they all tipped out as the boat sank!

 After the story, we talked about reasons why the boat sank when the mouse got in!  I was very impressed with our thinking!

More work with the Letter P...

We found tons of things that start with the P sound in our mystery bag this morning!  Then, we made a circle map of the things we found!

Meet Polly Panda

Today, our class began the Animated Literacy program to learn our letters and sounds!  The first character we met was Polly Panda!  We learned all about her silly story...

 ...and circled the Ps in her song!

Please have your child show you the gesture for Polly Panda and tell you what sound it makes.  Also, have them look for Ps on food labels, newspapers, magazines ,etc.!

The Farmer Says...

We read Farming by Gail Gibbons this morning!  I was really impressed at how much we learned about what farmers do from the story!  Our conclusion...farmers have LOTS of work to do on the farm!

Today, our class read the classic tale, The Three Billy Goats Gruff.  Before reading, we looked at the cover of the book and predicted what we thought the goats were going to eat in the story! 

(In case you're wondering why so many people said "yes" to shoes...we read a story last week that had a goat in it...that goat ate a shoe!)

 And, naturally, we had to act out the story! First, we had to measure the three "goats" to see who would be the small, medium, and large goat!

 Meet our cast!  Gabby (troll), Nikki (biggest Gruff), Lexie (medium Gruff), and Bailey (smallest Gruff)

 The smallest goat crossed the bridge first!  She was smart enough to convince the troll to wait and eat the next goat because it was bigger.

Then came the second goat.  She, too, convinced the troll to wait for the next goat since it would be even bigger than her!

 Finally came the biggest goat!  She wasn't scared of that troll at all!  In fact, she rammed that troll right off the bridge with her horns!

 And, all the goats lived happily ever after in the meadow where they had lots of GRASS to eat!