May 5-9th: Four and a half days (Friday an Early Release PD Day)

A read aloud to get the children's minds ready to write to their mothers.

Generating her ideas.

Writing a message to his mom.

Closing his letter.

Working hard to write neatly.

Recess

We've been reading about worms as part of the Our Earth Unit of study.  

They enjoy when they can watch them at recess.

Phonics

Reading the passage for Week 26

Barnyard Graph to practice recent red words.

Red words reviewed: where, what, they, and there.

Writing 

Fancying the boarder to her letter to her mom.

A Quiet Time Choice

Plant Word Search

A fun read aloud during the week that we are making our Mother's Day surprises!

Centers

Finished the 200 Piece Puzzle!

Centers

Working on a new rainforest puzzle (220 pieces).

Centers

Art Table

Centers

Art Table

Teacher Appreciation Week

Chalk the Walk!

Teacher Appreciation Week was wonderful, thank you!

I enjoyed reading each and every wonderful note!

They are on our classroom bulletin board to view for a bit.

Phonics

Practicing red words and sentences.

A fun read aloud!

Making a Mother's Day card

Trace

cut

                                                              fancy

The Mother's Day cards!

Writing

Creating a gift tag for the Zinnia's.

Each Zinnia pot had beginning plant growth.

Enjoy watching it grow at home.

A K for Me story we read and enjoyed about a very important tree in the Amazon.

Centers

Puzzles

Excited to build this new rainforest puzzle!

It's done!

 

Centers

Discovery Table

A Special Art Project

Decorating a bag to carry home all their Mother's Day Surprises!

They are ready to go!

The flowers that came into school Wednesday were beautiful! 

Wow!

It was field trip day, so I quickly got them in water before we needed to board the bus for Freeport!

We then headed to Wolfe's Neck Farm!

Special thanks to the following volunteers for their help:

Sarah Gayer (Leif's mom)

Lindsey Hall (Winter's mom)

Eric Williams (Adeline's dad)

Emma takes us in the barn to visit the animals beginning with the goats.

We also were invited to pet the sheep.

We visited the chicken's and learned all about their feathers and eggs.

The children could feel the chicken's feathers.

Learning about a shy Angora rabbit.

Look at those bones!

Melody teaches us about plants in their garden.

Parts of a tomato plant.

Handling a tomato plant up close.

A little movement activity.

Here comes the bees to pollenate.

Can you find the beets?

The cabbage?

Trying chives.

Heading to the forest.

Anika teaches us about the friendly fir and the spiky spruce.

A scavenger hunt challenge!

                I found ..

                          birch bark

lichen

pine needles

a pine cone

Lunch outside

Their barnyard cat.

Carefully putting some color on the boarder of her Mother's Day letter.

The letters were laminated and turned into keepsake magnets.

Proud of her work!

I hope you enjoyed reading your child's letter to you!

Stations

Independent Work: Practicing the red word (down).

K for Me read aloud

Math

Practicing 3D Shapes: cone, cube, cylinder, and sphere.

K Math Goal: I can name 2D and 3D shapes.

Friday's Read Aloud

I hope these Mother's Day surprises made it home to you safely!

Happy Mother's Day to the moms!

Thank YOU for all your generosity and kindness! ♥️

This Week:

Thursday: Library Book Exchange Day