New Adventures

At our Assemble first thing Monday morning, the first grade classes did a play based on the book, The Great Kapok Tree. The play depicts what happens to rain forest creatures and to the entire planet when rain forests are destroyed. It was a terrific introduction to our Earth Day activities. After reading Dear Children by Schim Schimmel, the children were encouraged to think of a way they could help our Earth each day of the year. However, I requested that Reily bring in an important item that I wanted everyone to see. The children learned several songs and made a water colored Earth and wrote their message on it. When Earth Daycame, we made a movie which should be posted by Wednesday, April 28th for you to enjoy. As you surely know by now, our thirteen chick eggs arrived in the mail this week. The children had many questions when they saw the eggs so we had a long discussion about how to care for the eggs. The class listened carefully and has followed the guidelines to perfection. Each child has washed and dried hands. opened the incubator, (sometimes with help), turned the eggs, sprayed the eggs, closed the incubator, (sometimes with help), washed his/her hands again, and recorded the information on a chart listed of the bulletin board and then goes back to our daily class routine. Why is this so exceptional? This is the first class who has consistently carried out these responsibilities without reminders! Hip. Hip. Hooray for our SK! The class made large pom-pom chicks and estimated how many of our chicks may hatch. They wrote about the arrival of the eggs in a Chick Diary and they are making a picture dictionary about the major terminology used when hatching chicks. I certainly hope you and your child have had an opportunity to crack an egg open and have discussed the 4 major parts of an egg and how they contribute to the development of a chick. The children enjoy putting our two life cycle puzzles together and sharing fiction and nonfiction books about chicks. We enjoyed Charlie's Special Day and thanks his guests for joining us on this occasion. We reviewed letter formations of Ll and Mm and read decodable book 12 I Have a Hat. The class glazed their prehistoric dinosaurs and they are on display on our hallway table. Enjoy! When Mrs. Edwards' class saw the dinosaur display they came and shared how the dinosaurs became fossilized. Mrs. Edwards because a dinosaur and the 2nd graders pretended to put sedimentary pebbles over her. The second graders shared their research books with us and learned more about how dinosaur bones became fossilized. We even shared a snack together in the camp ground. Our school continues to give children a variety of ways to learn and share knowledge with others. Moms, see you on May 5th from 6:00-7:00 PM for our SK Art Show in Mellowes Hall. You'll receive your personalized invitation in the April 30th Friday Folder. See you soon!