Teddy Bear Picnic

We had so much fun at our teddy bear picnic! 

We measured out bears, did a bear themed poem, talked about the difference between real bears and teddy bears, did bear painting and then ate outside. 

Q and U Wedding

Q and U got married yesterday! They promise to spell together through earthquakes, quicksand and quiet times.  Congrats to Q and U!

Donut Factory

We took our field trip to the Donut Factory to buy a donut using change and to practice counting coins.  The kids always have a great time and it's awesome practical application of using money. 

Petitions

Our petitions have been a popular choice during writing time lately! The kids have been writing their petitions, the reason why it should happen and then going around and collecting signatures.  It's a great opportunity to practice speaking to different people and reading our own writing.  

We also have a great song about taking care of pets that a student wrote!  She made a book out of it later and drew pictures for all the different animals to take care of. 

Persuasive Writing

We've been working hard on beginning our persuasive writing unit and it's going great! I love Lucy Calkins' writing units, they are set up to make writing so much fun and to help the students feel excited and empowered to write. 

 In our persuasive unit we talk about three steps:

1. See a problem

2. Think

3. Write

Today we added different ways to write and I taught them that we can write letters, signs, petitions, songs or lists to convince people about something.  The petitions were a big hit today, I love seeing them buzz around with new ideas. 

Some things we've been writing about are:

-not running the hallways

-longer recess

-shorter PE for middle school so we can use the field more ;)

-taking good care of pets

                                                

Aquarium

We had another great field trip to the aquarium!