Being Kind

Kindness....
We are working on ways of being kind. We are trying to remember our manners, saying please and thank you's, being helpful to friends, etc. So, we are reinforcing this among all of us. Today we started asking kids at random times throughout the day, "how were you a kind person?" So many ways we are all kind and helpful. Ask your child how they are being kind in school and ask them how they can be kind at home.

Morning Meeting.....
Counting by 10's. Reading the chart and noticing that once again Connie made a mistake on the chart! Zoe noticed that Connie wrote March and not April. Thanks Zoe for noticing this mistake and fixing it! We also had to fill in the missing part of the number bonds. We all reviewed them as a group and made corrections if needed. Nice work kids!

Math....
We are working on number partners to 10 as well as addition and subtraction with number sentences using number stories. We continue to practice counting to 100 in many ways. Feel free to count by 1's, 5's or 10's to 100 with your child. Whether in a car, before bed, during bath time, it takes just a couple of minutes.

Book Corner...
Little Chicks Friend, Duckling by Mary Deball Kwitz. Broody Hen's six eggs are about to hatch. Little Chick is worried that Duckling won't play with him anymore when the new chicks arrive. But nothing can take the place of a true pal. 

Good Night, Good Knight by Shelly Moore Thomas. Three little dragons in a far-off cave can't sleep. Someone needs to tuck them in! Luckily a Good Knight keeps watch and hears their lonely ROAR. 
Get Well Good Knight by Shelly Thomas. The three little dragons are sick in bed, with noses dripping and foreheads hot. The Good Knight tries hard to get them better, with yucky soup the dragons won't touch. What is a Good Knight to do?


Free Choice...

Zoe, Else, Sailor and Nora using blocks to build with and so much more. 

Zoe "Bob the builder."
Sailor "Can you fix it?"
Nora "Lets decorate."
Else "Lets put up a sign."
Zoe "lets have these as pancakes."
Sailor "you have 4 + 4. That equals 8."
Zoe, "you are right."
Nora "here are some more. There's now one more."
Else "We have lots of syrup."
Nora "I'm the youngest."(Nora continues to stack more blocks as pancakes.) 
Sailor "Zoe! LOOK!" "I'm the oldest and strongest."
Zoe "I'm strong too."
Sailor "What day is this?"
Connie "Monday."
Sailor "Do we have to clean up this."
Connie "No, you can work on it all week."




Boys, busily working with Legos. 

Sky"we don't want to hurt you."
Jack "Can you unwind this all the way (holding a Lego winch).
Baden "Zoom, zoom, zoom."
Taber "I'm underwater."
Skyler "Scanning detector. Scanning detector."
Luca "I want to see what this is."
Oscar (Flying his Lego through the air.)
Ethan "I can fix it."


REMINDER....
This Thursday we are performing our new skills with Taiko Drumming. We have been working on drumming for the last week. Our Artist in Residence, Stewart has been teaching us about Taiko Drumming, and you get to see how hard we have been working at this, Thursday evening at 6pm. Hope to see you there.  We ask that students go to their classrooms at 5:45 pm. We also ask that students wear jeans or dark bottoms and red or maroon tops. If you don't have red or maroon, the next ideal colors are purple, pink or blue. Whichever color you have, the show will be great. 

Writing....
We read a story about a duck that did all the work on the farm while the farmer lay in bed all day.  The ducks friends helped get rid of the lazy farmer and then all the animals worked together to take care of the farm!  Then we wrote about how we were helpful at home.  Lots of kids wrote about feeding their pets or doing the dishes!  What helpful kids!