Morning Meeting....
We had a couple visitors this morning walking through the school collecting coins. As I am sure you have read in the latest bulletin "Project Elf" is now under way in our school. Our school helps to support families through donations during this sometimes challenging and stressful time. Students will be making their rounds to the classrooms during morning meeting times. They will be collecting small change from anyone who would like to participate. Feel free to bring in change if you can. You are not required to.

Started right off counting. We are now up to 60! We can count by 1's and by tens up to 60 (and beyond). The kids then counted how many more days until we get to 100 days in school.  On our chart we practiced writing the letter W.

Math....
Just Enough Carrots by Stewart J Murphy. "Elephants, rabbits, and birds shop in this funny grocery store. Can you guess what the little rabbit wants more of? Munchy, crunchy carrots, of course! And fewer of? Squirmy worms and chewy peanuts (yuck!). So why is his mother buying all those cans of worms?"

Today we practiced working with pattern blocks recognizing shapes and sides and colors. We played Simon says... "find a shape that has exactly the same 4 sides." "Look for a shape that is blue." "How many sides does it have?" "What shape is it?" Touch the shape to your ear." "Put it next to you." Put it behind you." "Put it in front of you." "Find a shape with 6 sides." "Simon says what shape is this?" "Put it on top of you."

Language Arts... 

We began today to look at what kinds of sentences there are. There are questions? Exclamations! Periods.  With these types of sentences you read them with the enthusiasm that you want people to get from the sentence. 

Sharing...

Baden "I found a fossil."

Jack "Where did you find it?"  

Baden "I found it at a lake."

Zoe "Was it in the lake?"

Baden "It was out of the lake."

Skyler "I have a necklace that is a stocking and is a crystal."

Jack "Where did you get it?"
Skyler "My mom."

Lenora "Were you with her when she got it for you?"

Skyler "No, I was a teeny tinsey baby."

Willow shared that her and Stella had a play date yesterday. They were making muffins when Stella had to leave.

Ashlyn "Sooo, were you guy having fun with the kittens?"

Willow "We played cat baby."

Lenora "What kind of muffins were you going to make?"
Willow "Blueberry."

Thayer "Did you like play there?"
Willow "Yes."