Kenue Park Field Trip

 

We learned about the daily life of a pioneer and a Native American.

School 150 years ago had a few similarities and several differences than school today.  This is the Westport School House.

 We played a few games that were played by boys and girls who attended a one-room school house.  Games included: Pick up the Bacon, Who's Got the Button?, and Drop the Hanky.

On our nature hike we discovered what Iowa used to look like.

Word Journeys test will be tomorrow!  We will be on a field trip most of the day on Friday; therefore, we will be taking the test Thursday this week.

Ask your child about our "Apple Valley School".  During our social studies time we are pretending we are in a one room school house in the year 1854.  All desks are in straight rows.  Students were assigned new names and an age.  We have the four year olds sitting in the front of the room and the ages go all the way up to 19 with those students sitting in the back of the room.

Our field trip will be FRIDAY this week to Kenue Park.  Please do not send a lunch to school with your child this day as the school will be sending a lunch for each student.  We will be gone from the school from 8:35 a.m. until  12:45 p.m.

Today we had an author, Renee McCuen, visit.  She told us a lot of interesting facts about ants!

T.G. (The Gecko)

 Today we welcomed a new member to our "family."  We learned several things about him today.  We measured different parts of his body and ourselves then compared them.  We learned that his legs are longer than his arms, just like ours!

We also wrote three things about him on Kidblog (KWL - Know; Want to Know; Learned).  Students also did a writing piece about our similarities and our differences.

Friday!

MATH

At the end of math today we did a challenge problem:  How many Jelly Beans are there?!

Bucket Filler!

Our bucket filler of the week was Hallie!  She "filled" several others buckets throughout the week by encouraging friends, patting friends on the back with their bucket was dipped into, and has always been willing to help.

Class Pet :)

Students were very convincing with their "persuasive speeches" on what we should have for a classroom pet.  Each student who volunteered gave wonderful reasons for why the pet they chose would be a good pet for our room.  After the ballots were marked and counted we had a TIE between a parrot and a gecko. :) Fortunately, we had an electoral college (me) and the gecko won the election!  In the near future, I am hoping to have a gecko in our room.  Thanks to all the parents who helped their child research their animal candidate! 

Classroom Pet

Today we started discussing what our classroom pet should be.  Several students volunteered to research specific animals.  Students who volunteered will try to convince us of what our pet should be by telling us things about each animal.  Examples: They are easy to care for.  They are easy to feed.  They do not cost a lot of money.  They live for ____ years.

After students have given their reasons for why we should have that as a pet, we will take an official vote.  This will happen on Friday.

Students and the animal they will represent:

Drew - fish

Connor - leopard gecko

Maggie - hamster

Chloe - guinea pig

Addisen - hermit crab

Jayden - snake

Gabe - rabbit

Hannah - frog

Sam - parrot

Tommy - chicken eggs

Kids Fish Days!

What a great day!?  I had a blast at Kids Fish Days and I know the kids did too!  We were able to learn about several different types of fish and go fishing.  The fish were really biting this morning and several students were able to catch a fish.  I took a TON of pictures and will be emailing individual pictures to parents, too!

The biggest catch of the day was caught by Chloe!

Fish lips! :)

Bucket Filler!

Congratulations to Tommy for being our Bucket Filler of the Week!  He was always found trying to help friends.  Tommy always uses kind words and is a great listener when his friends are sharing, specifically during math or circle time.  

It was difficult to choose just one bucket filler, because our class has so many!  

Keep up the bucket filling!