The children feel sure they did capture leprechauns last night.  If a leprechaun is caught, he must turn over his pot of gold, and since each of our traps had a pot of gold in it this morning we may have set the record for the most leprechauns caught in a single evening.

In reading we read in honor of Han’s heritage, The Animals of Canada.  We are now into reading level “C” books.  In looking forward it is entirely possible that we get to level “D” books, which are first grade level. We have Creative Movement today and only had a chance to journal.  The topic was eagles.  I choose eagles as I had two fly so close to my car today that I felt it was a sign.  So I also bought two lotto tickets.  The good life here I come.
In science we continued with Animals Two By Two with a discussion of what fish need to survive. The kids changed water, and moved the fish from one tank to another along with the plants, and fed them.
For math we began Unit 9 with more addition and subtraction.

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Maze created by Rylie to confuse and trap a leprechaun

For reading it was What Has This Tail?  In group I read the Seuss classic Green Eggs and Ham.  We followed that up with making green eggs and ham.  Most everyone tried them, but not all.  I pointed out (and they knew) that the book was about trying things, and not just saying you don’t like something.

For a craft we did some coloring and then the kids brain stormed some of the lines in the book.  “I would not eat them on a train”.   I displayed their work on out outside B-Board.  For story time I read  One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish.  In science we again talked about fish care and made predictions on how the fish would react to placing a fish tunnel (plastic cup with holes cut in two sides).  So far both the guppy group and the goldfish group want no part of it.  We will see if they lose their apparent fear.
In math I went old school working just on the white board with challenging addition math problems done in the conventional way.  Each child had a choice of a “hard” math problem or a “challenge” problem.  I also added to our Math Challenge self-paced enrichment, a packet of progressively more difficult math problems appropriate for kindergarten and early 1st grade for those who want to take the challenge.  Please spend some time helping them and encouraging them.  Math is one of those subjects  that kids, and adults, either love or really avoid doing.  Now is the time to turn them on to it.  Kids were with Miss Amy today for music.  I could hear the tribal sounds of drums as I approached the room to pick them up.  We wound up the day with some kids deep into the math challenge and others watching The Cat In the Hat.

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We made it to 100 days in school!  It was milestone that we celebrated in style!!  We counted to 100 by one’s, and skip counted by two’s, five’s, and ten’s.  I hid 100 Hershey’s kisses around the room and we found everyone of them.  Counting as we found them.  Each child presented their 100 Day item.  Candy by far was the most popular item that was brought in.  Bentley’s paper chain, and Sedona’s necklace were very creative additions to the bring from home items.  Weston brought in 100 balls of all sorts.  Rylie brought cotton balls.   We took Bubba and Puff out for the festivities as my nine smart cookies,enjoyed their snicker doodle treat.  I sent home 100math problems,  that if completed and brought back in, will earn rewards.
In reading we read Three Baby Birds.  In handwriting we did the letter “E, e”, and wrote the room.  For phonics we played site word bingo, and had three winners.

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Today we talked about what joy is, and what it means to us.  How do we express joy and how we feel when we feel it.  We spoke about the great joy people must have felt when Jesus performed miracles.

In reading we read The Picnic.  Remember to take time out to read to your children, and if at all possible for them to read their daily take home book to you.

Valentine’s day was so busy last week that we didn’t get to finish one of our crafts- so we did that today.  What better way to remember our Crazy Hair Day than to have a picture of us in a decorated frame!

In handwriting it was letters “B,b”.  In Explode the Code we almost finished our Lesson 3 Workbook.  I began Science with an introduction to Animals Two by Two.  We discussed the features that make animals seem somewhat similar, when they are in fact different – like a horse and a zebra, or a duck and a crane.  We are developing our eyesight, as scientists do, to identify the things we look at.

In math it was lesson 7.6, with this unit almost at an end.  We had music today, and for choice time we watched the DVD of the performance from the Christmas play.

I took pictures of the kids with their Uglydolls, and read from our Uglyville book.

Today we read Maria and Her Teacher.  In handwriting it was magic “c” revisited, and rhyming words.  The children had creative movement today with Miss Rachel, and things were all a-buzz about the spring play.  For math we did lesson 7-2 working with number sentences, and we finished the day before the assembly with social studies and decorating the heritage floats.  I have sent them home with their floats to work on with you.

We were the host class for today’s chapel and performance.  We did a rendition of Five Little Monkeys.  The children did great.  Voices were clear and loud and our audience was very appreciative I am sure.  Two of our classmates, Bentley and Weston were awarded our schools Character Counts award this month at the assembly.  A special shout out to them for always trying their best, and being respectful , and kind.

Crazy Hair Day 2012

Weston Douglas Character Counts Awardee

Bentley Bracbec Character Counts Awardee

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