Ask me all about our trip to The Warren Public Library!  We had so much fun walking up the hill, dancing in between all of the raindrops.  Then...when we arrived we got a big surprise!!!  Mrs. Fillie read us the book Sarabella's Thinking Cap, by Judy Schachner and we all got a HUGE thinking cap of our very own!!!!  We had so much fun walking home with our thinking caps on!!!  It made the book come to life! 
​Thank you, Mrs. Fillie!!!

Scientists look closely at things.  And they look more than once.  Sometimes they use special tools and they always share their thinking by writing down or drawing their thoughts, observations and wonderings!
This week we have been watching our Monarch chrysalises get darker and darker.  Yesterday three of our butterflies emerged and hopefully the fourth will come out tomorrow.  We can't wait to release them!
In the afternoon, our kinder friends have been working with Mrs. Newton's Primary Blenders.  We have been looking closely at things and asking LOTS of questions!  Science is so cool!!!

Ask me all about Mr. Smiley!  We love learning with him!  Today we learned a special song to help us hold our pencils, markers & crayons!  We also learned that we have a "helper hand"!!!

Ask me all about our Welcome Buckets!  To be honest, we don't spend very much time throughout the day sitting at our tables...but every morning we enjoy some time chatting and exploring with our Welcome Buckets!!  While our friends unpack their backpacks, folders & lunchboxes, we get to build, sort, create and share different items.  Sometimes, our buckets are filled with new math manipulatives (we call them math tools) that we will be using soon during Math Workshop.  This allows us to play with them and check them out BEFORE we use them as tools.  And sometimes, our buckets are filled with Literacy manipulatives like magnetic letters, alpha-blocks, books & puzzles!
This time of the day is SO MUCH FUN!  We get to settle in, together, sharing and exploring.  How Cool!

Ask me all about my trip to the Library!  We had fun looking at and checking out books!

Ask me all about Math Workshop!  Today we shared a story called Christopher Counting, by Valeri Gorbachev.  We started counting EVERYTHING around us...just like Christopher Rabbit.  Our Kinder friends modeled how to point to each object, as we said the numbers in counting order.  It was so fun!
THEN...we got to use a brand new math tool called JUMBO cubes.  We took attendance and made a GIANT cube train.  some of us counted each cube when it was our turn.  Some of us counted on.  Some of us even estimated what our GIANT cube train will look  like tomorrow.   AMAZING!

Ask me all about....my (very hot) first day of school!  
We had tons of fun singing and playing together.  We worked on sharing and listening during Learning Centers.  And our Kinder friends got to have their very first Writer's Workshop before our Early Dismissal!
Thank you for sending back all of the important paper work!  And for all the yummy healthy snacks in our lunchboxes!!!

Ask me about our new song...Fall Is Here!!!

Ask me all about Kale!  We worked hard making roasted kale chips for the Harvest Luncheon!  It was so yummy!  We washed and ripped, tossed and salted...then we put the trays in the oven!
​We have spent a lot of time out in the Harvest of Dreams Garden.  It is such a wonderful place to learn!

Ask me all about visiting Mrs. Sweet!  We went to the Art Room today and had so much fun.  We talked about different colors on the color wheel.  Then we painted with Dot Painters!!!  It was so cool!  (And very loud!...Lot's of pounding painters!)
​Thank you, Mrs. Sweet!

Ask me all about the letter Tt!  It is a tongue tapping letter!  When we make the /t/ sound, our voices are off. We have been having TONS of fun with the letter Tt.  Today we made Tiger T's, built Tumbling Towers, and played with our Trains!

Ask me all about Math!  We have been studying shapes!  Today during snack we identified and described all of the shapes (food) that we were eating!  It was so much fun!  Try it at dinner and send us some of your pictures!!!!!!!!!!

Ask me all about Science!!!!  We went outside today to see if we could find signs of Spring!  
​We collected evidence and then we wrote about it in our new Science Notebooks!!
Scientists LOOK CLOSELY at things.
Scientists RECORD EVIDENCE.
Scientists LABEL their DIAGRAMS.

Ask me all about our day!!!!!!!!!  We were so busy we forgot to take any pictures!  
We shared a silly story (about carrots!), we painted (with RAINDROPS), we built a zoo (with solid geometric blocks), we worked on LEXIA (on our ipads), we played in the kitchen area and we started our Geometry Word Wall.  In the afternoon, our Kinders read even more about the Secret Garden and continued working on their How To books.   WHAT A DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  
​Click on the button below to hear our favorite Shape Song!

Ask me all about Learning Centers!  Today we put our engineering and collaboration skills to work, building a Marble run in the classroom.  It was so fun to see what worked and what didn't!   Building together meant we had to listen, share ideas and compromise!

Ask me all about today's Math Workshop!  We were so busy that Mrs. Brady let it run a little longer than usual.  We were making spring patterns, building shapes and using our number sense.  We worked SO hard and had So much fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ask me all about our new Inquiry Project!  The whole class is interested in shapes and Geometry.  We have had several shared experiences and we are beginning to see shapes everywhere we go...even when we eat!!! Today we created a Knowledge Web, sharing everything we know about shapes, including vocabulary, real world applications, and concepts.  We amazed Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Brady!!!!  
During Learning Stations, we decided to go on a shape search!  We found shapes all over Warren School. Then we used our new app SEESAW (you will hear more about that later) to record our thinking!  Dr. Rossbach said we are amazing mathematicians!!!

Ask me all about our special visitors!  This morning we had a Science Program by the Connecticut Science Center.  We met Quiz, a REALLY cool robot!!!

Ask me all about Mrs. Lutz!  We LOVE when she comes to visit!  We talk about our feelings and share all sorts of fun stories.  Today we met her Feeling Friends.  They helped us to practice taking deep Belly Breaths. Belly Breaths can help calm us down when we are upset or over excited.   WE HAD SO MUCH FUN!!!!
And of course, we ended her visit with our favorite song!  Click the button below to hear "Driving in My Car".