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Friday, April 26, 2013

Wizard of Oz Reflections!

The kids used a bubble map to describe characters from the play.

They used a circle map to remember the settings of the production.

A tree map was used to summarize the beginning, middle, and end of the story.

We put it all together in a giant tree map.  What a great learning opportunity!

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Perfect Time to Learn About Cause and Effect!

Our third set of tadpoles, that were about to get legs, took a leap of faith today and died from being out of the water too long.  


I took that as a sign to try something else.  Caterpillars will be here on Monday!  :)

What Was Your FAVORITE Part of the Zoo?


Thursday, April 18, 2013

Show Me What You Know About Cheetahs!

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Learning about some animals!

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

We Are WILD About Animals in K3!

How Many Legs?  Learning doubles!

"One day there was a tiger and elephant and a dog.  All of them had 4 legs.  All of them together had 12 legs!"

Carnivores, Herbivores, Omnivores, or Insectivores?

14 Days until we have CHICKS! 

Tadpoles are getting BIG!

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

The Princess is in the House!

Mrs. K entered the room with a puff of Fairy Tale dust to read her story Princess and the Pea.  The kids were so excited to hear how she met her handsome Prince.  She had a hard time getting comfortable in her chair during the story, but then discovered that a pea was in her CHAIR!  The kids loved figuring out how it got there and even were so lucky to have some sweet "chocolate" peas for brain food.  Thank you Mrs. K for making this such a great learning experience.


Exciting News!

Kindergarten was skyping with a CHS science class today to discover that we will begin incubating eggs today!  In 21 days we should have some sweet little chicks!  :)

Monday, April 8, 2013

Our Thumbs GREEN!

Look at our raddishes already sprouting!  So exciting to see this process!


Here Comes Little Red Riding Hood!Nurse Pam put her

Nurse Pam put her band-aids away and grabbed her wolf puppet for an outstanding reading of Little Red Riding Hood this morning.  The kids were silent for this story!  :)  Thank YOU Nurse Pam!

Thursday, April 4, 2013

She may have read a princess story, but we all know she is the QUEEN!

Dr. Penny got us ready for the story of Cinderella by going over some vocabulary that may be tricky.

She was very tech savvy and used the Smartboard for her story.  You can try at home!   

At the end of her story she gave each child a piece of cheese as a reminder of the magic of the mice in the story. :) 

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Jack and the Beanstalk

We were so lucky to have Officer Gonzales read Jack and the Beanstalk to our kindergarten learners today.  His voice and presence were both "Giant Like" and the kids were mesmerized by the experience.  This was a great opportunity to see that police are our friends!

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

CCE Celebrity Fairy Tale Readers!

This little piggie is wearing Rangers gear and brought us some tale gate treats after reading the story of The Three Little Pigs.  I wonder who it could have been?



You may recognize this Billy Goat and Troll from the office?  They were fantastic readers of The Three Billy Goats Gruff!