Update about Blog

Families-- For the last several weeks, my blog has not been working!!! I can do the daily updates, but cannot edit any pages like "Daily Schedule" or "PBIS". I am sorry about the inconvenience, and hopefully will be able to fix it soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Letters and Numbers Center

At the beginning of the year,  we mostly just drew. Now look at what we can do!!!!!

STEM Showcase

Today we had STEM Showcase! We learned about things involving science, technology, engineering, and math.  Look below for some things we got to do:

L

Mathematical Engineers

Today we learned how we can use solid shapes to build structures!  Look below to see what teams built:

Football stadium with a donut shop!

Haunted house!!!!

A Jurassic park!!!

McTeacher Night

Glad to see so many at McTeacher Night!

Check out our Choice Time Work!

We are learning how to work together to accomplish tasks! We are also developing a strong sense of space and how things fit together!

Learning our Weekly 5

Check out our first day learning: Read with Someone!

Center Time!

Check out how we play AND learn!!!

Reading with a buddy!

Weekly 5

Here we are practicing 2 of our Weekly 5 Stations:

- Read to Self

Work on Writing

Slow Foods: Flour Comes from Wheat

Today we learned that flour comes from wheat, specifically the seed which is the top of the wheat grass. Flour is in SO much of the food that we eat! Cookies, cakes, noodles and more!

Here we are learning about how to harvest the wheat:

Here are some of us grinding the wheat in a mill:

Here we are getting our pancakes ready:

Slow Foods: Popcorn

After we made designs with popcorn seeds, or kernels, we taste tested popcorn using different flavorings. We tried garlic, lemon pepper, cinnamon, curry powder, dill weed, and more!  

Try making some popcorn at home using kernels- healthier, cheaper, and more delicious!  

Author's Study

This week,we started our Author's Study! Student partners choose a popular children's author and checked out 3 books of their choice by that author. Students are going to study that author's style and bibliography. They will then present the information they learned to the class on a PowerPoint presentation. Check out student partners reading below:

Slow Foods: Where do eggs come from?

Eggs don't just come from chickens! They also can come from ducks, quail, ostriches, and other birds that lay eggs. Although, we get most of the eggs we eat from chickens.