Highlights of the Week

We took turns examining the newly hatched butterflies. 

On Monday morning one of the students noticed this butterfly that had hatched over the weekend.  

We released it and watched it get ready to fly away.

And another one hatched Thursday morning.

In our scientist notebooks we practiced drawing and labeling insect body parts.

On Thursday we enjoyed a special birthday snack for one of our classmates.

On Monday we did a math exploration lesson and one center focused on dominoes.

Another center was building and counting base 10 block structures.

It was fun to build and then count with friends.

Domino sorting and adding

The birthday boy!

Looking sharp at morning recess!

A classmate made a discovery - his mealworm became a pupa this week.

We all investigated the way it had changed and discussed the life cycle we are watching.

This author uses a mini anchor chart about crafting good leads to begin a new small moment story.

Stretching details down each page is our goal.

Another anchor chart helps us try to start our stories in different ways.

In reading workshop we practiced retelling a story in sequential order.

Adding ideas to our tiny topic notebooks is an important part of our writing process.

In math we worked on skip counting patterns and how we can specifically identify a pattern we see.