April 26 - April 29

This week we talked about Earth Day and also ways that we can help the Earth! We read stories called It's Earth Day, Biscuits Earth Day Celebration, and The Great Trash Bash. All of them talked about how we want to pick up litter and recycle. We also talked about what it means to be a litterbug and how being one can be harmful to the animals and plants. The kids all made a Litter Bag, which they can hang up in the car and collect trash, to make sure it all gets put in the trash can and not on the ground. They also made rain sticks, they recycled old paper towel holders and turned them into something new, instead of throwing them away! We sang a few songs about picking up litter and keeping the Earth clean and also one about going on a picnic.

We started our Nursery Rhyme notebooks this week! This week we learned Baa, Baa Black Sheep. We added it to our notebook and sang the song several times throughout the week. We also got to act the poem out, find the rhyming words, and also words that were the same.

We also started counting to 100 by 10's, and a lot of the kids can do it all by themselves! And on Friday, they wanted to count all the numbers on our Hundreds Board, so we counted all the way to 100! They loved being able to do that. We have also learned a song that teaches us the months of the year, and they are all doing a great job with that too!

This week we found a cricket in the room, and Mrs. Ray tried to catch it but it was too fast and hid under the shelf, so the boys volunteered to catch it for her! Here are some pictures from the process :)

First, they tried shoving toys under the shelf to get it to come back out. 

 Then they needed a flashlight so they could see if it was still under there.

 Finally it hopped out and Gage caught it with the net!

 Carried it to the trash....

 Then they piled some trash on top of it and looked to make sure it would stay in there :)

This next week we will be talking about Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle! We will continue work on our Nursery Rhyme notebook, and on Thursday we will celebrate Cinco de Mayo!

On Thursday for Cinco de Mayo, students do not need to wear a uniform! And they are encouraged to wear brightly colored clothes for our celebration!

And on Friday, we will have Muffins for Moms in the morning! We're hoping all of you will be able to make it to come and eat some muffins with your child on the day!

Have a great weekend! See you all on Monday!

Stephanie Ray

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