May 16- May 20

This week we talked about Ocean Animals! We made jellyfish, sharks, and rainbow fish to put in our ocean in the classroom! We also made submarine port holes that had sand, fish, and seaweed inside. We talked about the different types of water, saltwater and freshwater. We also got to look at, touch, and even taste both kinds of water! Most of the kids preferred the freshwater :) We then talked about animals that live in freshwater and animals that live in saltwater. Some of the animals we talked about were: the pufferfish, bass fish, the basking shark, jelly fish, guppies, dolphins, and beluga whales. We also talked about how some fish like to live at the bottom of the ocean where the water is cold, and others at the top where it's warm. The kids guessed why it's hotter at the top and they got to see an experiement where they watched the hot water come to the top of a jar.

The kids worked on syllables by saying the names of different ocean animals on flashcards and then putting a clip on the correct number of syllables it had. They did an octupus tentacle match, where they matched up lower and upper case letters. They went fishing for fish that had letters and numbers written on them and they would have to say what was written on their fish. We also played a game where they had to find the right color fish and put it in their boat.

We continued to work on Nursery Rhyme notebooks, and added Hickory Dickory Dock, Wee Willie Winkie, and Rub-a-Dub-Dub Three Men in a Tub. This week we will be learning the last two nursery rhymes in our notebook! We also continued to work on our handwriting, recognizing numbers 0-20, the letter sounds, counting to 100 by 5's and 10's, and recognizing our sight words.

And on Friday we had a special treat by getting to see the Zoo Man! We had lots of fun getting to see the different animals and learn some more about them!

Playing in the water with the fish

Making rainbow fish

Playing the color fish game.

Looking at our ocean!

The octopus tentacle match.

Working on our nursery rhyme notebook.

Our bean from last week have grown!

Making our submarine port holes.

The Zoo Man!

Corrina got to go up and hold a hissing coakroach!

I can't believe it's already the last week of school! This year just flew by! But this week we'll be talking about summer and ways to stay safe during the summer. We'll finish up our Nursery Rhyme notebook and then have our party on Friday!

Don't forget that this week is a uniform-free week!

Stephanie Ray