Team Esprit continued their learning about Geometry this week and focused on polygons and quadrilaterals. We spent some time sorting shapes, building them with geoboards, and playing a game called "Guess My Quadrilateral". Next week we will continue our work with geometry and we will revisit perimeter and area.
We finished reading Because of Winn Dixie this week and had great discussions about the lessons learned by Opal and other characters in the book. We also spent some time analyzing the author's craft. We are now moving into another book called Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel by Nikki Grimes. We will use this book to compare and contrast characters, their problems, and their reactions.
In Writer's Workshop we are busy publishing our final copies of our adapted fairy tales. Next week Miss Deb's class will have share their adapted fairy tales with their Kindergarten book buddies. Today, Miss Deb's class visited Miss Megan's first grade class and listened to her students share their writing pieces.
Miss Deb's class also enjoyed a terrific Hands On Nature lesson this week about birds. We listened to different bird calls and songs and played games to practice recognizing various birds by their calls and songs. A huge thank you to Erica Schramm, Anne Marcoe and Christi Koenig for another great learning experience. Miss Niles' class will enjoy this same lesson next week.
Miss Niles' class enjoyed Fiber Art Friday today! Bradie taught the children how to knit using their hand-crafted knitting needles. Thanks to Anita, Martha, Johnine for teaching us as well!
This Tuesday, April 18th will be the dress rehearsal for our team's "Music Informance". The Informance will take place at 8:40 in the cafeteria on Wednesday, April 19th. We hope you all can make it!
Have a great weekend!
Deb and Jenn
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