Welcome back!

We've had a wonderful start to our year.  We've spent time getting to know each other and getting familiar with our classroom routines.  We begin each morning doing some fine motor activities after we have unpacked our bags.

Earth Day Art

We read about Earth Day and discussed all the different ways that we can help take care of the Earth.  Then we created some Earth Day art and got quite messy.  Here are some pictures that we took before we washed our hands.

Caring for our garden plot

Harrison's mum Tiffany took our class out to the garden to observe our recently planted carrot seeds.  She also brought some compost for us to mix in with the soil.  We had fun examining the plot and even found a few worms!

Prospect Park Zoo visit

We kicked off our insect unit of study with a visit to the Prospect Park Zoo.  The kids were all so excited to see all the animals before we had an informative class on insects.  Ask your child to sing the insect song that they learned to the tune of "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes".  

Kaylani dressed up as an insect:
6 legs, 3 body parts, 2 antennae, compound eyes and wings.

Karen did not want to touch the Madagascar Hissing Cockroach

Wyatt is observing a mealworm

Observing using a scientist's tools

Regie and Amalia noticed the painting of a chrysalis.

Measurement

What a better way to learn how to use a ruler than to measure your friends??

PIzzeria Uno

We had a blast making our own personal pizzas!  This was a fun was to end our non-fiction writing unit.  We learned all the steps necessary to make a pizza and then wrote about it while our pizzas were cooking in the oven.  We made our own designs with pepperoni, broccoli and cheese, of course.

Ending with some ice cream sundaes!

Happy Holidays!

Thank you everyone again for all of your generous gifts.  We have had a fabulous year so far with all of your wonderful kids and feel truly lucky to have a such a great class.  Enjoy your holidays!  See you all next year!

Ms. Benson and Ms. Hammond

Sharing our holiday traditions in our PJ's