Martin Luther King Jr

This week we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr Day.  He was such an important man!  To begin this unit I would like you to watch this video of a book that we will be reading and studying this week.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdlCWrsAbIo

In the comments tell me what you learned from this video?  What do you think was Martin Luther King Jr's message?

Penguin Penguin Penguin!

We having been learning about penguins all week!  It has been so much fun discussing the different types of penguins and where they live.  Here is a fun assignment to learn more about penguins.

Click on this link and read or listen to the story:
          http://www.starfall.com/n/fiction-nonfiction/penguin/load.htm?f

Answer these questions in the comments:
       
         1.  What did the mother penguin do to protect the baby?
         2.  Which penguin is your favorite? why?

Have fun!  We will talk about these answers and so much more as we continue to learn about penguins.

Discovery Gateway Field Trip

Field Trip Coming Up.....

We will be taking the kids to Discovery Gateway as we begin our unit on Maps, Communities and Community Helpers.  Please contact me if you will be able to volunteer for this field trip.  The field trip will be April 12th.

Math Graphing

We having been graphing all week.  How many girl/boys in class?  How many blue eyes, green eyes, brown eyes in our class and so much more.  We would like to do a graph with a larger sample and practice graphing larger amounts.  Please collect the following data.

Ask 10 people (anyone in your family, neighborhood, etc.) which candy is their favorite out of m&ms, skittles, snickers bar, laffy taffy.

Please put your data in the comments.  We will graph the results tomorrow in class.

Jan Brett

Thank you to everyone for coming to our performance of The Mitten.  It was such a success!  We are going to continue studying Jan Brett's wonderful book.  Please explore her website and come prepared to show your partner something neat you found in the computer center tomorrow.

http://www.janbrett.com/index.html

Snowflake Bentley

http://snowflakes.barkleyus.com/

Here's hoping that if we start reading about Snowflake Bentley, snow will come!  Visit this website and you can start exploring how to make your own 6 point snowflake.  This week will be cutting our own snowflakes, writing snow stories, snow poems and so much more.  Maybe if we can make it snow!