A Busy, Busy Week!!

Another fast week is in the books.  Once again we are never certain where the time goes.  Our days are filled with lots of fun and learning.  What more could we ask for?

In math we are sorting and measuring.  Here we are measuring our feet with cubes.  We made lots of fun connections as we compared our feet to those around us and other items in the class.

In Writing we had to put together a sentence that was all jumbled up.  Our Explorers are so knowledgeable!  They were quick to point out clues such as capital letters and punctuation.  They even remembered to space as they glued their sentence down.  Great thinking!

Cleveland’s Vision Center came by for a visit this week. We met Avenue an amazing Seeing Eye Dog, learned all about Beeper Ball (Did you know they even have a World Series for Beeper Ball?), special clocks, how to learn the Braille alphabet, and so much more.  This was a fun lesson that tied directly into our Unit of Inquiry, How We Express Ourselves.

Another part of our unit, is all about how we use food to reflect our culture and traditions.  Ms. Mendez did a great lesson using food from her country, Puerto Rico.  Our risk-takers, sampled guava paste, fresco cheese and a cracker.  They  expressed their feelings of each food on a personal reflection form.  We noticed how they even cheered on those students who were more reluctant to try.  They are all so caring!!

 We cannot even begin to explain how proud we were of all our Explorers on our trip to the Art Museum this week!  They were respectful, curious, attentive and most of all curious!  We had a great time learning all about Children in Art and took a couple side trips along the way.  A perfect day!  We are hoping to go back to see the new Chinese Exhibit.

 First in Math is a great addition to our math curriculum.  You child, if they haven'd done so already, will be coming home with a username and password that will allow them to enjoy this fabulous website at home.  In the K2 World section, there are lots of fun activities to explore.  Pundi's Puzzle has already been a big hit!

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE for making our Fall Festival such a fabulous success!  It was a beautiful day made perfect by being able to spend time with everyone.  Who tried those unusual purple and white carrots?  I know we had a lot of risk-takers that did.  Way to go!!