Daily 5 - Read to Self

Today was our first day of Daily 5. We learned "Read to Self" today and practiced twice. Today we read for 3 minutes and we plan to get stronger every day and build our reading stamina. During Read to Self, we stay in one spot, read the whole time, get started right away, read quietly and keep our eyes on the book. Sometimes we read the words and other times we read the pictures. We are off to a wonderful start!

Our Chick

It took Nemo two long days, but he finally made his way out. Here is Nemo, our baby chick!

Tabloid

What a beautiful day for Jellybean Tabloid!

Tabloid

What a beautiful day for Jellybean Tabloid!

Living Prairie Museum

We had a wonderful field trip this morning!
We took the city bus to the Living Prairie Museum.

We then learned why it is important (and interesting) to know about animal poop!

We explored the interpretive center and got to look out at the prairie from the observation deck!

We went for a walk through the actual museum - which is outside!  We saw giant anthills, butterflies, dragonflies, deer and learned about many prairie plants!

We then took the city bus back to school just in time for lunch! It was a great morning!

Butterflies!

Our caterpillars have emerged from their chrysalis and we have beautiful Painted Lady butterflies. It has been exciting watching them come out slowly and pump blood in their wings to dry them. Now they are flying around in our net.

Teagan says: "I love butterflies."

Julie says: "Some are hatching out of their chrysalis."

Ethan says: "Their wings are moving - opening and closing."

Mackenzie says: "One injured their wing. It is resting on the bottom."

Chantel says: " When they walk, they flap their wings."

Outdoor Challenge - Best Day Ever!

Today we got to play in sand, water and best of all - our mud kitchen! We enjoyed the rubber duck races and seeing how high we could get our water!

What most of us really enjoyed in Room 8 was getting our hands dirty and working with and creating with mud!