Wednesday, May 25, 2011

The Bates Science Fair

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Saturday, May 21, 2011

Snails

We added snails to our classroom habitat. We read lots of snail books on Friday.

Todd Parr




Todd Parr

We have been reading books by Todd Parr. Todd's books focus on helping kids feel good about themselves in a simple,fun and silly way. Many of the message in his books are about acceptance, differences, and empowerment.



Art Work Inspired By Todd's Books'





Todd uses bright colors in his illustrations.





We noticed that many of his stories start with a pattern.




Word Family Game

Working in teams we played a fun word family game. We worked on the following word families...ing, ed, at, and all

Portfolio's

We are excited to share our portfolio's with families this Thursday morning! We have been looking at our work and reflecting on the growth we have made this year in school.



Math

This week we learned a new math game called Total of 6 and Total of 10. This game focused on making and recording addition equations. We also worked on solving word problems this week.




Peace is...


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Sunday, May 15, 2011

Portfolio Covers



Classroom Habitat

We have been adding to our classroom habitat everyday! We are eagerly awaiting the arrival of the snails.


We have been learning about Dr. Suess!

Some of the books we have been reading!


We read the story

and made OOBLECK!!