Star of the Week, Winter, Groundhog Day, Donuts with Dad

Star of the Week
This week our Star of the Week is a friend that loves the color purple and wants to be a baby doctor when she grows up.  She says she likes to take care of her baby doll and she thinks we will like to take care of real babies, too!  I bet she will be a fabulous baby doctor someday!!

Cooking Zz
This week we learned about the letter Zz and made Zebra pudding.  It was so yummy!!!

Winter
This week we have been talking about the effects of Winter on animals (and humans) and how they adapt.  We studied migration, camouflaging, and hibernation.

Did you know skunks hibernate?  We do!!!

Groundhog Day
Monday, February 2nd is Groundhog Day.  We predicted what what we think will happened when the groundhog comes out of his burrow.  We can't wait to see if our predictions are correct!!!

Donuts with Dad
This morning, we celebrated the relationships we have with our dads, grandpas, uncles, and father figures.  Thanks for coming to celebrate with us!!

(I had to throw one in of my own kids with their dad!!)

Star of the Week, Peace and No Name Calling Week, Eating Octopus

Star of the Week
Our Star of the Week is a friend that loves the color blue, playing Mario Brothers, and eating strawberries.  When he grows up, he wants to be a Dentist.  He will be such a great one, too!!

Peace and No Name Calling Week
This week, we have celebrated Martin Luther King's legacy by having a peace and no name calling week.  The week we have lessons that promote friendship, sharing and being polite.  We wore silly socks and shoes to show that calling our friends names is sooooo silly!!

Eating Octopus
Our letter this week was the letter Oo.  To celebrate the letter Oo we made Octopus Stew….and then we made octopus.  It was so yummy, but don't tell Mrs. Nieves that is is really hot dogs.  She still thinks we ate octopus!!!

Student of Character Award
This month our student of character is a friend that exhibits responsibility.  Responsibility is doing your job, doing your homework, and helping around the classroom….even before the teacher asks!  This friend is definitely responsible.  He always brings his homework back, works hard in class, and helps his friends when they need it.  Thanks for being a great role model!!!

Star of the Week, Yummy Yo-Yo's, African American History, Number Line Addition

Star of the Week
Our star of the Week is a friend that likes to watch the Ninja Turtles, likes the color yellow, and wants to be a police officer or soldier so that he can put bad guys in jail.

Yummy Yo-Yo's
This week for our cooking lesson, we made yummy yo-yo's.  We followed the directions on a recipe to make our yummy snack.

African American History

This week, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr's birthday, we have studied famous African Americans and their contributions.

Mae Jemison was the first American American woman in space.  We discussed what we might see if we went into space.

Garrett Morgan invented the three light traffic light.  Before his invention, we only have the two position light and it caused lots of accidents because their was no warning.

Alfred Cralle was the African American inventor of the ice cream scoop.  We wrote about our favorite flavor of ice cream.

Number Lines

This week we have been using numbers lines to solve addition and subtraction problems.  On Friday, we played Kindergarten Yahtzee using numbers lines.  It was soooo much fun!!!

Star of the Week, New Year's Resolutions, Chinese New Year, Subtraction

Star of the Week
This week our Star of the Week is a friend that loves chicken nuggets, the color pink, and wants to be a ballet teacher when she grows up.

New Year's Resolutions
We started the year by talking about traditional American New Year's celebrations.  How did you celebrate?  Then we discussed what a resolution was and made our own.  We have lots of work to do this year!!

Chinese New Year
In China, their calendar is different than ours.  We learned about their calendar system and compared it. We learned about how the Chinese celebrate their New Year.

The Chinese calendar is based on the moon.  It is called a lunar calendar.

We compared the  American New Year and the Chinese New Year. 

Subtraction

In Math, we are learning about subtraction.  We are using manipulatives and drawing pictures to show how to solve subtraction problems. 

We used the story Who Took the Cookies from the Cookie Jar to practice subtraction and then recorded it in our Math Journal.

We used the story 10 Little Ducks to practice telling subtraction stories and solving them.

Just use bottom on the snowman to tell stories about a snowman who lost his buttons.