More 'Fandango Puppets'

Fandango Puppets and Folktales

Miss Ruth's InterAct Club from Century High School spent the morning with us. First, we read a Folktale called The Great Ball Game, which is a story about a bat and asks the question, are bats birds or mammals? Then, we wrote a Folktale with our Teen Teachers. We answered questions like, How did the zebra get it's stripes? Why do opossums hang upside down? Why do lionesses catch the food? Why do spiders spin webs? and many others. The stories were delightful. Last, we made 'Fandango puppets', which are paper bag puppets made to look like characters. Each team presented their story and puppets. It was so much fun to see how creative the stories were. We loved our new friends from Century! Thank you Miss Ruth and students. We had a great time and learned a lot!

More Love Bugs!

Love Bugs

We read the book called "Love Bugs", then our Fifth grade big buddies helped us make a love bug. They turned so great. They are hanging on the wall outside our classroom. We love working with our Buddies. They read with us a couple of times a month. Thank you Mrs. Burton and class!

Animal Reports

We put together an Animal Alphabet Book. Each child had one letter of the alphabet and chose an animal to do a report on beginning with that letter. They taught us 6 true facts and showed us a picture. We each wrote an opinion about the most interesting fact about each animal. We have been learning the difference between fact and opinion. All 26 kids did a report. The reports were awesome and the books turned out fabulously. Great job kids, thanks parents!

Show-and-Tell

Each week each child has the opportunity to bring a show-and-tell. They are suppose to bring something that the kids can learn from. We have examples of Science, History, Social Studies, P.E., Math, Reading etc. Most of the kids do a super job. We have learned tons! Thanks to the parents who have been able to brings things for the kids to show-and-tell!

Reading Program Review

We just finished the first book in our reading series. To review what we learned about summarizing, each learning partnership wrote a summary of a story. They named the characters and supporting characters, the setting and gave a synopsis of the plot. They did an excellent job with this reading review.