January 21 - 25

This week was a good week!

In skills, the organic squirrels are working on story comprehension questions. They're working at answering questions in complete sentences. They started a new book, Fables.
The zesty wombats have also started a new book, The Job Hunt. They're working on tricky vowel spellings and are reviewing long I. The screaming mustaches and ice dragons are all reading chapter books. They're reading either Mrs Piggle-Wiggle, Fantastic Mr Fox, or Henry and Ribsy.

In centers we started learning all about topic sentences. We're also working on writing super sentences. This is the start of a big push in writing!

In social skills this week we talked about thinking with your eyes. We know that when we think with our eyes we learn better because we pick up clues about what's going on around us. We also know that thinking with our eyes helps with communication because it helps us intuit what others are thinking.

It's been tough having so much indoor recess, but the kids have been real troupers. They've worked hard to still get along and be kind and inclusive. It's actually been nice or see how the kids interact when they don't have as many choices about who to play with for a longer period of time, and I've actually seen new friendships develop over the last few days!

In project, the kids are still working on their plant models. It was much more successful this week! Everyone got a solid start on their roots and stems, and they worked together to finish the soil. It had to dry, but they'll add their underground animals next. I wasn't sure how things were going to shape up, but it looks like we'll have some close approximations of plants when they're done!