On Monday the kindergarteners & 1st graders got to watch a puppet presentation from Mr. Darin Crow. He is so amazing! I asked the students throughout the week what they thought, and they all seemed to really like it. He focused on fairy tales and nursery rhymes.
Kindergarteners this week started an author study about Mo Willems. He is truly one of my favorites and the kids all love his books. Many of them had seen some of the Pigeon, Elephant & Piggie, and Knuffle Bunny books, but didn't know that they all had the same author. We read a few pages from our biography about Mo, then read Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late. I also taught all of them how to draw the pigeon, and I think they were surprised with how easy it was!
First graders are learning how to compare and contrast stories. Mr. Crow told the story of the 3 Little Pigs, and then we read a version from the book called The Wolf at the Door. Then we used a Venn diagram to compare/contrast the stories on our Promethean board.
Second graders read an article about Earth Day from Time for Kids then answered questions and talked about how important it is to recycle!
Third graders talked about haiku, diamante, and acrostic poems. We looked at the pattern for each, read some examples, and then wrote some together as a class.
The 4th graders began studying Greek mythology. Some kids have some prior knowledge from reading the Myth-o-Mania series, but there were some kids who had no idea. I think it's safe to say that they're all excited now! Each class is split into 3 teams and they are dividing up the work to take notes about all of the gods and some of the other minor characters. Then we'll play Jeopardy in a few weeks!
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