Big Playground Fun

So much fun on the big playground!

Pizza day

The children will be making 1 English muffin pizza to have as our snack tomorrow.  Please send in lunch for your child as usual.  Thank you!

Picnic lunch

The children chose where they wanted to have their picnic lunch today.  Hopefully, one of these days we will be able to have a picnic outside on a nice spring day.

Meeting Rug

Kitchen Table

April Fools

Some of the children talked about some of the silly "April Fools" jokes that they did at home with their families before school this morning.  Today I told the children that I made some "Brown E's" for them.  All of their faces lit up (I felt a little bad).  They all looked confused when I took the tin foil off  of the cookie sheet to see the "letter E's", but when I said April fools, their faces all lit up again.  We took our "Brown E's" to a few special people around Steward.  The children got a big kick out of it.  I'm sure they will be offering you some "Brown E's" for April Fools Day too.  

Have Fun!!

Max B's Mom, Mrs. Burke in 3rd Grade.

Mrs. Costa in the Hallway.

Mrs. B and Mrs. M in the Office.

Our First Grade neighbor, Miss Sideri.

Essential Question:  why did the April Fools Joke make everyone laugh and smile?

Speaking and Listening (Comprehension and Collaboration)

MA.1.      Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners during daily routines and play.

        Miss Carol

Egg Hunt with Videos

Snack Time Fun with Rice Crispie Eggs that we made this week, Annie's Bunny Grahams and a bunny fruit platter.

Egg Hunt Videos

A Big Thank You to Benny's Mom, Amanda for taking photos of our Egg Hunt today.  You can click on the link below this weekend to see the photos.  The Password is:  easter

http://amandahathawayphotography.zenfolio.com/p338235444

Green Day Fun - Thursday

Our room was a mess when we came into school.  The following are some of the children's observations:

Mason       -       The treasure box was in the sand table

Annie        -       The book area was a mess

Cora         -       There was no mailbox in my cubby

Juliet       -       The room was a mess

Dylan        -       My mailbox was moved to the end

Patrick      -       The book area was all messed up

Molly        -       The leprechaun put the trash on the circle                          table

Maeve       -       My mailbox was on the ground

Elena         -       My mailbox is missing

Hannah     -       The play dough was all over the floor

Collin        -       There was leprechauns everywhere

Dustin       -       The book area was a mess

Max B       -       There were coins all around the room

Charley     -       The mailboxes were moved

Some other things we noticed around our room today were:

                                                   The toilets turned green.

The snack water turned green.

The water table was green.

The soap turned green.

We made “shamrock” shakes with vanilla ice cream, milk and bananas for our snack.  It was fun drinking out of straws.

Green Day Fun - Wednesday

Our room was a mess when we came into school.  

      The book area was a mess

The mailboxes were all messed up.

The toilets turned green.

The snack water turned green.

The water table was green.

The soap turned green.

Miss Carol's chair was tipped over.

Take a peek

We made “shamrock” shakes with vanilla ice cream, milk and bananas for our snack.  It was fun drinking out of straws.  

Parent Volunteer Help

I am in need of help with gluing, tracing lines and then using contact paper to finish our new name tracing activity.  Let me know if you would be able to help.  
Thanks so much!

Egg Decorating - Volunteers Needed

I could use a few more volunteers to purchase, decorate and fill 24 large or small plastic eggs with the children's names on them for our Egg Hunt.  Please send me an email (crogers@topsfieldps.org) if you are able to help.  Thanks so much!!

Dr Seuss Day

We decorated our classroom doors for Dr. Seuss' birthday.  We also walked around the school to see all the decorated doors.  The favorites were "Go Dog Go" and "The Lorax". 

"Chief" from the Topsfield Fire Department was our Guest Reader for Dr. Seuss Day.  He read the book "Are You My Mother?"  He also gave the children Topsfield Fire Department activity books and crayons.  The children had the opportunity to ask Chief questions about being a Fire Fighter.

Miss Anna, our Endicott Intern was our guest reader for day 2 of Dr. Seuss Day.  She read "The Tooth Book".

Miss Anna generated discussion about the Dentist and taking care of our teeth.  The children participated in "Turn & Talk" with a buddy and discussed their experiences at the Dentist.

The children graphed their rainbow fish at snack.

Miss Carol

Reading Standards:

MA.1.  With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about a story or poem read aloud.

MA.10.  Listen actively as an individual and as a member of a group to a variety of age-appropriate literature rad aloud.

Math Standards:  

MA.3. Understand the relationships between numerals and quantities up to 10

Valentine's Day Fun

 

Buddies - EEKK & Turn and Talk

Miss Sideri and her class taught us about EEKK and Turn & Talk when we did Reading Buddies with them in the Fall.  The children have continued to do very well with theses activities in our class.   
EEKK The Children pointed to and read the title and author of these familiar books and then  "read" the pictures of the book together.

Turn & Talk

We "Turn & Talk" after a story some times and the children will tell each other their favorite parts of the story.  We also may do a "Turn & Talk" after a vacation or weekend and tell each other something special they may have done.  It's a wonderful way for all of the children to express their ideas when we may not have the time to do so in a whole group.  


Reading Standard:  MA.6. With prompting and support, “read” the illustrations in a picture book by describing a character or place depicted, or by telling how a sequence of events unfolds.

Welcome to Miss Anna

A big warm welcome to Miss Anna from Endicott College.  She is going to be helping in our class until May.  We are so happy to have her with us!

Please add Miss Anna to our Valentine's Day list.
Thank you!