Peacocks, Peacocks, and More Peacocks!

Peacocks, peacocks, and more peacocks! That's repetition! Ask your first grader why authors sometimes use repetition in their writing!

We did Star in Motion in the gym. -Cedrus

We had two Kind Kids Club meetings this week. -Cooper

We did "F is for Fireworks" for our America book. -Juan Carlos

We learned about iridescent feathers. -Nya

We read Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Day with Ms. Hines for Kind Kids Club. -Ryan

We learned about a new animal, the Indian Peafowl. -Aaqil

We learned that peacocks have long feather trains. They are longer than their bodies. -Anshika

We read Mr. Tiger Goes Wild. -Alex

We learned that peahens don't have colorful feathers because they have to blend in to protect their babies. -Deniz

We made a panda song with adjectives, a noun, and a verb. -Jaykob

Ask your first grader to sing it to you!

The peacock's feathers shine to get the females' attention. -Isandro

We did the "I Can Spell Anthropologist" chant. -Fabiana

I remember from last week that there is a mountain in Asia called Mount Everest. It's so tall that you can touch a cloud. -Damion

We learned the word "solution." -Jade

We do fireworks for 4th of July to celebrate independence. -Allyson

We added some pictures to our charts. We put a picture of a mom with her eggs on the peacock chart. -Anahi

We sang "Pandas Here, Pandas There." -Lorenzo

Miss Kloczko used a real peacock feather for a pointer one day. -Tanaya

We did a team task of a peacock. -Tianna
(The photos below are of the "Pandas Here, Pandas There" team task and the peacock team task.)

We used repetition in our writing this week. We learned about repetition from Panda and Polar Bear. -Jules

We made a story map for Panda and Polar Bear. -Indigo

We put the pictures from Panda and Polar Bear on a chart to help us remember the story. -Carol

I liked Mr. Tiger Goes Wild. -Liam

The kids got to "Read to Someone" this week. We talked about sitting "elbow to elbow, knee to knee," and taking turns reading in a whisper, so only our partner can hear us. They did great! -Miss Kloczko

Check out two of this week's homework digital challenges!

A few "proud teacher" moments this week...

"LOOK! It's repetition!"

"I just learned that the boy peacocks show off their feathers to make the peahens fall in love."

"Tigers live alone! That's like our signal word, solitary!"

Finally, a special thank you to Lorenzo's mom for being this week's mystery reader!

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