Back from Break!

We starting retelling the story Panda and Polar Bear and we wrote a lot! -Allyson

We learned brand new signal words like "island." -Liam

We made a chart to help us make orangutan sentences. -Anshika

We wrote a big paragraph about animals from Asia. -Lea

We did a new spelling test and we were really quiet. -Jaykob

We watched Mulan. It takes place in China. -Aaqil

We did "H is for White House" for our America books. -Juan Carlos

We did Roll and Tally during workshop. -Cooper

We made an animal classification chart. And I found out that there is more than one Scaredy Squirrel book. -Alex

We did jumping and hopping and skipping in PE. -Anahi

We wrote about a perfect friend after we read Scaredy Squirrel Makes a New Friend. -Fabiana

Mammal, fish, bird, reptile, and amphibian are on our animal classification chart. -Parker

Our paragraph has facts about the giant panda, peafowl, and orangutans. -Tianna

New books for our library came in the mail. -Tanaya

We read This is a Moose. -Kendall

The president lives in the white house. -Deniz

Miss Kloczko finally gave us new erasers. -Kyara

We learned a new signal word, "punctuation." -Damion

One of the new books we got was Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend. -Jules

I found a new book series, Ivy and Bean. -Indigo

3rd graders did Star in Motion with us this week. -Cedrus

We learned about elevation. -Jared

Today Miss Kloczko gave out new awards like the punctuation award and the island award. -Nya

We saw the Great Wall of China in Mulan. -Carol

We played Sight Word Bingo during workshop. -Lorenzo

We took a short math test this week with subtraction. -Isandro

I read a chapter book. -Ryan

We read Zen Shorts. Stillwater tells short stories to the kids. -Jade

I was absolutely AMAZED by the paragraph we were able to put together about Asia's animals this week (and with the kids' stamina at the carpet while we revised and revised and revised it)! Next week, we will wrap up our study of Asia. We'll be learning about the Great Wall of China and the first graders will get to construct their own models of the Great Wall! Stay tuned for next week's blog post! -Miss Kloczko

Thanks for reading! What do you know about the Great Wall of China? Have you ever seen the White House? What are some qualities that your "perfect friend" would have? Leave a comment for us below!

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