Happy Fall Break!

Hello readers! Read about our week and enjoy your fall break!

We learned new words like compare, anthropologist, and details. -Ryan

We did "The Chicken Dance" at Star in Motion. -Cedrus

We learned that some orangutans have puffy cheeks. -Tanaya

We painted orangutans. -Jaykob

We learned new sight words, like little, where, and saw. -Jared

We read The Day the Crayons Came Home. -Juan Carlos

Miss Kloczko made us applesauce, we learned how to write a recipe, and then we got to eat it. -Lea

Miss Kloczko got a new timer. It beeps. -Lorenzo

We did "I Can Spell Anthropologist" without looking. -Anahi

We learned about the orangutan. -Carol

We cut out our orangutan pieces and glued them together for Fun Friday. -Indigo

We put glitter on our peacocks. -Isandro

We got to taste apples. We tasted granny smith, golden delicious, red delicious, and gala. -Liam

We read Panda and Polar Bear again and we are getting really good at remembering the story. -Nya

We watched a movie with real orangutans during science. -Aaqil

We watched an episode of Wild Kratts about orangutans. -Jade

We learned that mother orangutans chomp leaves to make medicine for their babies. -Kendall

We read a book that told us about orangutans. -Tianna

We read Please, Mr. Panda. -Cooper

Miss Kloczko read it to us in Spanish and English. -Damion

We learned about writing with details. -Parker

We wrote about fall. -Kyara

Check out our last post to read about our brainstorming process!

Details tell you more and they help the reader imagine what you're writing about. -Deniz

We ate apples and thought of words to describe them. -Anshika

Orangutans have long arms to help them swing in the trees. -Jules

Some other fun things this week...

We learned about 49'ers!

The kids put panda sentences together during workshop.

One of this week's homework digital challenges... so much knowledge and so many new questions to answer!

Healthy peacock snacks at home! Thank you Allyson, Anahi, and Deniz for sharing!

Anahi's mom was our mystery reader on Wednesday. She read Dragons Love Tacos!

The first graders decorated kindness capes for the kindergarteners and we delivered them with Captain Kindness! Check out this blog post from our counselor, Ms. Hines, about kindness!

Thank you to Anahi's mom for the great photos of our act of kindness!

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