We wrote autobiography poems. Our poems had a picture of us on them. -Jade
We did a big, big spelling test. -Fabiana
We read The Thank You Book. Piggie thanked everyone. She almost forgot someone important! -Jaykob
I just found out that this book that just came out is the LAST Elephant and Piggie book in the series! :(
We went to the book fair, but I didn't buy anything until my dad took me. -Allyson
Miss Kloczko made a mind map about the keel-billed toucan and we helped her. -Damion
We learned the word "mimic" but that was too easy for us because we already knew that, so Miss Kloczko taught us about biomimicry. When people use tongs that is biomimicry. -Parker
On Monday, the first grade teachers for next year came, and one was Mrs. Duley. -Juan Carlos
A second grader was our mystery reader. She read "Slowly, Slowly, Slowly," Said the Sloth and The Umbrella. -Tianna
We practiced our American symbols songs. My favorite is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. -Indigo
We made tear art keel-billed toucans with colorful beaks. -Lea
On Friday after our spelling test, we did Go Noodle. -Nya
We came to school for Open House. We taught our parents and our families about first grade. -Jared
Hello, I am a student in Miss Kloczko's class. I love colors and today the art show had lots of color. My toucan was bright. The bill was green, bright like a lime. I love my art class. My mom made a donation and I put a "sold" sticker on my picture.
My favorite chant is Take Me into to the Rainforest. And I love the the Statue of Liberty song, because it has lots of information and the tune is great. And now I am going to sing it to my mom and read a book because is bedtime.
We learned about the keel-billed toucan. It has a special feet for grasping branches and hopping. -Indigo
We learned about the spider monkey. -Parker
We read Where is the Party? You should read it because it has a surprise ending. -Anshika
We put rosettes on a jaguar. Rosettes are spots. -Cooper
We took a spelling test with some consonant-l-e words and kn words and igh words. -Damion
We made scarlet macaws. -Lea
We learned that the keel-billed toucan grabs onto its food and then flips it into its mouth. -Anahi
On writer's workshop today we wrote on fancy paper. -Mati
Spider monkeys have long arms to reach branches. -Jaykob
We went on a field trip but I didn't go. Allyson's mom sent pictures to my mom and she sent a picture of an animal with a pink stomach that looked like a rat. It was on its back. -Juan Carlos
We learned a new signal word, security. -Alex
A keel-billed toucan's beak is colorful. -Aaqil
There is going to be a show at the end of the year of America songs. -Ryan
We learned new songs. I like them. My favorite is the first one. -Jared
At the zoo we saw a jaguar and its tail was missing. -Jade
We saw a real red panda and it was cute. -Tanaya
When we were doing the songs, one of the songs is "American Symbols on Parade." We saw a snow leopard at the zoo. -Tianna
My favorite animals at the zoo were the snow leopard and the giraffes. -Kendall
At the zoo, we dropped our scavenger hunt paper in the tortoise cage. -Allyson
I finished my America book this week! -Carol
I finished my America book too! -Jules
It was Teacher Appreciation week and we made our teacher happy. -Isandro
On Friday for Writer's Workshop, we did writing all about us. -Nya
My favorite animals from the zoo were the jaguar, lion, and snow leopard. -Cedrus
I got to stay in from recess for the first time to help my teacher with finishing my sloth and offering to help clean the classroom up. -Liam
Welcome back to our class blog! It has been awhile! This week we started learning about the rainforest (again). A few weeks ago, in the middle of studying Australia, we learned about South America for a week when the Project GLAD demonstration was in our classroom. But now we are really diving in (and Miss Kloczko gets to teach this time)!
(We started these last week when we were finishing up with Australia!)
We read Afternoon on the Amazon. -Juan Carlos
My favorite part of the week was when Miss Kloczko read us a book, Afternoon on the Amazon.
We made Mother's Day gifts! -Allyson
We are taking some special papers home. In workshop today our group did Star Wars math. We added numbers with ones and tens. -Aaqil
We read a chapter book. -Liam
I drew pictures for Jaguars Here, Jaguars There in my poetry folder for workshop. -Tianna
We learned about jaguars. We learned that they hide from their prey. -Kendall
I want to know if we are going to learn about the aye-aye? -Lorenzo
This week at art we did a special project. It was a nice toucan. -Mati
I got to color the spots in the jaguar's rosettes. -Lea
Jaguars hunt tapirs, monkeys, and birds. -Jules
We learned about the jaguar. If I was a jaguar, I would eat fish. -Jared
On Thursday and Friday, Miss Kloczko read us Afternoon on the Amazon. We learned about the jaguar. -Nya
We watched Wild Kratts. We saw a jaguar, a harpy eagle, and a basilisk lizard in the rainforest on Wild Kratts. We learned what vocalize means. -Kyara
Today we were sly. That word was a new word in our chant. -Jaykob
We learned a new signal word. The word was strata. It means layers of the rainforest. -Anshika
We learned about the jaguar again. -Anahi
We did a jaguar chart and a Mother's Day present. -Parker
We read Magic Tree House #6. -Tanaya
The rainforest is close to the equator. -Damion
We learned about the jaguar. It eats sloths. Poor sloths. -Indigo
We made a Mother's Day gift. -Carol
We finished our sea turtles and did a spelling test. We did our best. We have a secret present for Mother's Day. -Fabiana
We got new teams. -Cooper
We also started a new chapter in math! We are learning about data, and how to create and read different types of graphs. Next week, the kids will be able to do their own surveys and create graphs to show the data they collect! We also talked about mindfulness. The kids are already earning lots of team points for showing mindfulness!
