tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5180510622025620692024-03-12T21:19:48.922-07:00Mrs. Samuel's Fantastic Fish ~This blog will give you a window into the life in the Alpha classroom! We will post curriculum activities, photos, dates to remember, and so much more!!Mrs. Samuel & Ms. Fenechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00641826089732046023noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-518051062202562069.post-5585782435248526452012-05-28T18:17:00.000-07:002012-05-28T18:18:49.023-07:00Fantastic Fish Swim Through the Last Full Week of School<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The children enjoyed looking back at all of the wonderful experiences from the year!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Creating <i>Swimmy</i> from a banner that the children created at exploring was lots of fun! <i>Swimmy </i>is the main character in a book by Leo Lionni. The children stuffed the fish cut out and stapled it together. It is proudly hanging in our classroom!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Creativity comes in many forms as the Fantastic Fish build hats with fish builders!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Creating a fish by cutting out a pie shape and adding triangles for fins and decorating the fish with markers was another favorite center time project!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The End of the Year party was enjoyed by the children with the help of so many parents! We started outdoors with a fishing game, fish squirts, throwing bean bags at a target and scooping fish with pelicans.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We want to thank all of the parents that helped at the party and those that were with us in spirit!! Your children touch our hearts daily with their creativity, wit, talents, and humor!! It has truly been a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">FANTASTIC</span> year. We treasure the memories!! </span></div>Mrs. Samuel & Ms. Fenechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00641826089732046023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-518051062202562069.post-80910450989126549232012-05-21T19:20:00.001-07:002012-05-21T19:20:15.588-07:00Fish Tales 5/14 ~ 5/18<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">May 28 ~ Memorial Day Holiday</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">May 30 ~ Last day of school. You may pick up your child from the classroom at 11:30 or we will start car line at noon!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We opened the TP tube chyrsalis from the bulletin board at center time with the help of Ms. Fenech and found the coffee filter butterfly the children created last week. </span></div>
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To our delight the real chrysalis on the basket handle opened on the same day right before lunch! It was one of those wonderful coincidences!</div>
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We let the wings dry during rest and it wasn't quite ready to fly by the time we left the classroom. So we decided to release the butterfly the next day. Ms. Fenech came back from aftercare and said, "Where's the butterfly?" Later that afternoon, Mrs.Mundell found the butterfly on the shelf and these children were able to observe it!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Miss Grace was our guide and she read <i>Charlie Clown Fish and Annie A.</i> by Suzanne Tate. This book demonstrates how clown fish and sea anemone help each other!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We started the week with a Mystery Reader. Dr. Long read </span><i style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">R</span><span style="color: orange;">a</span><span style="color: yellow;">i</span><span style="color: lime;">n</span><span style="color: cyan;">b</span><span style="color: blue;">o</span><span style="color: magenta;">w</span> Fish</i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> by Marcus Pfister! This is a delightful story about sharing and how good it feels when we give to others!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We continued talking about the metamorphosis of a butterfly and created the last stage by adding liquid watercolor to a coffee filters with medicine droppers. When the filters were dry the children decorated a clothes pin for the head, thorax, and abdomen with markers. They added pipe cleaner antenna!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The children are wonderful about making connections and created letters using the construction set!</span></div>
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To the surprise of all of us the teachers located a chrysalis and challenged the children to find it. They looked high and low. The only clue we gave them was when we returned from a meeting on Tuesday afternoon, we saw it. Then one of the boys put on his thinking cap and asked which way did we walk when we came into the room? We replied to the right so they stood at the door and pointed in the direction that we walked. Asking questions helps the children to think and so important to brain growth!</div>
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It took approximately 10 more minutes of hunting and searching then one boy found it on the basket handle on top of the butterfly enclosure we have in the room!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Hole punching is the next step. I have found that some skills are easier for the children to do standing up and this is true with hole punching!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">After the children complete a project we often sing several lines from a song. This causes the other children to look at the project without having to stop what they are doing and gives satisfaction to the child who has just completed their work!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We celebrated another birthday by sharing the birthday book and eating a yummy snack!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The birthday boy brought many items from the sea and the children used magnifying glasses to explore them!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Mixing colors is not just for paint! In the exploratorium the children placed paddles on top of another and created brown, then green!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> We attended the Kindergarten dress rehearsal for their grade level show, which included songs in Spanish and a rendition of the <i>LITTLE <span style="color: red;">RED</span> HEN</i>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">At exploring, the children ate jello for the sea, added vanilla wafer sand and goldfish!! YUMMY!! They created flying fish from Eric Carle paper; painted bubble wrap with rollers and printed paper; and printed with sea life stampers on banner paper. We will use the bubble wrap paper to create an octopus!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">MAY 10 - Field trip to the Pier Aquarium. We have enough parent volunteers for this trip!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">MAY 25 - End of the Year Party - 9:00 Playground - 10:00 Party</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We would love for some of the parents to arrive for the outdoor activities on the playground, while we will need others for the party! Come when you can and stay for any or all of the festivities!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">MAY 30 - Last day of school - You may pick your child up in the classroom at 11:30 or meet us in car line at noon.</span></div>Mrs. Samuel & Ms. Fenechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00641826089732046023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-518051062202562069.post-77408510579320601572012-04-29T09:02:00.000-07:002012-04-29T09:57:48.069-07:00Happy Parents Week!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The children love to use their imaginations as they build with blocks. This gives them an avenue for their creativity and an opportunity to develop vocabulary and language skills!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I spoke about the children's love of music on Parents Day and here they are making musical instruments from recycled items and singing into the OJ microphone!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Building with a vast assortment of blocks gives the children opportunities to THINK, plan, develop, build, communicate, and negotiate!!</span></div>
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On Tuesday in conjunction with our discussions about <span style="color: lime;">REDUCE</span>, <span style="color: lime;">REUSE</span>, and <span style="color: lime;">RECYCLING,</span> we tried to eliminate garbage by having a "TRASHLESS LUNCH!"</div>
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On Wednesday, we looked at the amount of garbage from Tuesday's lunch and found that we had only thrown away several milk & juice containers. We want to thank the parents for using reusable containers!! BRAVO! It takes extra time to think about what to purchase for your child to eat and how to send it to school. The lessons you are teaching your children are invaluable!!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We visited Dr. Levitt's dental office where he showed us how to brush and floss our teeth. He talked about importance of getting rid of the plack. Dr Levitt let us feel the air and water that he uses. We watched in awe as "Mr. Thirsty" drank a whole glass of water!!</span></div>
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They found their bag and opened it up themselves!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">On Thursday, Mrs. Smay read us a book entitled, Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Rosenthal. This is delightful book that teaches the children to look closely. One of the narrators in the story thinks the illustration looks like a rabbit, while the other think it looks like a duck!!</span></div>
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On Friday singing for our parents was so exciting!! </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Ms. Fenech and I would like to thank the parents that attended the festivities on Friday and those that were with us in spirit. It is evident that the time you take with your children each day shines through in their growth in so many ways!!</span></div>Mrs. Samuel & Ms. Fenechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00641826089732046023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-518051062202562069.post-26374862762900982102012-04-23T15:27:00.000-07:002012-04-23T15:31:59.476-07:00Celebrate the Arts Week!! 4/16 ~ 4/20<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Some of the cast from </span><i style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Sound of Music</i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> visited the Lower Division Morning Meeting on Monday.</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We listened to one of the songs from the show!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">After a quick snack, we listened to some delightful blue grass music. The Fantastic Fish have a natural sense of rhythm and they could be observed tapping their knees and clapping their hands! This lively music was enjoyed by all! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This student brought a grasshopper for sharing!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We decorated napkins for our trashless lunch on Tuesday, 4/24 using insect stampers and paint.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">CATERPILLAR UPDATE: We have had 3 caterpillars disappear from the classroom plants. Have they been eaten by an insect or a lizard? What do you think? One caterpillar was in the process of spinning the thread to attach to a leaf and it never developed</span>. <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We were lucky enough to observe the emerging butterfly from the transparent chrysalis in Mrs. Mundell's classroom one day at lunch time!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">After seeing the butterfly chrysalis in Mrs. Mundell's class, the children placed their pompom caterpillar inside a TP tube and wrapped yarn around to create a chrysalis. We will place these back on our classroom tree.</span></div>
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Tuesday 4/24 TRASHLESS LUNCH - please send all lunch items in containers. Caprisun drinks are fine because we recycle these pouches. If you order a school lunch, please send in a plastic plate, fork, and spoon. We will use the cloth napkins that the children decorated.<br />
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April 25 - Field trip to Dr. Levitt's Dental office</div>
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May 10 - Field Trip to the St. Pete Pier Aquarium</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Creating at the art center using Eric Carle paper was a favorite center time activity!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Creativity is encouraged in all areas of play. This boy used our stepping stones to support a hoola hoop to use as a target in his throwing game! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Floor puzzles provide opportunities for the children to practice their eye-hand coordination and spatial relationships. This particular puzzle is jars of bugs with corresponding numbers, which gave the students a chance to practice their counting to 20 and numeral identification!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr3geq55mVF3ZRoJrtol6ITIpYrzKXF-BFxMkXdVowQeFVCxbeul8I11z4kMX_sTJ3wD5ek4RjPSc_lo-DSi-2DNDnex2dN3jGrUSmHEL2ZpeGZn6h67ikZ24UH849X0Foe6FiGOEe2CAM/s1600/IMG_3031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr3geq55mVF3ZRoJrtol6ITIpYrzKXF-BFxMkXdVowQeFVCxbeul8I11z4kMX_sTJ3wD5ek4RjPSc_lo-DSi-2DNDnex2dN3jGrUSmHEL2ZpeGZn6h67ikZ24UH849X0Foe6FiGOEe2CAM/s320/IMG_3031.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Painting with cotton ear swabs and water color gave the children the opportunity to use a different tool and art medium.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtbD_hOsqPI_OjL_NPkfNXQdSHpiYKsi_OxF41Pdu5opa8mWHUuMN-DXWc2UvO8Gtg3e4YNgp4upUFgNXDeSDE8nHCHyLQJm9yfYYufNpK0I0lQ8W946qNmhekIIIuHkq2t4Li-_mBeHGI/s1600/IMG_3109.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtbD_hOsqPI_OjL_NPkfNXQdSHpiYKsi_OxF41Pdu5opa8mWHUuMN-DXWc2UvO8Gtg3e4YNgp4upUFgNXDeSDE8nHCHyLQJm9yfYYufNpK0I0lQ8W946qNmhekIIIuHkq2t4Li-_mBeHGI/s320/IMG_3109.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Building in the exploratorium provides avenues for the children to create, collaborate, and converse. Building gives the children opportunities to take risks, solve problems, and discover!!</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">These children created a '"walking stick" insect!!</span></div><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Mrs. Smay read us a REAL story about a lion, <i>Christain, the Hugging Lion!</i></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Two men bought the lion at Harrod's in London and kept it until it was too large for their "flat."</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">They took it to a game preserve in Africa where it was taught to fend for itself. A year later, they went back to visit the lion.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> And after searching for awhile they found the lion and he came up and hugged the two men again!! Mrs. Smay spoke about how we do not approach wild animals and how unusual this story is!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwW0_U4bJQhNPbdPe3AJFKT6AiQXOtElSGboi1jwTaeUMYJ5cALjp7karS4jpEmOQhsSK8jIaUw7xD_yKcXaGBjEDAxED_5SKYBGwuI_ZZr_aOcE42z5ZHN_o7ebW5t_EV-tTSFTdpIhk4/s1600/IMG_3144.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwW0_U4bJQhNPbdPe3AJFKT6AiQXOtElSGboi1jwTaeUMYJ5cALjp7karS4jpEmOQhsSK8jIaUw7xD_yKcXaGBjEDAxED_5SKYBGwuI_ZZr_aOcE42z5ZHN_o7ebW5t_EV-tTSFTdpIhk4/s320/IMG_3144.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">April 16 ~ 21 Celebrate the Arts</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> ~ 19 - 21 Upper Division Production, <i style="color: blue;">Sound of Music</i>, tickets available 4/16</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> ~ 20 - 11:00 a.m. - The EC students and LD children will sing in the LD Quad followed by a family picnic for lunch</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">April 23 - School is closed for the day</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">April 25 - Field trip to Dr. Levitt's Dental office</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">April 27 - Parents Day - Student Activity Center - 8:30. We will be done with festivities in the classroom by approximately 9:30 and we will have a mini-exploring after some time on the playground at approximately 10:30!</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">May 10 - Field Trip to the St. Pete Pier Aquarium</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">May - 25 - End of the Year Party - Exploring Schedule - 9:00 playground - 10:00 Party</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">May 30 - Last Day of School - Noon Dismissal</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div></div>Mrs. Samuel & Ms. Fenechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00641826089732046023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-518051062202562069.post-42709453980242307372012-04-08T19:24:00.003-07:002012-04-15T18:13:13.075-07:00Fish Tales 4/2 ~ 4/6<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The week began by looking at the milk weed plant and discovering some caterpillars on it! The children found it very interesting to look at the caterpillars as they ate. We rescued one caterpillar from the playground that had run out of milk weed to eat. On Wednesday, we discovered 3 small caterpillars. Then alas, the large caterpillar disappeared. We are hoping that it turned into a chrysalis and we will find it soon.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg44enIC3MRd4iK6uo0d6Gtk31UFHlcvh7MutZCmjooKsTNLafkb5YTtGsGqZmEVZJ23IMWvwuJ3Cv5PlV-MyR1AnlIuiVJraHi4i6TOZbKIF6iLIQIzBJ6uJAqNgN4P1GUj_NjQDFC3iE/s1600/IMG_2998.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg44enIC3MRd4iK6uo0d6Gtk31UFHlcvh7MutZCmjooKsTNLafkb5YTtGsGqZmEVZJ23IMWvwuJ3Cv5PlV-MyR1AnlIuiVJraHi4i6TOZbKIF6iLIQIzBJ6uJAqNgN4P1GUj_NjQDFC3iE/s320/IMG_2998.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGSfpJB2PinFRMkhHd9G31ZQVFInzpxrTWNcqYkSa6IBA19NUW6jWJK9WIDOqR21q31jHbZ34lybUamEaYI47ktJgMP_0S-wbieUPzfQ0Nm0HrpXtR-U2tyY1zlKdN1nxqFi2iDArZmN3w/s1600/IMG_2965.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGSfpJB2PinFRMkhHd9G31ZQVFInzpxrTWNcqYkSa6IBA19NUW6jWJK9WIDOqR21q31jHbZ34lybUamEaYI47ktJgMP_0S-wbieUPzfQ0Nm0HrpXtR-U2tyY1zlKdN1nxqFi2iDArZmN3w/s320/IMG_2965.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We celebrated by having the birthday boy tell about his photographs in his birthday book. We ate a fun snack and sang some songs!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk6kfgD-v2u5TVf4LEB6E9i-67x2ZlT_7yfOeVKaCEBVVaWYz6kmRwKO6DzhxQZ58GHfKB7R2sy-N1TpE61b1rkSlmYEmI4pz_q6dQs-HgkkGiC9iQsgTJcAZd2SzshxtTyAIfwvn82VT1/s1600/IMG_2947.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk6kfgD-v2u5TVf4LEB6E9i-67x2ZlT_7yfOeVKaCEBVVaWYz6kmRwKO6DzhxQZ58GHfKB7R2sy-N1TpE61b1rkSlmYEmI4pz_q6dQs-HgkkGiC9iQsgTJcAZd2SzshxtTyAIfwvn82VT1/s320/IMG_2947.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> One of the center time projects was creating an insect complete with 3 body parts. We gave the children circles, ovals, hearts and some Flyswatter paper from last Friday to cut an oval or a circle. The children decided which shape they would use for each part of their insect. The added eyes, antenna, and tore paper for the 6 legs.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm-AeRXCjXLAc2r3coqc2X4dw7i1othwTT2etg7fjnaflJOYgQQy8HkLRNFaeQLMZkSXD2OaHS-gL9Pa8Fr5TDXithicVdpXKjcpe0njiiVfsWeURQvp4aeldCggzSzzyu5yUEQG-Ryrwb/s1600/IMG_2988.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm-AeRXCjXLAc2r3coqc2X4dw7i1othwTT2etg7fjnaflJOYgQQy8HkLRNFaeQLMZkSXD2OaHS-gL9Pa8Fr5TDXithicVdpXKjcpe0njiiVfsWeURQvp4aeldCggzSzzyu5yUEQG-Ryrwb/s320/IMG_2988.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyAFsow1GW_OfsNn4T6UbPeoi1NZ-TLLNQgby_HvqzGJKFZxFJCcOxDLToq8PSgOF-t9vhoZ-GXYztQ2L9cWoReIjvQuPFmeGI3oB5kCgRq0ULfxAyIO0viD5sFfLZ8jfxlZYR6dGH7UJj/s1600/IMG_3029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyAFsow1GW_OfsNn4T6UbPeoi1NZ-TLLNQgby_HvqzGJKFZxFJCcOxDLToq8PSgOF-t9vhoZ-GXYztQ2L9cWoReIjvQuPFmeGI3oB5kCgRq0ULfxAyIO0viD5sFfLZ8jfxlZYR6dGH7UJj/s320/IMG_3029.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh4GRwhMiO-hBhktryJK8GLUcgWl326r8U6Hr35lAx29tAAwNmH_jGGokhQaWwrFXpOevaUqXZrZNpH7l63Zui65r90jobkluIHo0rL3bHweVWAoih-KvkMng4ar4-lkn5bscVPiM8p5Jj/s1600/IMG_3016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh4GRwhMiO-hBhktryJK8GLUcgWl326r8U6Hr35lAx29tAAwNmH_jGGokhQaWwrFXpOevaUqXZrZNpH7l63Zui65r90jobkluIHo0rL3bHweVWAoih-KvkMng4ar4-lkn5bscVPiM8p5Jj/s320/IMG_3016.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicueBoKRx2t49rVAm6mFDeMdvC0Fi3eO98N5-laBzNG1FubQfqTdZmC8-q9U0KmngKMhk2ZpTyLJgvQh6wMDICk-VYjpSIW_QnvqdYMGsZj6e4UgngEvvVEyO45ApQxgVOr7yAhRMg5YeV/s1600/IMG_2986.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicueBoKRx2t49rVAm6mFDeMdvC0Fi3eO98N5-laBzNG1FubQfqTdZmC8-q9U0KmngKMhk2ZpTyLJgvQh6wMDICk-VYjpSIW_QnvqdYMGsZj6e4UgngEvvVEyO45ApQxgVOr7yAhRMg5YeV/s320/IMG_2986.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEp6A-SBNl43Sv_zCaFVeGsu8dZ-E61AnVv9zZTmNuzZqQORoiQ7-UX2i-u_2HTKTuGiI6I_54qOMQ9EAJlNKvKwllAUh7ZmVPL3sJPYG96pBASipmL6NymXwYlAH5DCN8mH4Ml0xwrFNX/s1600/IMG_3018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEp6A-SBNl43Sv_zCaFVeGsu8dZ-E61AnVv9zZTmNuzZqQORoiQ7-UX2i-u_2HTKTuGiI6I_54qOMQ9EAJlNKvKwllAUh7ZmVPL3sJPYG96pBASipmL6NymXwYlAH5DCN8mH4Ml0xwrFNX/s320/IMG_3018.jpg" width="278" /></a></div><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">We sang: Insects have 3 body parts, body parts, body parts.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> Insects have 3 body parts; head, thorax, abdomen</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Insects have 6 legs on them, legs on them, legs on them,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Insects have 6 legs on them; 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Mr. Hommeyer was our Mystery Reader on Thursday. He read the </span><i style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Snail and the Whale </i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">by Julia Donaldson!</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">At exploring on Friday, we sorted insects and other creatures into "homes" on a large banner paper. Mrs. Gootson read </span><i style="color: lime; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A Color of His Own</i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> by Leo Lionni. She talked about how chameleons change color according to the environment that they are in. The children painted a chameleon using dry tempera cakes! Mixing colors with fingers was a favorite activity with Mrs. Mundell! For snack we added cream cheese to butterfly crackers and played the Very Hungry Caterpillar board game!</span><br />
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</div></div>Mrs. Samuel & Ms. Fenechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00641826089732046023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-518051062202562069.post-61516828861199277562012-04-01T18:54:00.002-07:002012-04-01T18:57:24.027-07:00A Very Busy Week for the Fantastic Fish!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We began the week by cutting green leaves and added a tissue paper butterfly egg. They now adorn our tree on classroom bulletin board. We read <i style="color: lime;">The Very Hungry Caterpillar</i> by Eric Carle and Melvin Berger's book, <i><span style="color: orange;">Butterfly</span>,</i> which displays actual photographs of the metamorphosis of a butterfly. We had discussions about this process and talked about how the chrysalis becomes transparent before the fully shaped butterfly emerges. </span> <img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ-ApXanaipmsC0liKjJXm1Lp-O6jHvZkN7tWJUPZr9eGcScfRlCaucHumPadNQmF6oi_2qkAUjn8YPzSKc-b-cbYWMHxpQBwYFkCwUA24gVZGncS4Jzb0oQTYSIc-oCvspy-RhfbGY5Z5/s320/IMG_2836.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="240" /></td></tr>
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyIugOvOi3kgQnauH8pTK5CGR4fRJYfEMukEUs9qaMQworToHifyRL_5LHu388kvTR2HYDsclEN7d9wzWEIThzs604iTYFwmqOTllPkway8sRNPvfvJJitSKmD1fyaBbXxKk_pf__HCybh/s320/IMG_2845.jpg" width="240" /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Creating caterpillars was the next next step in the butterfly process. We have a real milk weed plant and we will add the caterpillars to the bulletin board as the real caterpillars emerge on the plant. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ePtOIhadD0VE0mAu2CGBoV56ZHQ1Dr8PQNHjwCcYfHFygU06ACAlWPRpVOdMu86kh0I0gO7Ib08EC9ZyXFxfG1YzE6v_zq8ziO0OXyvNAZofMYNYj_rXP86Ga9xktbmW7Rz7lsEZ34Nn/s1600/IMG_2849.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ePtOIhadD0VE0mAu2CGBoV56ZHQ1Dr8PQNHjwCcYfHFygU06ACAlWPRpVOdMu86kh0I0gO7Ib08EC9ZyXFxfG1YzE6v_zq8ziO0OXyvNAZofMYNYj_rXP86Ga9xktbmW7Rz7lsEZ34Nn/s320/IMG_2849.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> Folding paper, writing our initials, adding dots of paint, and refolding was the process for creating symmetrical butterflies. Another activity in conjunction with the painting was using pattern blocks to display symmetry on a butterfly cutout.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrrw16Ppa077bvae09OR6XeHX5lgi2AQCGrsiE7CxZUYES1XETES7V2Xh_9Tp2xCVUQfX3DNLFy2b8XYKVAly1maLwCqBwMJeLkUTXMP-HBJv-h5ToMMQLwKfkCWwHDwETidcMuncNzBuW/s1600/IMG_2884.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrrw16Ppa077bvae09OR6XeHX5lgi2AQCGrsiE7CxZUYES1XETES7V2Xh_9Tp2xCVUQfX3DNLFy2b8XYKVAly1maLwCqBwMJeLkUTXMP-HBJv-h5ToMMQLwKfkCWwHDwETidcMuncNzBuW/s320/IMG_2884.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ9oB-IZiCpwuajDny6r6bbbUvgds3j9DRDF-rTYQGE5OF2VL7YvMU8XpIlLitrsNpg3lesvmVNqScjwkyfGh4t9YBiXGIP19Wv3oIse2yOvGsDFwyB4mAWwABxOvBb9VNytZaHwXqYGnk/s1600/IMG_2886.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ9oB-IZiCpwuajDny6r6bbbUvgds3j9DRDF-rTYQGE5OF2VL7YvMU8XpIlLitrsNpg3lesvmVNqScjwkyfGh4t9YBiXGIP19Wv3oIse2yOvGsDFwyB4mAWwABxOvBb9VNytZaHwXqYGnk/s320/IMG_2886.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfv2dnlDs-AaSiav1PgNcRYnDUhJC8tmajyVAzd2dfwdQiGBfq8aD6ujUoApeu2mxpBI7ZLFIqEJdT3hQiSDfvKlSH1ZDx4Tn4eyXiLtvn-cF-vn5cFfYilZr3YyhTmPtzVC_Rk1A6YyKO/s1600/IMG_2889.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfv2dnlDs-AaSiav1PgNcRYnDUhJC8tmajyVAzd2dfwdQiGBfq8aD6ujUoApeu2mxpBI7ZLFIqEJdT3hQiSDfvKlSH1ZDx4Tn4eyXiLtvn-cF-vn5cFfYilZr3YyhTmPtzVC_Rk1A6YyKO/s320/IMG_2889.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD4sKVyJ1FiKSJw_jK1z6aWx3NFzlU5Ev7ME0LJ1-YiQp2QhMOSZB0T6XpdkAo_B-PRdHMx_d7Utol7LmFT7bDtr8o4K0dh9NUN7D7uhC7RQjjxjJNcAuxfWXFsM6iSIb2umMI7p-FnVNI/s1600/IMG_2888.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD4sKVyJ1FiKSJw_jK1z6aWx3NFzlU5Ev7ME0LJ1-YiQp2QhMOSZB0T6XpdkAo_B-PRdHMx_d7Utol7LmFT7bDtr8o4K0dh9NUN7D7uhC7RQjjxjJNcAuxfWXFsM6iSIb2umMI7p-FnVNI/s320/IMG_2888.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">The Relay For life all-school assembly was held on Friday on the football field. Shorecrest hosts a Relay for Life each year in March to raise money for the American Cancer Society. All of the children walked with an upper classman to kick off this very special event.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSTWheXipk3xvhvpu9GQgDLc0nv6q14-2Saa8-UQjNcIL-q5Aj2sU8fG7GBBZ2OWQ2zKKq6jRQ-LzAmOXoFOeskGIZv8JVADMFibKc52wZQud001bKKXYAkzVOD9TZQ8vsDF2ak3SLm4Sp/s1600/IMG_2891.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSTWheXipk3xvhvpu9GQgDLc0nv6q14-2Saa8-UQjNcIL-q5Aj2sU8fG7GBBZ2OWQ2zKKq6jRQ-LzAmOXoFOeskGIZv8JVADMFibKc52wZQud001bKKXYAkzVOD9TZQ8vsDF2ak3SLm4Sp/s320/IMG_2891.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8k71AXFl8wqc_fCQ0zAED_Mw7s1b6d9g7rvczmhLeUqAtvn4_Pn5ARf8qTt5YzIZG0qwiA3c8oaAko6sMqhXSkAw_3obaYL9UP8XAjLq98BEgDhtcOwYUk2g0wYj1dqaYBoK77Fclvn6U/s1600/IMG_2902.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8k71AXFl8wqc_fCQ0zAED_Mw7s1b6d9g7rvczmhLeUqAtvn4_Pn5ARf8qTt5YzIZG0qwiA3c8oaAko6sMqhXSkAw_3obaYL9UP8XAjLq98BEgDhtcOwYUk2g0wYj1dqaYBoK77Fclvn6U/s320/IMG_2902.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Then it was off to Junior Kindergarten for exploring. Each year in the Spring we visits the JK building to meet and work with the JK teachers and see the building. This process helps to familiarize the children with where they will be heading to in August. The exploring activities included a shadow room, creating structures using recycled materials, flyswatter painting, making a butterfly for snack, and a grass caterpillar in an egg carton.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNQksUyi3Om0FH-slmrqBR91zfIw4fEJXF_okwiP0Qvww0DZb4uwRSILLOxUIMiGAg266o-0Os_7XsObN4kNp1GP1lbhlgkaZBO6vY5LsAYRce63CaqGTH7kKMOU-D4kJyTMMoC7X8hXA5/s1600/IMG_2916.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNQksUyi3Om0FH-slmrqBR91zfIw4fEJXF_okwiP0Qvww0DZb4uwRSILLOxUIMiGAg266o-0Os_7XsObN4kNp1GP1lbhlgkaZBO6vY5LsAYRce63CaqGTH7kKMOU-D4kJyTMMoC7X8hXA5/s320/IMG_2916.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I had a wonderful coincidence occur. As I was waiting for a red light on my way home one day, I discovered a beautiful rainbow in the sky. This was on the same day that we had read </span><i style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">What Makes a Rainbow</i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> by Betty Schwartz and talked about needing sunlight and rain for this event to occur!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMqNVkA7JPOg0lrr6Y0TJFN0RFPbTl71cVkxKJKjFiQoyb1IAmDj8L5mfVWxy2uf07lzE-_CNGdFGTXM2kuo8qeAAAfLHiGcStvytfXjCz103gKYyGhCeNMNCWXIDbKSuWORTRBq13Upah/s1600/IMG_2755.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMqNVkA7JPOg0lrr6Y0TJFN0RFPbTl71cVkxKJKjFiQoyb1IAmDj8L5mfVWxy2uf07lzE-_CNGdFGTXM2kuo8qeAAAfLHiGcStvytfXjCz103gKYyGhCeNMNCWXIDbKSuWORTRBq13Upah/s320/IMG_2755.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">DATES TO REMEMBER</span>:<br />
April 16 - 21 Celebrate the Arts Week<br />
April 19 - 21 Upper Division Production, <i>The Sound of Music</i><br />
April 20 - 11:00 a.m. The EC and Lower Division students will sing for the parents on the LD quad amongst the pine trees which will be followed by a family picnic lunch. <br />
April 25 - Field trip to the Dentist<br />
April 27 - Parents Day -Student Activity Center - 8:30 a.m. After singing for you in the SAC, we will proceed to the classroom for presents and a special snack. We will head to the playground at approximately 9:45, followed by a mini-exploring in both of the Alpha classrooms.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Mrs. Samuel & Ms. Fenechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00641826089732046023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-518051062202562069.post-25877161001997682012-03-25T19:32:00.002-07:002012-04-01T18:44:37.119-07:00Fish Tales 3/19 ~ 3/23<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Before vacation we had the opportunity to look at a macaw and a tiger. These animals visited Shorecrest in conjunction with the JK FLora & Fauna Around the World Activity Day. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">As we walked from the playground on Monday, we looked at the new spring leaves and how they are lime green in color. Fingerpainting with green and yellow paint was a favorite center time activity</span>. <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We made prints of our fingerpaintings and created handprints, which we cut out. These will become the leaves on our classroom tree in the window. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We talked about the colors and encouraged the children to "draw" with the paint brush. They came up with the idea of what they wanted to create.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Reading books that were either authored and/or illustrated by Eric Carle was the highlight of the week. The children really enjoyed looking at the end flaps of each book and tried to guess how Eric Carle created them.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Some of the books we read were:<i style="color: blue;"> </i></span><br />
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">Today is Monday </span></i><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"></span><span style="color: black;">Illustrated by Eric Carle </span></span><i style="color: blue;"><br />
</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i style="color: blue;"> Baby Bear, Baby Bear What Do you See?</i> by Bill Martin Jr. & illustrated by Eric Carle</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: red;">The Very Grouchy Ladybug</span></i> by Eric Carle</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i style="color: lime;">My First Book of Colors</i> by Eric Carle</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: orange;">The Very Clumsy Click Beetle</span></i> by Eric Carle</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: cyan;">The Mixed Up Chameleon</span></i> by Eric Carle </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i style="color: purple;">Mr. Seahorse</i> by Eric Carle</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">What Makes a <span style="color: red;">R</span><span style="color: orange;">a</span><span style="color: yellow;">i</span><span style="color: lime;">n</span><span style="color: blue;">b</span><span style="color: purple;">o</span><span style="color: magenta;">w</span>? by Betty Schwartz</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Painting with real "spring" leaves was another activity this week. We will cut the paper into leaves to decorate the bulletin board tree. The children will add a small piece of tissue paper to the leaf to represent an egg as the first step in the metamorphosis of a butterfly.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAImet5cggpjHFSErrxl-gPZVsahzyMqvVcB5S_B5XWciN-e48oVRdA90zfhM2Wj8zSAmkgAINUGTTjmCxMW9HSkFb-fl1KYZCexs5iy2BHWni6f1bnUvTlqn_PF22xBr-uZgZa74C4fAG/s1600/IMG_2719.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAImet5cggpjHFSErrxl-gPZVsahzyMqvVcB5S_B5XWciN-e48oVRdA90zfhM2Wj8zSAmkgAINUGTTjmCxMW9HSkFb-fl1KYZCexs5iy2BHWni6f1bnUvTlqn_PF22xBr-uZgZa74C4fAG/s320/IMG_2719.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We looked at the Dimetrodon that had been in water and removed before Spring Break, talked about evaporation, and discovered it measured 4 macaronis long.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The children are transferring the learning that occurred when they rolled balls down the tubes and the gutters creating inclined planes during the week before vacation.</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">This week they built a "race track" from the unit blocks in the exploratorium</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">and then built a ramp so the cars could go speeding down the ramp. On another day, the children built structures that we left up and added to them in aftercare with Mrs. Mundell's class and the next day. Still other children took triangles and put them together to form rectangles in the middle of the "race track!"</span><br />
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</div></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">The children spread pink and green cream cheese on a diamond of bread for snack. They enjoyed the spreading process and asked for the crusts that were cut off of the diamonds.<br />
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. Blowing bubbles outdoors using a variety of wands was another favorite exploring activity. The children exclaimed with glee as they watched the bubbles float into the trees and beyond.<br />
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Painting stepping stones was another popular center at exploring.<br />
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<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">March 30th - 9:00 ~ We will begin the morning by attending the Relay For Life all school assembly.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then we will be going to the Large EC building for exploring with them. </span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">9:30 - 10:45 Exploring - Parents are welcome to come and help with exploring</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">10:50 - 11:45 - Playground</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">5:00 - Many booths will be set-up and ready to go </span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">6:00 p.m. Relay For Life Opening - Football Field</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">There are food, games, and items to buy at this event dedicated to raising money for the American Cancer Society. Please stop by if you have a chance!!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div></div>Mrs. Samuel & Ms. Fenechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00641826089732046023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-518051062202562069.post-76335487623447231322012-03-18T09:46:00.001-07:002012-03-18T09:48:41.604-07:00Fish Tales 3/5 ~3/9<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>We began the week by pretending to be paleontologists opening the plaster of Paris dinosaur fossils with a hammer and screw driver. The children were amazed to see the imprint that the dinosaur had left in the plaster! This activity not only gives a glimpse into the world of the dinosaurs, but also helps to develop their hand strength and fine motor coordination!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS8TzD8CNr2a0pn2nDfT3QLgmVva9rFixl4_J_e0mnrkKHCNSelyZAAoxfTa_Ez4kbWyFo0pd0phsuTEukP1LOkQQrKn_U6-4HbeGn408LcZLF8YYN1-uz04zDsm4-oidEb1eHTj6Lqicf/s1600/IMG_2575.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS8TzD8CNr2a0pn2nDfT3QLgmVva9rFixl4_J_e0mnrkKHCNSelyZAAoxfTa_Ez4kbWyFo0pd0phsuTEukP1LOkQQrKn_U6-4HbeGn408LcZLF8YYN1-uz04zDsm4-oidEb1eHTj6Lqicf/s320/IMG_2575.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif2lfo0wpXAiqRU4DlquMuoFLtRhw6pcGk5Mtma9498qoFK9Qm-NoezHMVq7jNR7AL-kYAdg4HHJFXZIwjHYLjADsXjMd7C7l14IU6sLFbNv3MFSZKi_APHIhEZ_3wjsbfIl_l4jUbnru7/s1600/IMG_2543.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif2lfo0wpXAiqRU4DlquMuoFLtRhw6pcGk5Mtma9498qoFK9Qm-NoezHMVq7jNR7AL-kYAdg4HHJFXZIwjHYLjADsXjMd7C7l14IU6sLFbNv3MFSZKi_APHIhEZ_3wjsbfIl_l4jUbnru7/s320/IMG_2543.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">This is the dinosaur</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> that we measured with the macaron<span style="font-size: small;">i at assembly last week and you can see it is 7 macaronis long. By</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> the end of the week, it measured 5 macaronis long. We had a discussion about absorption and evaporation.</span></span><u><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">In celebration of Dr. Seuss week, we transformed the loft onto a combination of props from <i>The Cat in the Hat </i>and <i>Green Eggs and Ham </i>to stir the children's imaginative play.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIUQHjHUTSnTCwT5DUFFlohKxS9O19mThUC1aAXDZyCplGPm3ERGNIIhyphenhyphensbREKnKMsZxRXnK1CsAKArYOMpAjazh51nrTex1nafbcj6_exzMe1FF8Witkk2HlekZSXrLuXxBq-piGiS-4T/s1600/IMG_2509.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIUQHjHUTSnTCwT5DUFFlohKxS9O19mThUC1aAXDZyCplGPm3ERGNIIhyphenhyphensbREKnKMsZxRXnK1CsAKArYOMpAjazh51nrTex1nafbcj6_exzMe1FF8Witkk2HlekZSXrLuXxBq-piGiS-4T/s320/IMG_2509.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><u><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlt7Cj73SPEH42HQG7ja8UHiC3r_gpYIh2GUtk3F-0y8gsfL4J-mz_hdF98eBWr_mMmQgWHiBYSfEyORZ194XzSaA8lZqYADhaQe0eYrHzBitrsQ5j43nSRAVasrneV1a4asikxEl3njM7/s1600/IMG_2532.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlt7Cj73SPEH42HQG7ja8UHiC3r_gpYIh2GUtk3F-0y8gsfL4J-mz_hdF98eBWr_mMmQgWHiBYSfEyORZ194XzSaA8lZqYADhaQe0eYrHzBitrsQ5j43nSRAVasrneV1a4asikxEl3njM7/s320/IMG_2532.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">In preparation for the party on Friday, the teachers traced around each child. We read <i>My Many Colored Days</i> by Dr. Seuss and practiced making faces similar to the moods in the book.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhydJ5D6BpMxQIGYCYlpBgJ38DzWxTCDpwP6RRKMYS2CpuDGe_G7_Qjfdez5FsNpIY448uR-0lRf325XMRU3tVVWceaFjYinUx05ryYtmJATXBXfR1l56xDAA-clegxbCuM5qSdnSdXzT1c/s1600/IMG_2547.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhydJ5D6BpMxQIGYCYlpBgJ38DzWxTCDpwP6RRKMYS2CpuDGe_G7_Qjfdez5FsNpIY448uR-0lRf325XMRU3tVVWceaFjYinUx05ryYtmJATXBXfR1l56xDAA-clegxbCuM5qSdnSdXzT1c/s320/IMG_2547.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Using Dr. Seuss as inspiration, we provided the children with props from the book, <i>Go Dog Go</i> by P.D. Eastman.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFW2i7opkSXSTqWzaXu4383CjTKTl_18Mdevl5a37ZaoHDaJHthop3TwvO3fkDQYBLKsr4MYywgZyLAeFTPvVZDH-P0_PBp-yrl-dsE1chEkhMf45nZ83U4ZvxU2z2qEgSewgCKuZlZ72A/s1600/IMG_2507.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFW2i7opkSXSTqWzaXu4383CjTKTl_18Mdevl5a37ZaoHDaJHthop3TwvO3fkDQYBLKsr4MYywgZyLAeFTPvVZDH-P0_PBp-yrl-dsE1chEkhMf45nZ83U4ZvxU2z2qEgSewgCKuZlZ72A/s320/IMG_2507.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7BmWF6KXB1X3iesgd6v4PCcvDaRWoQh6RbGo2IUhklV6C2hnVs8Gx8g1VxtvoqiK4McrkhEAyY3tqPX-kD6PSlO2ig0Y-1sWQSqeMu9vns4_VyK0VMQIboazJslJyOHlB40BvR93I3JUn/s1600/IMG_2531.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7BmWF6KXB1X3iesgd6v4PCcvDaRWoQh6RbGo2IUhklV6C2hnVs8Gx8g1VxtvoqiK4McrkhEAyY3tqPX-kD6PSlO2ig0Y-1sWQSqeMu9vns4_VyK0VMQIboazJslJyOHlB40BvR93I3JUn/s320/IMG_2531.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish</i> by Dr. Seuss provided the basis for snack. The children sorted them by color, created numerals and letters with the fish, and then counted them!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">On Thursday we went to the library to choose new books and Mrs. Smay read <i>The Cat in the Hat Comes Back</i> by Dr. Seuss! Ask your child what voom is?</span><br />
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</span></u><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">We went to the Black Box theatre, which is attached to the main theatre, to watch Mr. Leavengood's upper division student perform songs and skits from their mini-mester. Each March the UD students provide a variety of service activities, both on-campus and off. One the children's favorites was a song entitled, <i>Oranges and Lemons!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">The spring break party was filled with Dr. Seuss themed activities. For snack we ate green eggs and ham and threw socks in a box! The children painted the life size outlines of themselves. As you can see they displayed a variety of feelings which is evidenced by the variety of colors of paint that they used. We decorated the paper hats with letters, dinosaurs, and flowers. The children created a door hanger for their bedroom by finding their initials using sticky letters and then decorated them with dinosaurs. The children had a grand time moving through</span><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">THEMES for MARCH</span></u><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">March 19 ~ 23 Author - Eric Carle, Diamond, Rainbows<br />
March 26 ~ 30 Insects, Spring, Diamond, Rainbows</span><br />
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<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The <span style="background-color: black; color: yellow;">yellow</span> bags may easily be washed. Please remove the plastic bag, wash the <span style="background-color: black; color: yellow;">yellow</span> bag, and hang it up to drip dry.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></div>Mrs. Samuel & Ms. Fenechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00641826089732046023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-518051062202562069.post-86464960272971952022012-03-04T18:37:00.000-08:002012-03-04T18:37:07.851-08:00Fish Tales 2/27 ~ 3/2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuUqJrRliUC1mQ5UnxuNUDH1BahzUghVmrVQM6C9fZNCS7s9sGHbzQu1DBD-9qq5Z2PGPPyrim6kiVdgtDTXxd3KOkpeISvTYkM8Dot71zocdV74By_HzIskEh7vJuGBx6Uj4b0Px_UyCo/s1600/IMG_2368.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuUqJrRliUC1mQ5UnxuNUDH1BahzUghVmrVQM6C9fZNCS7s9sGHbzQu1DBD-9qq5Z2PGPPyrim6kiVdgtDTXxd3KOkpeISvTYkM8Dot71zocdV74By_HzIskEh7vJuGBx6Uj4b0Px_UyCo/s320/IMG_2368.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">The children painted a banner with rollers and the teachers cut it into a Triceratops for the classroom bulletin board over the cubbies.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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The children were able to board and go in cockpit and the back of the C-!30 radar/transport plane named Hercules. It is able to carry the Jayhawk Helicoptor in back of the cargo area. </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFv-KnTncGgUswl9hEsfue0r6dmIxpc3TVEYJnSeRxPuEfoTmnbAw_5973MbzOYPyymsvqDwGj_KoNJ_g9uW8nMmfttljSKOD09OUNgQZtgAK9rpW_V3jtHXvOX9PDSPYLzkRMZNbYVQmB/s1600/IMG_2386.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFv-KnTncGgUswl9hEsfue0r6dmIxpc3TVEYJnSeRxPuEfoTmnbAw_5973MbzOYPyymsvqDwGj_KoNJ_g9uW8nMmfttljSKOD09OUNgQZtgAK9rpW_V3jtHXvOX9PDSPYLzkRMZNbYVQmB/s320/IMG_2386.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Commander Hipes showed us a safety rocket.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis-ScoxjWKI11dXBtnpYU3A4hzJGxNmMhMYi4a5I-S08wg5UM510dWSgiZrira0Q-pJaoPUFV4vUo01IjeTj0x8DgoyI0PggHJsFvLDEFPSbMqzlRrHz6LQMKs3Tf_e1pDvOwqUspEIg2v/s1600/IMG_2435.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis-ScoxjWKI11dXBtnpYU3A4hzJGxNmMhMYi4a5I-S08wg5UM510dWSgiZrira0Q-pJaoPUFV4vUo01IjeTj0x8DgoyI0PggHJsFvLDEFPSbMqzlRrHz6LQMKs3Tf_e1pDvOwqUspEIg2v/s320/IMG_2435.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">On Friday at exploring the children ate trees (broccoli) and bones (pasta). We talked about herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores!. We took off our shoes and socks and donned dinosaur feet and stomped with paint on banner paper.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLksfHwPfw8XpHkAsrj5t8EdTrPkUYYn3fS4HN5S9-aNwK98zVMCcFXeI8VzLn478Bxwfnis6xXoZjxf5oEewQDedPEHmwmclaPC4Frw3VUgHNY6IGRcaBp3AjtxDSpQUyfbnjLnIdLAYc/s1600/DSCN1146.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLksfHwPfw8XpHkAsrj5t8EdTrPkUYYn3fS4HN5S9-aNwK98zVMCcFXeI8VzLn478Bxwfnis6xXoZjxf5oEewQDedPEHmwmclaPC4Frw3VUgHNY6IGRcaBp3AjtxDSpQUyfbnjLnIdLAYc/s320/DSCN1146.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwQtvRd3XBId9G6u6H9p1gDQv_JrVv5K71w73w37aUtk6y0CsTxwPyR2LJEgaaSS2DyCUY_TKRuH9u6UgIIHyl5C36ZJypRMMmQ_Chjy0j-bdjNB9QPIegHY1Ar11o9Lc9XOJ4gDxRuCK7/s1600/IMG_2496.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwQtvRd3XBId9G6u6H9p1gDQv_JrVv5K71w73w37aUtk6y0CsTxwPyR2LJEgaaSS2DyCUY_TKRuH9u6UgIIHyl5C36ZJypRMMmQ_Chjy0j-bdjNB9QPIegHY1Ar11o9Lc9XOJ4gDxRuCK7/s320/IMG_2496.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">In honor of Dr Seuss' birthday, Mrs. Sam recited some of the <i>Cat in the Hat</i> book at assembly and then showed the children how to make hats using newspaper and colored tape. The children will decorate the hats at the party on Friday, 3/9.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR0KYIqJWjJHW2fTTHJDZy3IfD_WHic6tKczV555rj3xtFHsrwgNxIaJCUij6ENk2J1YTkfxzQfJe8AxFRKEuo2cPNiHxzubokSyJ5YIU2go9zJZSzxMUNsGMdvBjJLfLbmvdjveRgr578/s1600/IMG_2497.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR0KYIqJWjJHW2fTTHJDZy3IfD_WHic6tKczV555rj3xtFHsrwgNxIaJCUij6ENk2J1YTkfxzQfJe8AxFRKEuo2cPNiHxzubokSyJ5YIU2go9zJZSzxMUNsGMdvBjJLfLbmvdjveRgr578/s320/IMG_2497.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">REMINDERS:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">~We have 6 spots left for the Almost Sleepover on April 27. The EC teachers host this fun evening from 6:00 ~ 9:00 pm. Outdoor play, pizza, songs and a movie are just some of the events for this fun filled eve. If you would like to participate, go to <a href="http://gala.shortcrest.org/">http://gala.shortcrest.org</a></span></span><br />
~<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Sign ups for summer camp are on line. Go to the Shorecrest Home page and click on </span><span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">AMP UP FOR SUMMER</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">! There is a list of EC camps, dates, and</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> a registration form. A hard copy of the camp brochure will be sent home soon. The Alpha classes may sign up for anything that reads PreK. Wee chargers are for incoming Alpha students.</span><br />
<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">~The <span style="background-color: black; color: yellow;">yellow</span> bags may easily be washed. Please remove the plastic bag, wash the <span style="background-color: black; color: yellow;">yellow</span> bag, and hang it up to drip dry.</div><span style="font-size: large;">THEMES for MARCH</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">March 5 ~ March 9 - Dr. Seuss, Diamond, Rainbows</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">March 19 ~ 23 Eric Carle, Diamond, Rainbows</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">March 26 ~ 30 Insects, Spring, Diamond, Rainbows</span>Mrs. Samuel & Ms. Fenechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00641826089732046023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-518051062202562069.post-8735010675448467542012-02-26T14:02:00.002-08:002012-02-26T14:15:22.016-08:00Fish Tales 2/21 ~ 2/24<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrceEVv4uB_BOLrEg_g5cBRuEuRoxr-QKRaVDSHxChS02KlzgpcGQIjbHtf2SreJCrLx579In3DnfXbxASf4_xSUFy9esrn-FhWa0VnwD77h0QgXS7sZ-FZMZ0WOClH9JvfRk_cnIuUN-P/s320/IMG_2226.JPG" width="320" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Dr. Bianco was the Mystery Reader on 2/16. She read <i>Skippyjon Jones and the Big Bones</i> by</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Judy Schachner</span>. <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This is a delightful, imaginative story that tells the tale of Skippyjon Jones visiting the land of dinosaurs in his closet. It is written in English, yet incorporates Spanish as well!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Some of the other books we read this past week were:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: red;">Ten Terrible Dinosaurs</i><span style="color: red;"> </span>by Paul Stickland</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: blue;">How Does a Dinosaur Say Good Night</i>? by Jane Yolen </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: lime;">There's a Dinosaur in My Backyard</i> by B. G. Hennessey</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #e06666;">Ten Little Dinosaurs</span> </i>by Pattie Schnetzler</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #674ea7;">Mighty Dinosaurs </i>by Judith Simpson</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Henry In Love</span></span></i> by Peter McCarty</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #ffd966;">Edwina - The Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She was Extinct</i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span>by Mo Willems</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #6aa84f;">Danny the Dinosaur</i> by Syd Hoff</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: magenta;">Dinosailors</span></i> by Deb Lund<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We had a class discussion about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln and then created penny bracelets using contac paper and yarn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The paleontologist lab continues to be a favorite center in the exploratorium where the children delight in using their imaginations as they don equipment to look for dinosaur bones.</span><br />
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<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">After the children painted dinosaurs at easel, they would sing a dinosaur song!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh74r2l7RckzZQV_zWad4cONU2wTN68tAhy7UpWcfdvsHD5l6Jx-Uh3EibosciAfxiCOsj8xsJ82kpUy09mycDS7ItkV7rFa4Va8moGfZqCPcudiMwE7Ed-jSi1wl0SUE__1UNeyB3QnecU/s1600/IMG_2295.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh74r2l7RckzZQV_zWad4cONU2wTN68tAhy7UpWcfdvsHD5l6Jx-Uh3EibosciAfxiCOsj8xsJ82kpUy09mycDS7ItkV7rFa4Va8moGfZqCPcudiMwE7Ed-jSi1wl0SUE__1UNeyB3QnecU/s320/IMG_2295.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Are dinosaurs really extinct? The children enjoyed creating dinosaur eggs using paper mache over a balloon. The children will paint them this coming week and the teachers will discreetly add a dinosaur. We will send them home for you to open together! We try to remove the entire balloon, yet at times some of it gets stuck to the inside.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">February 29 - Class Photo Day</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">March 1 - Field Trip to Coast Guard Air Station</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">March 9 - Spring Break Party - </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Exploring Schedule - 9:00 Playground - 10:00 Party</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">March 12 ~ 16 - Spring Break</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">March 30 - Relay For Life </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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</div>Mrs. Samuel & Ms. Fenechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00641826089732046023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-518051062202562069.post-81401372780981671512012-02-19T14:21:00.000-08:002012-02-19T16:58:51.643-08:00Fantastic Fish Celebrate Valentine's Day & So Much More!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">The children finished delivering their valentines as the week began. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHYDMLbBYELcIADCsN5-eX9AMaxXwIS5HmgN_erIPrQxQh16UJItfjPRsk1w3Xb9g9Mjm0vBqm3MY4121-2oOMLhjc9R1lGj2DGnI1An0pqtoKmaEM268kqjuE_CQgdzwplxbhBPn2pKvQ/s1600/IMG_2171.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHYDMLbBYELcIADCsN5-eX9AMaxXwIS5HmgN_erIPrQxQh16UJItfjPRsk1w3Xb9g9Mjm0vBqm3MY4121-2oOMLhjc9R1lGj2DGnI1An0pqtoKmaEM268kqjuE_CQgdzwplxbhBPn2pKvQ/s320/IMG_2171.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">The Valentine Party was enjoyed by all!! At the assembly, Mrs. McIvor led the teachers and children in singing, <i>You Call that Art?</i> This is a delightful song about painter Jackson Pollack. The teachers created this picture as they sang.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwqtnDZB__G7rMODaS4e8Wsp0eqfgjPwEvYtkbC53clqmvM8sOtB3no6Roo01LPv_1yvKhaHHKvfe7Kz23cj8cofdm2ATIvEbPhRFepAu8YKJW7OPTLBnyuj0cMERkhcxwqXsptoXMSuQz/s1600/DSC09245.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwqtnDZB__G7rMODaS4e8Wsp0eqfgjPwEvYtkbC53clqmvM8sOtB3no6Roo01LPv_1yvKhaHHKvfe7Kz23cj8cofdm2ATIvEbPhRFepAu8YKJW7OPTLBnyuj0cMERkhcxwqXsptoXMSuQz/s320/DSC09245.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Later on the children decorated t-shirts by throwing paint like Jackson Pollack. It was so much fun!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRXq3xcwe9brXs4NFKqVzX6oJ8Hob5yyZxx8TZmUk2_AfgcvxRpK4VN4LiWgAOSrV7hyphenhyphenQiWidMws_ncJ1_oX_gCH0MX2_5nUPX_Bck9_2mrih2NO5Hsh7LXVynJ4d3tTNLVXKfbTzh4tl7/s1600/IMG_2193.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRXq3xcwe9brXs4NFKqVzX6oJ8Hob5yyZxx8TZmUk2_AfgcvxRpK4VN4LiWgAOSrV7hyphenhyphenQiWidMws_ncJ1_oX_gCH0MX2_5nUPX_Bck9_2mrih2NO5Hsh7LXVynJ4d3tTNLVXKfbTzh4tl7/s320/IMG_2193.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-KXSoqai7zkcL9Gpws1xTN6Cxw4LNwRpw1zAoNuOZQcRYTiEdIj1d8DgrqMc9vEya5AVloV9HiwKakhjbktpgglV1oPK-E8sbYFo7yLb4ZlV3QOUUzr0TbSbOh4q0gCVGSOcSfg-xBIpO/s1600/IMG_2198.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-KXSoqai7zkcL9Gpws1xTN6Cxw4LNwRpw1zAoNuOZQcRYTiEdIj1d8DgrqMc9vEya5AVloV9HiwKakhjbktpgglV1oPK-E8sbYFo7yLb4ZlV3QOUUzr0TbSbOh4q0gCVGSOcSfg-xBIpO/s320/IMG_2198.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitK8us-uKnfM7pGZ2vHxHlKpYXpqCZVXQJT7MJhxd0bJU0dlXYAZ8uWjsvm0FXYDUbYHxAaDgt87GG28k0NdG980VTSR2Qtr3oyiq2NDqMA9p_ahD1oPY5TJ2l-bmMZIO5DLTzmZ8t5FUe/s1600/DSC09268.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We ate strawberry shortcakes for snack and created heart headbands by cutting out a heart, adding stickers, and printing with valentine stampers.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzeFCTbNCcIAq_8074yZ2zLhMXcU2RtxgBghmzs600jkU6kpmXonjHR8xstfAAwpvKfjZXs4RidgcUoAz9mSEHJwEOkt7mVSc_yjZm3-nqKadpNRJb9a_6F1f6wymU4eyZ2NQrXlremkmF/s1600/IMG_2191.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzeFCTbNCcIAq_8074yZ2zLhMXcU2RtxgBghmzs600jkU6kpmXonjHR8xstfAAwpvKfjZXs4RidgcUoAz9mSEHJwEOkt7mVSc_yjZm3-nqKadpNRJb9a_6F1f6wymU4eyZ2NQrXlremkmF/s320/IMG_2191.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Relay for Life Lunch was very successful. Thanks for your help and support.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8j7EJOn4pDvaeCdd9v-8UDwRD7t2l6z5Ybbe7kKhnKliWHvwbzSxJfaTXtqb6BE-oAUVQDjoPn6NtUKC5KzCNWB4hWf42KW9_rzSY_s-N0FUfHwJsThXbuXRmOAj_FEI3G8WmO3Zp5Uw9/s1600/IMG_2223.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8j7EJOn4pDvaeCdd9v-8UDwRD7t2l6z5Ybbe7kKhnKliWHvwbzSxJfaTXtqb6BE-oAUVQDjoPn6NtUKC5KzCNWB4hWf42KW9_rzSY_s-N0FUfHwJsThXbuXRmOAj_FEI3G8WmO3Zp5Uw9/s320/IMG_2223.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Our dinosaur theme began on Wed 2/15. We opened a Paleontologist lab in the exploratorium, where the children can look at fossils and bones with magnifying glasses. There are other props to spark the children's imagination to pretend they are out at a dig!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiW-PwX_qXWEorBQBRu4-Td71-U8Bf9ldYAODonI5BLkSFO8eMSFJtmSypw0bQLo6JZggC5guJ9NS9I7el3D8xArOfeeJhjOddLxIIKEcERAAieuKFqz1kpo1glGRMtLZapyeEZTHhNPca/s1600/IMG_2207.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiW-PwX_qXWEorBQBRu4-Td71-U8Bf9ldYAODonI5BLkSFO8eMSFJtmSypw0bQLo6JZggC5guJ9NS9I7el3D8xArOfeeJhjOddLxIIKEcERAAieuKFqz1kpo1glGRMtLZapyeEZTHhNPca/s320/IMG_2207.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The children drew pictures of themselves with markers at center time. They are beginning to add details to their representational drawings including the sun, grass, the moon, eyebrows, eyelashes and so much more! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyUNYEkfxQRh2-IYtwuT7LXIzzybcTALP8ptYV_v8_2pIfwLEGyvOfjbwdEIROFzw5V3mbTWzppuMjRLRa9cV8EKN3VdQTx0ILQaz1XN6Giw-3Kr3fXjcp9kuGFwHESwcYpSittqgE2M4U/s1600/IMG_2217.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyUNYEkfxQRh2-IYtwuT7LXIzzybcTALP8ptYV_v8_2pIfwLEGyvOfjbwdEIROFzw5V3mbTWzppuMjRLRa9cV8EKN3VdQTx0ILQaz1XN6Giw-3Kr3fXjcp9kuGFwHESwcYpSittqgE2M4U/s320/IMG_2217.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhDCRuQerklxjAapeZlneXbM1QBP6hoOts0XS_j86RJvmLNY6k8zwuKL5fW9X0zfG45X6ZGxtFPmgm-c6d9k3-Ffi_vFlh2u5j1VdAbkqVFczjNDV8HTmwQrJmVKyPbGZHdPbzOZ7tvPqD/s1600/IMG_2241.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhDCRuQerklxjAapeZlneXbM1QBP6hoOts0XS_j86RJvmLNY6k8zwuKL5fW9X0zfG45X6ZGxtFPmgm-c6d9k3-Ffi_vFlh2u5j1VdAbkqVFczjNDV8HTmwQrJmVKyPbGZHdPbzOZ7tvPqD/s320/IMG_2241.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">March 30 - Relay For Life </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span> </span></span></div>Mrs. Samuel & Ms. Fenechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00641826089732046023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-518051062202562069.post-58754914275854557732012-02-12T09:09:00.000-08:002012-02-12T09:14:30.241-08:00Fish Tales 2/6 ~ 2/10<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeTA1Qt5FYdkmH9g9oszHsblUyhBTMO_NRWBwcApPYK07KfFIzre9Fko4JLMAkBBrFSqkHahWXoj0FfcMIHHXtOj0hg62abK8DwYCOaz4I3A7B6vzA91VUVuPiB7OHU4OIhsOw_DYDaqbM/s1600/IMG_2105.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeTA1Qt5FYdkmH9g9oszHsblUyhBTMO_NRWBwcApPYK07KfFIzre9Fko4JLMAkBBrFSqkHahWXoj0FfcMIHHXtOj0hg62abK8DwYCOaz4I3A7B6vzA91VUVuPiB7OHU4OIhsOw_DYDaqbM/s320/IMG_2105.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">On Monday, several children from Ms. O'Mullane's second grade class visited our classroom to read a book about Australia that they had created on the computer.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">They brought puppets and other props to make the book come alive!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZV_YGZvYE44wQXcPRq4j2MA1a8hBBOV20IMPI1J9EjFExCLc25Bt_c1Mg9gmLpzZJIhQz884fCgBPhlfYUVZe6zwWURk4an2C6YzUqnW9ynuY-Roq2qGr11zgezp_HFVbvp8Om8bNhB8J/s1600/IMG_2057.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZV_YGZvYE44wQXcPRq4j2MA1a8hBBOV20IMPI1J9EjFExCLc25Bt_c1Mg9gmLpzZJIhQz884fCgBPhlfYUVZe6zwWURk4an2C6YzUqnW9ynuY-Roq2qGr11zgezp_HFVbvp8Om8bNhB8J/s320/IMG_2057.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Cutting hearts is a very popular activity in Alpha. The children delight in cutting out a folded piece of paper in the shape of a tear drop. They open it up and voila, there is a heart. This activity gives the children many opportunities to practice their cutting skills!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_OEG9eLBEYhEoyJlnSmHqoD3MJ_5MeS1P3d_A7hctdoVjw2IF_EJBwuio-9vUVMwY7_a6inOJObF8Bfewe14-1Q30RywKqX2HfnOnNsT9ljhwJmXBqkahRjeSY1rSHV1h2jgbDnAHZ4hR/s1600/IMG_2113.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_OEG9eLBEYhEoyJlnSmHqoD3MJ_5MeS1P3d_A7hctdoVjw2IF_EJBwuio-9vUVMwY7_a6inOJObF8Bfewe14-1Q30RywKqX2HfnOnNsT9ljhwJmXBqkahRjeSY1rSHV1h2jgbDnAHZ4hR/s320/IMG_2113.JPG" width="320" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This past week we had </span><i style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Valentine Cats</i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> by Jean Marzollo at the listening center. This center continues to be a very popular activity. It provides the children an opportunity to hear a story, follow the turn the page signals, and sharing a book.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The children delivered their valentines to the bag mailboxes by matching up the name.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibdW-CYqEo784QK0m2pigOmYqFC0uLoHiGsMRPt3RNsr6NwBrkNY-L5-0e_Svv4hQwCRgaSLJ2kouDfTd0rU3Mes4gb-ScjS-z6XfDD9gXWTfwQHXrgm3NujQhlKmBt2hdFJGx-pgO6LIv/s1600/IMG_2119.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibdW-CYqEo784QK0m2pigOmYqFC0uLoHiGsMRPt3RNsr6NwBrkNY-L5-0e_Svv4hQwCRgaSLJ2kouDfTd0rU3Mes4gb-ScjS-z6XfDD9gXWTfwQHXrgm3NujQhlKmBt2hdFJGx-pgO6LIv/s320/IMG_2119.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1BHrE6ISdOZBrrMI8rylyULQQoMS5exItPvDx7WYImROHTlhK35VLaGPbD4n82UGRFOoR_4JslKmhx1PjXPPSta3V-vDMb4lwRjQzht7RJ0qaBzFOVOuRCX4W_tOPnJaC5bVgQcu6LVOB/s1600/IMG_2150.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1BHrE6ISdOZBrrMI8rylyULQQoMS5exItPvDx7WYImROHTlhK35VLaGPbD4n82UGRFOoR_4JslKmhx1PjXPPSta3V-vDMb4lwRjQzht7RJ0qaBzFOVOuRCX4W_tOPnJaC5bVgQcu6LVOB/s320/IMG_2150.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Building with the unit blocks provides opportunities to create, converse, negotiate and have lots of fun!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-6ped21MS4kHgM2xTWdawykNn5Pa-5oiwoGNaf05aTNU7j7E3SSAWw-G7MgvneOk7vgAWDRtoSP-n2T4hk0stxuSX7-O4EMzXR9qTEhNjGqfeWrM0g25-wr4UgB_OQM4fCxJJ8NXOFOeI/s1600/IMG_2111.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-6ped21MS4kHgM2xTWdawykNn5Pa-5oiwoGNaf05aTNU7j7E3SSAWw-G7MgvneOk7vgAWDRtoSP-n2T4hk0stxuSX7-O4EMzXR9qTEhNjGqfeWrM0g25-wr4UgB_OQM4fCxJJ8NXOFOeI/s320/IMG_2111.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghvhD_EG46or-2cIOw-rstk5Dwzxc0d3MVZ95R7B3PFIu4Cfv5dpG2c_GPQMGNXswnd8spKxCuBHpqKJcrGhY9AxtKeK7pJsOM5ZbTfnS15sJ_z_vN9TJlRw9X-UGd1Eykenv4wFDbQL4x/s1600/IMG_2133.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghvhD_EG46or-2cIOw-rstk5Dwzxc0d3MVZ95R7B3PFIu4Cfv5dpG2c_GPQMGNXswnd8spKxCuBHpqKJcrGhY9AxtKeK7pJsOM5ZbTfnS15sJ_z_vN9TJlRw9X-UGd1Eykenv4wFDbQL4x/s320/IMG_2133.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Mrs. McIvor continued her study of stringed instruments with opportunities for the children to play the violin and the guitar. She had the children sing a song as one of them played the guitar!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Q2jKbUejPM-vIuCey_xdcXZL3u4J2arJ5Mb8rATMJC1EohhR1LykjwKEZxcHzvOQT65OG8cvn4jcKsL18WzB-M51_2hBmfVcXz9TS-0JMRduHgtYA6W2DX6qt5KdMcRxAD6vqhEAqG_w/s320/IMG_2131.JPG" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_kb11JqdH3bIYsymjijvA2xK_x8QnpY6sW0sIbp0PalMdj__TQfY2o7rbOM9TLkEVw1vYJJCQrDGs5XaomqjQ2pJkf9uYnHH2RuxdiHOqOYILrmpgaUEtBXnNTJE5Xqce9U5411reTroW/s1600/IMG_2127.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_kb11JqdH3bIYsymjijvA2xK_x8QnpY6sW0sIbp0PalMdj__TQfY2o7rbOM9TLkEVw1vYJJCQrDGs5XaomqjQ2pJkf9uYnHH2RuxdiHOqOYILrmpgaUEtBXnNTJE5Xqce9U5411reTroW/s320/IMG_2127.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"Flowers and a helicopter" were created from these colorful manipulatives!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Adding colorful glue and tissue paper to wax paper are the first steps to making a heart sun catcher.</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The children added more glue and another piece of wax paper.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo2pCBnW4MDbiAbvWBv8Z5di1AYUBQeEMxWlyCKne6dWPYrh37BMpBP6gr6K0bdXVsZiDfnNHNwgmU0rH9C_clPu7pM0Qn-FHqd19qARgz2LupPIVEcaq0dh1YLueOxh3w43QQ7uQMcazI/s1600/IMG_2169.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo2pCBnW4MDbiAbvWBv8Z5di1AYUBQeEMxWlyCKne6dWPYrh37BMpBP6gr6K0bdXVsZiDfnNHNwgmU0rH9C_clPu7pM0Qn-FHqd19qARgz2LupPIVEcaq0dh1YLueOxh3w43QQ7uQMcazI/s320/IMG_2169.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf3C2sLAAvF8NVry4u1nK_DGInzgJ4XyM21jcCuZWdGxQjk8ge5YBtlUbLTXUbYXLqT4uPP7w5XVLp_06M5ylGsrDc5QhteFRqfMLRKJVxqR9cEZWHY7pdYhtTsRNkBXwHymTBP-4JqzqM/s1600/IMG_2168.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf3C2sLAAvF8NVry4u1nK_DGInzgJ4XyM21jcCuZWdGxQjk8ge5YBtlUbLTXUbYXLqT4uPP7w5XVLp_06M5ylGsrDc5QhteFRqfMLRKJVxqR9cEZWHY7pdYhtTsRNkBXwHymTBP-4JqzqM/s320/IMG_2168.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">At the Valentine party on Tuesday, the children will be decorating t-shirts by throwing paint with a brush in the same mode as artist, Jackson Pollack. In preparation for this experience, Mrs. Gootson showed the children a Jackson Pollack painting and talked about his technique and the colors in the painting. Mrs. McIvor has taught us a song which we will sing at the party!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC6uJgp0meP_rfYF9wqTJ95DUo0ZficRuKOpv2HkbquA4WSRc7HG0e72Ze0RbMTp6vLtBEtFALpwQLFf4IyucMHUdXBWWuu2__R3FFicgzLVQk8DA0TDteCSvPRQ29q2wN-xn7T8BkAymg/s1600/IMG_2156.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC6uJgp0meP_rfYF9wqTJ95DUo0ZficRuKOpv2HkbquA4WSRc7HG0e72Ze0RbMTp6vLtBEtFALpwQLFf4IyucMHUdXBWWuu2__R3FFicgzLVQk8DA0TDteCSvPRQ29q2wN-xn7T8BkAymg/s320/IMG_2156.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>February 14 Valentine's Day Party </b>~ Exploring schedule - Playground 9:00 - Party 10:00 We will need parents to help with the party and read Valentine's to the children.<br />
<span style="color: red;">THE CHILDREN MAY WEAR CLOTHING WITH HEARTS OR VALENTINES COLORS WITH JEANS!</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Please have them wear older shoes as we will be "throwing paint!"</span><br />
<b>February 15 - RELAY FOR LIFE lunch </b>- Information went home about this special day. The children may eat a hot dog lunch or bring one from home. Sage will not be serving lunch on this day.<br />
Your donations to Relay for Life are totally optional. <br />
<span style="background-color: purple; color: white;">THE CHILDREN MAY WEAR PURPLE SHIRTS WITH UNIFORM SHORTS, SKORTS, OR PANTS. </span><br />
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<b>February 17 </b>- Teacher Professional Development Day<br />
<b>February 20 </b>- No School - Presidents' Day Holiday<br />
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<b>February 29 Class Pictures </b><br />
<b>March 1 : Field Trip to the Coast Guard Air Station at the Clearwater/St. Pete airport. </b>We have enough parent volunteers for this trip. We will leave school at approximately 9:00.<br />
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<b>March 9 - Spring Break Party </b>- Exploring Schedule - 9:00 playground - 10:00 party<br />
<span style="color: lime;">Summer Camp Brochures will be sent out in Early March! </span></div>Mrs. Samuel & Ms. Fenechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00641826089732046023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-518051062202562069.post-85835424612867891002012-02-05T10:52:00.000-08:002012-02-05T10:52:19.736-08:00Fish Tales 1/30 ~ 2/3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpLzs2l5TFfdaDZf3JGIiwIzHp_fp0rSCuwHuWYT8NZW52gbQG08Whlx2BWqvTFSFWBPgGcF2DfPsnhMWX95C4odnYsoWAsrY6H3wgEqYhftDXouVs0YXMEvzPhoi0PQkMnTTwuK-efIKm/s1600/IMG_2012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpLzs2l5TFfdaDZf3JGIiwIzHp_fp0rSCuwHuWYT8NZW52gbQG08Whlx2BWqvTFSFWBPgGcF2DfPsnhMWX95C4odnYsoWAsrY6H3wgEqYhftDXouVs0YXMEvzPhoi0PQkMnTTwuK-efIKm/s320/IMG_2012.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">One of our circle time activities is a morning greeting. Mrs. Samuel gave each child a square or rectangular piece of paper. Pairs of children with matching shapes and color stood in the middle of the rug, said hello to each other, and stated something they like about the other person!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrFj71m8ETP0vkw7slEGTkbn9ceu7g8zkDHbtD6CW_upLPRR2nLvR2Z4fN_So_eWH0JHxnv8WeDdwRueUvkCLjpQb7aNzOFH5cZV5fwfg391J3yJBaK_n9gMF_sdxLxD8q1_-2pUaxbATX/s1600/IMG_2017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrFj71m8ETP0vkw7slEGTkbn9ceu7g8zkDHbtD6CW_upLPRR2nLvR2Z4fN_So_eWH0JHxnv8WeDdwRueUvkCLjpQb7aNzOFH5cZV5fwfg391J3yJBaK_n9gMF_sdxLxD8q1_-2pUaxbATX/s320/IMG_2017.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Mrs. McIvor introduced the violin to the Alpha students. Each child will have a turn to play the violin in the coming weeks!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyJ1EXSbqYTVjE8RhpRAt6eDWJZ__MzZCM2PmH3Ltseqh8d3u7h4LHvyBTixgvbEKC2qZV1NQ2mzZ8-qOfti-ftE23aRMUiaPDGt1DpNhzny0BAlKk3dD0RPXinwZFsGC0ynhzpCnvJgtQ/s1600/IMG_2029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyJ1EXSbqYTVjE8RhpRAt6eDWJZ__MzZCM2PmH3Ltseqh8d3u7h4LHvyBTixgvbEKC2qZV1NQ2mzZ8-qOfti-ftE23aRMUiaPDGt1DpNhzny0BAlKk3dD0RPXinwZFsGC0ynhzpCnvJgtQ/s320/IMG_2029.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Painting a heart at the easel was a very popular center this week!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHswlZurul17t54rq1xIcgQoGQUZc0QQ2sEaim8cg8kQ0fLfpLqQhj2sYl26jG-wRAI9xk3I1SOIrJRp5NAfSArRQknHtCMhF5SADRfdMVPsimo2qQSZDcvcbncO7NDdAaoUVrD9spShng/s1600/IMG_2056.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHswlZurul17t54rq1xIcgQoGQUZc0QQ2sEaim8cg8kQ0fLfpLqQhj2sYl26jG-wRAI9xk3I1SOIrJRp5NAfSArRQknHtCMhF5SADRfdMVPsimo2qQSZDcvcbncO7NDdAaoUVrD9spShng/s320/IMG_2056.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The children decorated bags with hearts and doilies that they will use as their valentine mailboxes. We sent the name list home early because we knew it would take some time for the children to create a valentine and/or sign their first initial or write their name.</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Please send their valentines in at any time or by Monday 2/13! Thanks!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_NyMGJM1xq0QdnKbRS5eDAn4M9cQoX6qcEefttJOGIHONr91xBsf4aPMFRyH7KrJNP4dUV0JV49SIIyELFpBIiqcOOGWPqKCKf8VPcRkrAjkjnqJ3isEQTbv0UtgBGxn3Vu7ViKtHrojD/s1600/IMG_2032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_NyMGJM1xq0QdnKbRS5eDAn4M9cQoX6qcEefttJOGIHONr91xBsf4aPMFRyH7KrJNP4dUV0JV49SIIyELFpBIiqcOOGWPqKCKf8VPcRkrAjkjnqJ3isEQTbv0UtgBGxn3Vu7ViKtHrojD/s320/IMG_2032.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The zinnias are sprouting in the garden!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">We talked about creating a <i>Recipe for Friendship</i> at circle time one morning! Mrs. Samuel identified numerous kitchen tools. The children offered their ideas about friendship including sharing, teamwork, kindness, and hugs. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The children looked at the kitchen tools and told Mrs. Samuel their </span><i style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Recipe for Friendship!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">They cut out a heart and glued doilies and other hearts creating a collage.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcygC1Y9BUlroT0mLeXcJu4c70xvOK3dEdHX1Q-yAAuuIKVEUtObrLE2HPkLAYOYEeSO5BesJMGsm8qq-d3tN7fjlpiiTB5SKR7tlRzFgiOXgSf0hcSBoeHlxn4eIl-qmuyzwd5SCKEdEI/s1600/IMG_2039.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcygC1Y9BUlroT0mLeXcJu4c70xvOK3dEdHX1Q-yAAuuIKVEUtObrLE2HPkLAYOYEeSO5BesJMGsm8qq-d3tN7fjlpiiTB5SKR7tlRzFgiOXgSf0hcSBoeHlxn4eIl-qmuyzwd5SCKEdEI/s320/IMG_2039.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0EESY1rMcKpTTwz0XovU1dE4j61lXfzrfT2d0hNdCAVz6Z0rEQ6NrIzDo-SJMZzu9EREyRkbGGiJnstv7lY_uUlVVX0MP6fnAPlaSABh3-e18NZcWL11J53JehAF3TPjcJMC0MqkGUa2A/s1600/IMG_2055.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0EESY1rMcKpTTwz0XovU1dE4j61lXfzrfT2d0hNdCAVz6Z0rEQ6NrIzDo-SJMZzu9EREyRkbGGiJnstv7lY_uUlVVX0MP6fnAPlaSABh3-e18NZcWL11J53JehAF3TPjcJMC0MqkGUa2A/s320/IMG_2055.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">The Alpha students attended the 4th grade production, <i>We Haz Jazz </i>on Thursday.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Exploring on Friday was filled with heart activities. The children created heart wands and really enjoyed using a hole puncher to create holes to add some ribbon. Then they used these wands to shadow dance.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCgQpvmAr1D1MHIqFJmbDMIvcp74SxnF7BL5QO6Z1jzixed1bZcb6ayXYZBlIA3TbgQEesj3mKUAU2NafdhFRi6_Ad1Kw7MX4T25BUh4e3ginPgfZrorJ4FRox1K3OMEDDmxMLmyjzteoS/s1600/DSCN0970.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCgQpvmAr1D1MHIqFJmbDMIvcp74SxnF7BL5QO6Z1jzixed1bZcb6ayXYZBlIA3TbgQEesj3mKUAU2NafdhFRi6_Ad1Kw7MX4T25BUh4e3ginPgfZrorJ4FRox1K3OMEDDmxMLmyjzteoS/s320/DSCN0970.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Rolling paint over doilies to create a friendship banner was another activity.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguKH3MIdsQyhzLSbMoDUBaEjrD4p227DjqYY9rAYqURO72iTKtHpxDINClPxGrCvlnPC0mwPsfYw5zIRzmL7vAv0JXE1iuhSwS5fqBDEvzwEn0R732i2TMBzPB9iQ0dCg0y4LLXMRn13Xy/s1600/IMG_6978.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguKH3MIdsQyhzLSbMoDUBaEjrD4p227DjqYY9rAYqURO72iTKtHpxDINClPxGrCvlnPC0mwPsfYw5zIRzmL7vAv0JXE1iuhSwS5fqBDEvzwEn0R732i2TMBzPB9iQ0dCg0y4LLXMRn13Xy/s320/IMG_6978.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Our snack was Friendship pancakes. We mixed batter and added pink food coloring to half. The children found a partner and flipped a pancake. One child chose a pink pancake and the other a white pancake. They used a cookie cutter to cut out a heart and shared that heart with their friend. Then they ate the pancakes with the different color heart! MmMm good!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikSCAGF1D4BJT3t1UiEe3_j-dIvWZm8JBZ0hDNg5Ien-SY3oHSlOVBAPnjPBfTGTFOsV0KH16qsHvxNDBwOzzStjeDrkfmeRY3EhZml3v8MFGyNb_YoiU4rg-ujf3zgbSWNnhuQkSERHfs/s1600/IMG_2093.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikSCAGF1D4BJT3t1UiEe3_j-dIvWZm8JBZ0hDNg5Ien-SY3oHSlOVBAPnjPBfTGTFOsV0KH16qsHvxNDBwOzzStjeDrkfmeRY3EhZml3v8MFGyNb_YoiU4rg-ujf3zgbSWNnhuQkSERHfs/s320/IMG_2093.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbVO8Mi9wXvD54ffFpx0fWxOycaLQLDwECv0TIvUwgYOR2VCDr9Qxd77L0Psq8W2SfvOC91DbEPx60pNLb5Hrl6m3kuIhTskM_DRuQcuKEPImjZ1x-6Z1NO2GXOZftW2sQvNfsEuIB_ipC/s1600/IMG_2086.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbVO8Mi9wXvD54ffFpx0fWxOycaLQLDwECv0TIvUwgYOR2VCDr9Qxd77L0Psq8W2SfvOC91DbEPx60pNLb5Hrl6m3kuIhTskM_DRuQcuKEPImjZ1x-6Z1NO2GXOZftW2sQvNfsEuIB_ipC/s320/IMG_2086.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">They watched the bubbles pop and helped flip the pancakes!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFuZOYYeRiPcvVEuaFuwQ9QG0C7ZQKa83Wnb-W8w8OltYgACST43satUxL_VKbKDsDnh8Le5Y_dOwBWjAkrR8D6F62rXBuhc_g2P4JxVDtCMn_VvXhanuxzDxX1hKgTJa3ajsM6Dm8rd5g/s1600/IMG_2082.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFuZOYYeRiPcvVEuaFuwQ9QG0C7ZQKa83Wnb-W8w8OltYgACST43satUxL_VKbKDsDnh8Le5Y_dOwBWjAkrR8D6F62rXBuhc_g2P4JxVDtCMn_VvXhanuxzDxX1hKgTJa3ajsM6Dm8rd5g/s320/IMG_2082.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOX2KfLS8RwrT46zwOrgpE5T03DX7jzIitZJ8pjro__Pu4O_VOeKqY7vs86ugC6ssd5buDIzswPmQCptdZLxTThrqLSWygvKMA8CtfxaF-eYalM4lz4TgLju9X6uobQpKBYDApZXWviclA/s1600/IMG_2081.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOX2KfLS8RwrT46zwOrgpE5T03DX7jzIitZJ8pjro__Pu4O_VOeKqY7vs86ugC6ssd5buDIzswPmQCptdZLxTThrqLSWygvKMA8CtfxaF-eYalM4lz4TgLju9X6uobQpKBYDApZXWviclA/s320/IMG_2081.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Dates to Remember:</span><br />
<b>February 14 Valentine's Day Party </b>~ Exploring schedule - Playground 9:00 - Party 10:00 We will need parents to help with the party and read Valentine's to the children.<br />
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<b>February 15 - RELAY FOR LIFE lunch </b>- Information went home about this special day. The children may eat a hot dog lunch or bring one from home. Sage will not be serving lunch on this day. Your donations to Relay for Life are totally optional.<br />
<b>February 20 </b>- No School - Presidents' Day Holiday<br />
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<b>February 29 Class Pictures </b><br />
<b>March 1 : Field Trip to the Coast Guard Air Station at the Clearwater/St. Pete airport. </b>We have enough parent volunteers for this trip. We will leave school at approximately 9:30.<br />
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<b>March 9 - Spring Break Party </b>- Exploring Schedule - 9:00 playground - 10:00 party <br />
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</div>Mrs. Samuel & Ms. Fenechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00641826089732046023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-518051062202562069.post-58025380582452962282012-01-29T16:05:00.000-08:002012-01-29T16:05:53.648-08:00Fish Tales 1/23 ~1/27<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz-fVi07B7cTb8iMnA2iLYAZyNS2-oRKaxOsqFnO5QseYJOHpvfs727AVdBZ5pwZJ4ws2M9XK9jyDCS4tohEw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">At assembly before exploring last week, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">the children recited </span><i style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Chubbie Little Snowman</i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> fingerplay!!</span></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">At center time, we looked at photographs of our field trip to the fire station and drew pictures of the fire truck for our journal!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">What a joy it was to meet your families on Grandparents and Special Friends Day!! The children were eager to show them the classroom and the entire campus!!</span><br />
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<b>February 15 - RELAY FOR LIFE lunch </b>- Information went home about this special day. The children may eat a hot dog lunch or bring one from home. Sage will not be serving lunch on this day. Your donations to Relay for Life are totally optional.<br />
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<b>February 29 Class Pictures </b><br />
<b>DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED : Field Trip to the Coast Guard Air Station at the Clearwater/St. Pete airport. </b>Please email or write us a note if you would like to volunteer for this field trip. We will leave school at approximately 9:30.<br />
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<b>March 9 - Spring Break Party </b>- Exploring Schedule - 9:00 playground - 10:00 party </div></div>Mrs. Samuel & Ms. Fenechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00641826089732046023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-518051062202562069.post-48594929984576889732012-01-22T15:06:00.000-08:002012-01-22T15:06:38.011-08:00Fish Tales 1/17 ~ 1/20<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPoSQzjb-tXnltQWqHpB4QZzwCtj1Wg2gXfRjQ0VjAasctObUKwGoO7fgfJeaJdwBcTOrwDuvZ_lztx-E-rSb4H809O2s3i-IntqJuZ8fk1iYfXgMvZTloRxszrWMWEMp9qpq2EuYE84lr/s1600/IMG_1898.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPoSQzjb-tXnltQWqHpB4QZzwCtj1Wg2gXfRjQ0VjAasctObUKwGoO7fgfJeaJdwBcTOrwDuvZ_lztx-E-rSb4H809O2s3i-IntqJuZ8fk1iYfXgMvZTloRxszrWMWEMp9qpq2EuYE84lr/s320/IMG_1898.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Sorting items into those with iron and those that do not contain iron using a magnet was a popular center time activity.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b> </b><span style="font-size: small;">Completing puzzles, building with blocks and fireman, and using hats in dress-up are just some of the ways we reinforce fire safety and our visit to the fire station.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> Drawing self-portraits on black/negro paper was a center time activity. The children used construction paper crayons. They appear as their real color no matter what color the children draw upon.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwnj9mQPEWWj5WrzzdpY1I8pAJS9LQLF8f_yuGhD7u2y_Ash6Jw4LfKdlzCYfzGtAN9uWJxKu471pJCbqFT-vdsZYM9N-bA1CojRm2P02_WLY0tZlxPEjHiqe15X8kX-gb7REyjDFmHtb/s1600/IMG_1904.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwnj9mQPEWWj5WrzzdpY1I8pAJS9LQLF8f_yuGhD7u2y_Ash6Jw4LfKdlzCYfzGtAN9uWJxKu471pJCbqFT-vdsZYM9N-bA1CojRm2P02_WLY0tZlxPEjHiqe15X8kX-gb7REyjDFmHtb/s320/IMG_1904.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">This boy is removing the golf tees from the styrofoam square. We teach the children the importance of cleaning up and getting a center ready for the next student.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZW5ecSp32bDXaDMykpzKrurgYkU8tHldw0c6JHzwjSNDm3e2ztOKEMhsYvZWcXa9eYvkmBhcOum7Z5u-TIeMAyQ7ldZ09kfW_RQpynd997TaG0M8pc5tXmsRRzFr1wPndHV4NgVjAqZgn/s1600/IMG_1897.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZW5ecSp32bDXaDMykpzKrurgYkU8tHldw0c6JHzwjSNDm3e2ztOKEMhsYvZWcXa9eYvkmBhcOum7Z5u-TIeMAyQ7ldZ09kfW_RQpynd997TaG0M8pc5tXmsRRzFr1wPndHV4NgVjAqZgn/s320/IMG_1897.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Reading from the illustrations of a book continues to be a popular pre-reading activity in Alpha.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">This mom was our Mystery Reader on Thursday. She read <i>Time to Sleep</i> by Denise Fleming. This is a delightful story about animals that hibernate!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwjfcQq2R6L4G9Jqk2okLUownuDs_5LPhkUxa8mIJF6vU2wtMV4Z2JwHx_zpLq6YyH9Z9JNLgXRTbkqjLkjmANbIht-2e0jYMPiAs-tdt10wav80j-qrVIBd_NUCEXA0yyZyyr3N2_M9b4/s1600/IMG_1905.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwjfcQq2R6L4G9Jqk2okLUownuDs_5LPhkUxa8mIJF6vU2wtMV4Z2JwHx_zpLq6YyH9Z9JNLgXRTbkqjLkjmANbIht-2e0jYMPiAs-tdt10wav80j-qrVIBd_NUCEXA0yyZyyr3N2_M9b4/s320/IMG_1905.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Some of the other books that we read this week are:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Six Creepy Sheep</i> by Judith Enderle </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? </i>by Eric Carle</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Over and Under the Snow</i> by Kate Messner</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>The Biggest Snowman Ever</i> by Steven Kroll </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>My Pop-Pop and Me</i> by Irene Smalls</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Down By The Station</i> by Will Hillenbrand</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>The Legend of Sookley the Square Pumpkin</i> by Joe Troiano</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>The Little Train</i> by Lois Lenski</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg87jtQXMCKAcldbQ16U-2fu0Ma-ujmbb6ikCiWkp2mgstyro_s0746Sx1057K4XDeb3zTbmj9uuyEXQEIVTjFsi669YH8EMcMXkN5kRllLNrNim_LwfaIThRVCmZdAWUxLoEwodmGebyRM/s1600/IMG_1907.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg87jtQXMCKAcldbQ16U-2fu0Ma-ujmbb6ikCiWkp2mgstyro_s0746Sx1057K4XDeb3zTbmj9uuyEXQEIVTjFsi669YH8EMcMXkN5kRllLNrNim_LwfaIThRVCmZdAWUxLoEwodmGebyRM/s320/IMG_1907.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Our theme for exploring on Friday 1/20 was transportation.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAzHLP5kXW6HfGRvOsk1yRhyphenhyphenEj1HxlslRI5CWPE5fngvradqfxtTg0FANGcIjSVey2_NurBfbKdKOVlMyMBh4k0t4ufWC8pOuEuQN5BCuwe7QEkIFL2MprSLNjOy3UWQlnrTc-EPvIJZBp/s1600/IMG_6562.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAzHLP5kXW6HfGRvOsk1yRhyphenhyphenEj1HxlslRI5CWPE5fngvradqfxtTg0FANGcIjSVey2_NurBfbKdKOVlMyMBh4k0t4ufWC8pOuEuQN5BCuwe7QEkIFL2MprSLNjOy3UWQlnrTc-EPvIJZBp/s320/IMG_6562.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">The children decorated paper plates to act as their steering wheels. They pretended to be boat captains, pilots, firefighters, and bus drivers while sitting in chairs on the rug. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdO66xeK-3lrPQOKOznhRTk5cbPohKievmlj2cYX0XgAyG8vtHeY0lg5U9LcCS_Hb51-L7jh_bephVZgx9s-JMxPHJZptT6SP21jUUuFQqn8E1wuBmepqbpU2NR5g0t3bMCtbS4_Wvcl4S/s1600/IMG_6565.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdO66xeK-3lrPQOKOznhRTk5cbPohKievmlj2cYX0XgAyG8vtHeY0lg5U9LcCS_Hb51-L7jh_bephVZgx9s-JMxPHJZptT6SP21jUUuFQqn8E1wuBmepqbpU2NR5g0t3bMCtbS4_Wvcl4S/s320/IMG_6565.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We created Shorecrest Driver's Licenses.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">The children donned cardboard box cars that had previously been created and "drove" their vehicles around the campus. Then they passed the drive thru and picked up snack of popcorn and a juice box.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">They ate their snack while watching a slide show of themselves in the exploratorium.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipse57ke7dSlOVFqu5XjEVBQvC_cY6lCMvzxi4CiMyhndpx-_Wa2vZJ-0xutFHOzmJUKjH3nazH2DI09JNzrkFgxg67z9bUsNmSjOfTyIlblbBEnQdCHChgFD3Wob5lLlx_7ZJXqssopgG/s1600/DSCN0835.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipse57ke7dSlOVFqu5XjEVBQvC_cY6lCMvzxi4CiMyhndpx-_Wa2vZJ-0xutFHOzmJUKjH3nazH2DI09JNzrkFgxg67z9bUsNmSjOfTyIlblbBEnQdCHChgFD3Wob5lLlx_7ZJXqssopgG/s320/DSCN0835.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipdVnqQ3EmJZKd_hQWg6dtGdAfZxFMwusErGKV70fU0poTR7B7xSckzsc2DjqPxZncYUIgBTLs2gE5lUvoV3GoTbwIkho97tBQR2M7-TZm19CLGGOOWdU_SdnZqFSyxM8bSH4NG6mj5Rtb/s1600/IMG_1924.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipdVnqQ3EmJZKd_hQWg6dtGdAfZxFMwusErGKV70fU0poTR7B7xSckzsc2DjqPxZncYUIgBTLs2gE5lUvoV3GoTbwIkho97tBQR2M7-TZm19CLGGOOWdU_SdnZqFSyxM8bSH4NG6mj5Rtb/s320/IMG_1924.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN88duV8XT9ByoonlI43oNoJRPg5Fy7nYbszaxdUi6Ok0cOgBnFElSZNItrjqJiASV3yB62XK3X-vMespxheWEuJjgjEd-Rz7hlzWjilXaeiouFy1V9ln8PctOgb3eXUrKvcAhGC3uD6mh/s1600/IMG_1910.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN88duV8XT9ByoonlI43oNoJRPg5Fy7nYbszaxdUi6Ok0cOgBnFElSZNItrjqJiASV3yB62XK3X-vMespxheWEuJjgjEd-Rz7hlzWjilXaeiouFy1V9ln8PctOgb3eXUrKvcAhGC3uD6mh/s320/IMG_1910.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBmITh_plx81ePWhyphenhyphen8ycNxIKgQFVVn1dG2YyXrDy8suvIMb8wxa-86_N7U5uPNUOrgWH9UwM_LPINQ00Ow39O1nimmW9OI8Ma_1ckwk8sQ92YaQRRqcYw2_v2PTSycqIYTBAt_9q3uB7ce/s1600/IMG_1917.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBmITh_plx81ePWhyphenhyphen8ycNxIKgQFVVn1dG2YyXrDy8suvIMb8wxa-86_N7U5uPNUOrgWH9UwM_LPINQ00Ow39O1nimmW9OI8Ma_1ckwk8sQ92YaQRRqcYw2_v2PTSycqIYTBAt_9q3uB7ce/s320/IMG_1917.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkuEpaS5N1KBo2gEcoCC1ZjuEyFV2MK7uzrHtyW3kWgJQyb9BKzATiwwyPdikVvCR8LauIeGEBXLMymsbZ2027oR4SKAo04kYa_lvLSH7E6eBGOanwfJKB1ipXk1PlPWAlSdxAFU6mGutD/s1600/DSCN0839.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkuEpaS5N1KBo2gEcoCC1ZjuEyFV2MK7uzrHtyW3kWgJQyb9BKzATiwwyPdikVvCR8LauIeGEBXLMymsbZ2027oR4SKAo04kYa_lvLSH7E6eBGOanwfJKB1ipXk1PlPWAlSdxAFU6mGutD/s320/DSCN0839.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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January 27 - Grandparents Day - Thanks for returning the forms, if you have not done so please return early this week.<br />
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February 3 Shorecrest Gala ~ "80's Prom Night" - New Athletic Center 6:30 - For more information, the web site for this social & fundraising event is posted here and on ebytes <a href="http://gala.shorecrest.org/">http://gala.shorecrest.org</a><br />
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February 14 Valentine's Day Party ~ Exploring schedule - Playground 9:00 - Party 10:00 We will need parents to help with the party and read Valentine's to the children.<br />
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February 15 - RELAY FOR LIFE lunch - Information went home about this special day. The children may eat a hot dog lunch or bring one from home. Sage will not be serving lunch on this day. Your donations to Relay for Life are totally optional.<br />
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February 29 Class Pictures & Field Trip to the Coast Guard Air Station at the Clearwater/St. Pete airport. Please email or write us a note if you would like to volunteer for this field trip. We will leave school at approximately 9:30.<br />
March 9 - Spring Break Party - Exploring Schedule - 9:00 playground - 10:00 partyMrs. Samuel & Ms. Fenechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00641826089732046023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-518051062202562069.post-51181774346536405472012-01-16T09:07:00.000-08:002012-01-16T09:07:40.583-08:00Fish Tales 1/9 ~ 1/13<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">We began the week by walking to theatre to listen to Marianne Berkes speak and read her book, <i>In The Ocean, In the Coral Reef! </i>It was so wonderful to listen to this dynamic author!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfRTE-WzeUyBCAjfe4VSTxTXS4-v-6VdFcGp1SwodQcJMPibzpIGqArodR0cKwFD0ONGRvz_NmHtKd7WEUE2v935qP4SnXvwAozfzco-j9EchtBZ5Um3tHD5oGLlQh1Tu2IxHKgEAXmzk_/s1600/IMG_1783.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfRTE-WzeUyBCAjfe4VSTxTXS4-v-6VdFcGp1SwodQcJMPibzpIGqArodR0cKwFD0ONGRvz_NmHtKd7WEUE2v935qP4SnXvwAozfzco-j9EchtBZ5Um3tHD5oGLlQh1Tu2IxHKgEAXmzk_/s320/IMG_1783.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><i> </i></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The children created vehicles by gluing shapes together! They will soon adorn our classroom bulletin board. Come in and take a look!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbQaX5nGxQRx4ILG-lv3rfwkJsS2EWhIeLoMQQw3ltEFL3heUAB2fND9l1QS-RJL23HYr9xRKCWssAC7xml9PbFpw-1djIBFni-c8JMEnB1wj0TzMGyZIxgOtsckhDPSifRmLCPeclmfJ9/s1600/IMG_1871.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbQaX5nGxQRx4ILG-lv3rfwkJsS2EWhIeLoMQQw3ltEFL3heUAB2fND9l1QS-RJL23HYr9xRKCWssAC7xml9PbFpw-1djIBFni-c8JMEnB1wj0TzMGyZIxgOtsckhDPSifRmLCPeclmfJ9/s320/IMG_1871.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Vehicles. vehicles everywhere!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">On the land, on the sea, and in the air!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ960vyXtKTKjhEXy-jl2GJemRCWMCt1_ZVzXjKMs1igb-bHFpDZd5mgrvoJSmtZzTRBdkvBLNb4tquT2jc9fpjdPkznywZR4UvPIPpJNn87761oibuqTd1Gn08lAz5934gLKanfRrs5uL/s1600/IMG_1875.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ960vyXtKTKjhEXy-jl2GJemRCWMCt1_ZVzXjKMs1igb-bHFpDZd5mgrvoJSmtZzTRBdkvBLNb4tquT2jc9fpjdPkznywZR4UvPIPpJNn87761oibuqTd1Gn08lAz5934gLKanfRrs5uL/s320/IMG_1875.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Painting snowmen at the easel provided opportunities for discussion about the seasons and using small, medium, and large circles</span>!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi25b6Ob62bN6fYGHc0JnRdowpQOwEQm3DxfbIhcuaBAOpxYCjcY_envm0WcORxz5ZK2z-BjcZkAAoemJiyIKQBHHzwJMOj4p6Xq2IOCv0p6NOBvv7M4qBYeJY7Q89QD5iwJAV-BitAq06m/s1600/IMG_1869.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi25b6Ob62bN6fYGHc0JnRdowpQOwEQm3DxfbIhcuaBAOpxYCjcY_envm0WcORxz5ZK2z-BjcZkAAoemJiyIKQBHHzwJMOj4p6Xq2IOCv0p6NOBvv7M4qBYeJY7Q89QD5iwJAV-BitAq06m/s320/IMG_1869.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We saw so many wonderful aspects of a firefighter's job on our visit to the main fire station on Wednesday! We began by watching the ABC's of fire safety video.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTiX-hpKMbybsrVvp7IIMR7MJBcTX3vM_ciOc-LnPB8WhmzAOu0mFMbKVsggIrBoR50cme5N-FtzpcvQD1ItsV56hIxh4bY78qhfR8U2ATB82iPmTCfVlA8sc4xefHqN4ZXhOhWzgX2nei/s1600/IMG_1790.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTiX-hpKMbybsrVvp7IIMR7MJBcTX3vM_ciOc-LnPB8WhmzAOu0mFMbKVsggIrBoR50cme5N-FtzpcvQD1ItsV56hIxh4bY78qhfR8U2ATB82iPmTCfVlA8sc4xefHqN4ZXhOhWzgX2nei/s320/IMG_1790.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It was a joy to greet the children this week and get back into our daily routine!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">At center time, we play concentration which incorporates visual memory skills, as well as, following directions and taking turns. We talked about pairs being two of an item.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbq07gTg-PC7ShguBdlvEvg4J7p3acvZJgY4TusCnTmUth4AltafK2EwtLIeWAuHOhBj3DtxMNQOMdumOiYaL3Xq_RhIb4e-5iQUwz8vzCPkQkvoh4xyc0U3DHrvJg7pGQRuT07OW9CDBG/s1600/IMG_1730.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbq07gTg-PC7ShguBdlvEvg4J7p3acvZJgY4TusCnTmUth4AltafK2EwtLIeWAuHOhBj3DtxMNQOMdumOiYaL3Xq_RhIb4e-5iQUwz8vzCPkQkvoh4xyc0U3DHrvJg7pGQRuT07OW9CDBG/s320/IMG_1730.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Transferring and sorting items develops eye hand coordination and visual discrimination.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM1HWvZv9GR_rKqUzp43kjKg_BbSyoGMadvSicsmKozZCfM0GD5VIiCb5JfMXtikNAicLB8tpaZEo5ALGiW8yZUqPKjP0M0apSR6faN7c4IAoE_idkE1j4XGmRVikRZKGHb0izT4SV5dW4/s1600/IMG_1738.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM1HWvZv9GR_rKqUzp43kjKg_BbSyoGMadvSicsmKozZCfM0GD5VIiCb5JfMXtikNAicLB8tpaZEo5ALGiW8yZUqPKjP0M0apSR6faN7c4IAoE_idkE1j4XGmRVikRZKGHb0izT4SV5dW4/s320/IMG_1738.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Our mystery reader read </span><i style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Mitten Tree</i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> by Candace Christainsen in the library on Thursday</span>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoGqlCyy11c4PKia8QkKadMJ71uf5KXUr4OPs06kEdGQEoUizdFkelaNuZYIqmkc2kmyvga-hltjisB1ZYc4uMqqZGCpegtXzTeUsjAo_xFa9Gtdn26qSx_m0EOwpNX0ehaynxokYGqez9/s1600/IMG_1741.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoGqlCyy11c4PKia8QkKadMJ71uf5KXUr4OPs06kEdGQEoUizdFkelaNuZYIqmkc2kmyvga-hltjisB1ZYc4uMqqZGCpegtXzTeUsjAo_xFa9Gtdn26qSx_m0EOwpNX0ehaynxokYGqez9/s320/IMG_1741.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This is a delightful story of an older women knitting mittens for children and leaving them on a tree where they wait for the school bus. In turn, the children leave a basket of yarn for the lady on her front steps!</div><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">At center time, we looked at mittens and gloves. Then we we created a pair of paper mittens by cutting them out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhweN-xv-7fs4qVexkIpCxVH-EU9l0fXp0KlmK4L0iKBhMX6dVpCtNu1TMET7Zr7cTpeg6qgUVMTt8FETdqgxAqf1FlKbMqYCkA6UKWtVUIwB5fNDRU5UhVGqYY365nfTbz2c1ixabjGidP/s1600/IMG_1752.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhweN-xv-7fs4qVexkIpCxVH-EU9l0fXp0KlmK4L0iKBhMX6dVpCtNu1TMET7Zr7cTpeg6qgUVMTt8FETdqgxAqf1FlKbMqYCkA6UKWtVUIwB5fNDRU5UhVGqYY365nfTbz2c1ixabjGidP/s320/IMG_1752.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitiglGAbRY0QYnXBu4XMetWmSs2Tah87DbtqAP2I3aX0Dfqd9OxpfhHi6rut92_7-unFFUjCgzR-UkUfbRnOgjF2nD7YfSTaSbj0vAPQlyFcP_nUviklYNWfRFavyoVdyBz0MXPIb-Zp1C/s1600/IMG_1763.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitiglGAbRY0QYnXBu4XMetWmSs2Tah87DbtqAP2I3aX0Dfqd9OxpfhHi6rut92_7-unFFUjCgzR-UkUfbRnOgjF2nD7YfSTaSbj0vAPQlyFcP_nUviklYNWfRFavyoVdyBz0MXPIb-Zp1C/s320/IMG_1763.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The children decorated banner paper by "driving" fire trucks into red paint and then onto the paper. The teachers will use this paper to create a fire truck on the exploratorium bulletin board.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXffVBW3gCQh9xuxiqiG5TrIUsgd2iM-dROStIY4OBWAJwU4TwuH_KFifTkGF_iQmd2zM5-QlkJDaJTDlszHRvhuj1qRUZi4CcMgUmqCjsF4llCL0g6VkyOeNUBvSLbbSYpTXBG26et7wo/s1600/IMG_1772.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXffVBW3gCQh9xuxiqiG5TrIUsgd2iM-dROStIY4OBWAJwU4TwuH_KFifTkGF_iQmd2zM5-QlkJDaJTDlszHRvhuj1qRUZi4CcMgUmqCjsF4llCL0g6VkyOeNUBvSLbbSYpTXBG26et7wo/s320/IMG_1772.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">On Friday morning, Ms. Fenech read <i>The Mitten</i> by Jan Brett.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdrSSvzIowTLUievwiN6xcrhPHfYu8Go40MzNgZsDWuR-f7yAz9z5SIGC5IZlP2Yu3Q72FkrRLxETIDP8oOUUPR66C-LxBMiseGFRcHtR6zrRkZHK8RLQDUGTiXvit3q4L6HW_7a-pGHNu/s1600/IMG_1764.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdrSSvzIowTLUievwiN6xcrhPHfYu8Go40MzNgZsDWuR-f7yAz9z5SIGC5IZlP2Yu3Q72FkrRLxETIDP8oOUUPR66C-LxBMiseGFRcHtR6zrRkZHK8RLQDUGTiXvit3q4L6HW_7a-pGHNu/s320/IMG_1764.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Ask your child to tell you some of the animal that squeezed into the mitten! </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Other books that we read this week included:</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><i>The Biggest, Best Snowman</i> by Margery Cuyler</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><i>Blizzard</i> by Eric Charlesworth </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We have magnet blocks out for the children to build with. This child made a connection to the lesson where we created a star by cutting out a diamond and then cutting the diamond in half to make two triangles and then a star. He put the triangles together to create a diamond!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKWC6-xV6tfd67ERQc-JN05HL3ukmCBNTfKAfizYqYh_B64ZMQHBO7bpK1U1MVWIbKHDnyZk0Oz8vyZxis5bAU-4ukfQ30dsOp6Z0HBPc21tSKJM6CHaN8iveug7kiJTj_ZwijH-gpznVx/s1600/IMG_1756.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKWC6-xV6tfd67ERQc-JN05HL3ukmCBNTfKAfizYqYh_B64ZMQHBO7bpK1U1MVWIbKHDnyZk0Oz8vyZxis5bAU-4ukfQ30dsOp6Z0HBPc21tSKJM6CHaN8iveug7kiJTj_ZwijH-gpznVx/s320/IMG_1756.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We are also talking about transportation in class!! </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAKb2j9KXJ8haZO6LUAAMoHZWt9g4JMBD0iLZFAWr95p8k5XTGySeqwhJkxKbWMa89HvFPxWhRtjWpVD_u3vWxNJahyJSzgSm696AgWDOkxKyQWHeTm1vlyNevf5XxSGKdqLvBioPx8atj/s1600/IMG_1777.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAKb2j9KXJ8haZO6LUAAMoHZWt9g4JMBD0iLZFAWr95p8k5XTGySeqwhJkxKbWMa89HvFPxWhRtjWpVD_u3vWxNJahyJSzgSm696AgWDOkxKyQWHeTm1vlyNevf5XxSGKdqLvBioPx8atj/s320/IMG_1777.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Dates to Remember:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">January 11 - Field trip to the Main Fire Station</div><div style="text-align: left;">January 13 - Exploring</div><div style="text-align: left;">January 16 - Martin Luther King Holiday </div><div style="text-align: left;">January 20 - Exploring</div><div style="text-align: left;">January 27 - Granparents Day</div><div style="text-align: left;">February 3 - The Big Event - New Athletic Center</div><div style="text-align: left;">February 9 - Parent Teacher Conferences </div><div style="text-align: left;">February 14 - Valentine's Day Party - We will need parents to assist with this party and read the children's valentines to them.</div><div style="text-align: left;">February 17 - No School - Teacher-In-Service Day</div><div style="text-align: left;">February 20 - Presidents Day Holiday</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">To sign up for conferences, pLease come into the classroom, email me Susan_Samuel@ Shorecrest.org or call me after 4:00 pm. Thanks!!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Mrs. Samuel & Ms. Fenechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00641826089732046023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-518051062202562069.post-11544149012211013882011-12-29T10:19:00.000-08:002011-12-29T10:19:42.848-08:00Fish Tales 12/12 ~ 12/16<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We celebrated the fourth birthday of the year by sharing photos and eating a yummy snack!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jASOn8LWgTk/Tvn-XKGkxUI/AAAAAAAAAeI/QF9JGpTHJbQ/s1600/IMG_1668.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jASOn8LWgTk/Tvn-XKGkxUI/AAAAAAAAAeI/QF9JGpTHJbQ/s320/IMG_1668.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Decorating trees, both wooden and artificial, is a fun activity that also gives the children practice with their fine motor coordination. They not only decorate the trees, but also take the decorations off to get them ready for the next person.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B2gSwR-Wzqg/Tvn_MFzmAXI/AAAAAAAAAeU/W5oB0fpFQZA/s1600/IMG_1613.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B2gSwR-Wzqg/Tvn_MFzmAXI/AAAAAAAAAeU/W5oB0fpFQZA/s320/IMG_1613.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">At center time, the children used scissors to cut a diamond from paper that we had decorated with shaving cream and watercolors. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-F7HGK3L5HzU/TvoDtcpSY4I/AAAAAAAAAfQ/TDIm7ARnAME/s1600/IMG_1639.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-F7HGK3L5HzU/TvoDtcpSY4I/AAAAAAAAAfQ/TDIm7ARnAME/s320/IMG_1639.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">They cut across the middle of the diamond transforming it into two triangles.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UXTwgs-Bj4o/TvoA3B-yUyI/AAAAAAAAAes/icVvLPwlTTY/s1600/IMG_1669.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UXTwgs-Bj4o/TvoA3B-yUyI/AAAAAAAAAes/icVvLPwlTTY/s320/IMG_1669.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">They last step to creating a six-pointed star was arranging it and stapling it together. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v8-OGNLTKEA/TvoBs7dk6rI/AAAAAAAAAe4/_vJbUOL_UxU/s1600/IMG_1674.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v8-OGNLTKEA/TvoBs7dk6rI/AAAAAAAAAe4/_vJbUOL_UxU/s320/IMG_1674.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
Art activities often spark the children's creativity and imagination. This boy put two triangles together to create a diamond after cutting his star!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ECo_r-oqmm8/TvoCOUP0mwI/AAAAAAAAAfE/zyr2E1GepHg/s1600/IMG_1671.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ECo_r-oqmm8/TvoCOUP0mwI/AAAAAAAAAfE/zyr2E1GepHg/s320/IMG_1671.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We visited Ms. O'Mullane's second grade classroom, where the second graders read stories they had written about their holiday traditions. After which, the second graders read us several books and sang the Australian version of <i>Jingle Bells. </i>We learned that their weather is hot during the winter and that it is a tradition to go the beach on Christmas day!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RtRv2UZTMkw/TvoETOgDNrI/AAAAAAAAAfc/9eDg_0DuFj8/s1600/IMG_1679.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RtRv2UZTMkw/TvoETOgDNrI/AAAAAAAAAfc/9eDg_0DuFj8/s320/IMG_1679.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OgJqVQH-nhg/TvoEToTZ-LI/AAAAAAAAAfk/PluH8pPXSFw/s1600/IMG_1680.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OgJqVQH-nhg/TvoEToTZ-LI/AAAAAAAAAfk/PluH8pPXSFw/s320/IMG_1680.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1fKDnQEcKqc/TvoEsd3gwoI/AAAAAAAAAfw/FvJ-7rIVH9I/s1600/IMG_1683.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1fKDnQEcKqc/TvoEsd3gwoI/AAAAAAAAAfw/FvJ-7rIVH9I/s320/IMG_1683.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We have 6th grade "Lunch Buddies" that volunteer and eat lunch with the children on most Tuesdays and Thursdays. This girl is reading <i>Green Eggs and Ham</i> during lunch one day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LbT88LJ7eok/TvoFiZIUubI/AAAAAAAAAf8/V8-GLvcl9uo/s1600/IMG_1691.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LbT88LJ7eok/TvoFiZIUubI/AAAAAAAAAf8/V8-GLvcl9uo/s320/IMG_1691.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">They help with opening lunch items, ask questions to spark conversations, and read to the children. Our alpha students benefit from their service and the 6th graders develop leadership skills.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We walked next door to sing for our neighbors at the Winston Park condos.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JEJHkR2CAlY/TvoHTIX97CI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/R8LNekzXVQM/s1600/IMG_1699.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JEJHkR2CAlY/TvoHTIX97CI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/R8LNekzXVQM/s320/IMG_1699.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PYWiaZ3M_ro/TvoHovfSmgI/AAAAAAAAAgc/vBkA5t1_PFw/s1600/IMG_1705.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PYWiaZ3M_ro/TvoHovfSmgI/AAAAAAAAAgc/vBkA5t1_PFw/s320/IMG_1705.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Our holiday party was a huge success!! Many thanks to all that attended the singing in the theatre and the party. We really appreciate your help and we can not put a value on the meaning it has for the children!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cSZgcsUwtYk/TvoJJG_FwqI/AAAAAAAAAgo/Ep6B9pfWk2k/s1600/IMG_1714.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cSZgcsUwtYk/TvoJJG_FwqI/AAAAAAAAAgo/Ep6B9pfWk2k/s320/IMG_1714.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The children created Florida Snowman quiet bottles by drawing a face and filling them with goodies to look at.</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4iRL6ULW1xE/TvoKWojAcVI/AAAAAAAAAg8/sS81Tvfekj8/s1600/IMG_1721.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4iRL6ULW1xE/TvoKWojAcVI/AAAAAAAAAg8/sS81Tvfekj8/s320/IMG_1721.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We ate ice cream sundaes for snack and decorated cone shaped plastic bags and filled them with hot chocolate mix.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TrTbzZXKNUQ/TvoLB_iMOxI/AAAAAAAAAhI/KzrenTM5MIg/s1600/IMG_1716.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TrTbzZXKNUQ/TvoLB_iMOxI/AAAAAAAAAhI/KzrenTM5MIg/s320/IMG_1716.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We created 2-D gingerbread houses and tossed bean bags into a snowman target!</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">DATES to REMEMBER:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">January 3rd - Classes resume - We sent all of the clothing and shoes home from the cubbies so you can check sizes. Please return replacement clothing when the children return.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">January 11 - Field trip to the Main Fire Station. Please email or write Mrs. Samuel a note if you would like to volunteer for this trip.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">January 27 - Grandparents Day</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">February 14 - Valentine's Day Party</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span> </span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We would like to take the time and wish you all a safe 2012 filled with laughter, peace, and most of all love!!</span><br />
</span></div>Mrs. Samuel & Ms. Fenechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00641826089732046023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-518051062202562069.post-45702229870077973782011-12-11T09:39:00.000-08:002011-12-11T09:46:27.149-08:00Celebrating the Holidays<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYdEUFgboxKPC5TZPxTmjBoHguyO-qCbBATVopRsNmi89RhdJZ_JQOuOzAyjCEa-7R4AgmxYmlcLPS8kNwSNFkUp9sfWBgbhMwSCIWfqffl7eEGnTMAAPeujt5Nf2aIdO9Dlym-Lju91Zs/s1600/IMG_1571.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYdEUFgboxKPC5TZPxTmjBoHguyO-qCbBATVopRsNmi89RhdJZ_JQOuOzAyjCEa-7R4AgmxYmlcLPS8kNwSNFkUp9sfWBgbhMwSCIWfqffl7eEGnTMAAPeujt5Nf2aIdO9Dlym-Lju91Zs/s320/IMG_1571.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Decorating paper using lines, dots, and zigzags was an easel activity this past week. The teachers turned these painting into presents to decorate the classroom windows. The class has had a discussion about giving to others and the children are learning that "the best gift to give is love!!"</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8yvNdV5PtKTUKen5kbZSVMOTmcSlCxt7Xck6mms8Aop3A6qjgPPAZN0K-xvBc0ePYPjGprOaG-Xst1gBkyWZD1SwaRLuKCFEqmvtkud_1Qw2xa1PjBtUjS-pAPyMv8rE79ApnNXtvqOJu/s1600/IMG_1605.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8yvNdV5PtKTUKen5kbZSVMOTmcSlCxt7Xck6mms8Aop3A6qjgPPAZN0K-xvBc0ePYPjGprOaG-Xst1gBkyWZD1SwaRLuKCFEqmvtkud_1Qw2xa1PjBtUjS-pAPyMv8rE79ApnNXtvqOJu/s320/IMG_1605.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Using our imaginations in the classroom "bakery" has been lots of fun and where we have observed conversations and situations where the children had to tap into their negotiating skills when they have to share muffin tins, cakes, and so much more.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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Hammering in the gingerbread house provides another outlet for the children's imagination.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0N6T-MWKNPzCAu6JSqJJBNh3ArlAphGbnPTCr31_LAHVkrinYsFoCqZviGR_VjskjHIgC3QMLOLMROOCtIlPPZNl8E2JxNcUZjzq8eo03oI8LtDuY45NCL24-OeN_pMWnM_N61beXepYb/s1600/IMG_1628.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0N6T-MWKNPzCAu6JSqJJBNh3ArlAphGbnPTCr31_LAHVkrinYsFoCqZviGR_VjskjHIgC3QMLOLMROOCtIlPPZNl8E2JxNcUZjzq8eo03oI8LtDuY45NCL24-OeN_pMWnM_N61beXepYb/s320/IMG_1628.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The children extend the learning and hammer the ABC blocks after spelling their names!!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtAPZ8McinjBmWSkZN5rgxkWV-MWEWoHd2ii77Y64M0RH7eMXfO0PgbCQPz3r2a-rrwx9haF4yfWL_yGATGi39zfmu1K7GQpfce19cobNFcy3Xr9lV7dZNy4lJRgNNvRIGavhIMxY2uBo5/s1600/IMG_1622.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtAPZ8McinjBmWSkZN5rgxkWV-MWEWoHd2ii77Y64M0RH7eMXfO0PgbCQPz3r2a-rrwx9haF4yfWL_yGATGi39zfmu1K7GQpfce19cobNFcy3Xr9lV7dZNy4lJRgNNvRIGavhIMxY2uBo5/s320/IMG_1622.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh40lIiy8HWs2ZI1KxTuuISUCJ2YUn6HlZox7-Kl9c6ovFgWcIoajHYYEubjJZ1brLGHPiwe9zrzFn0aYlH5j-lcKoBm-0KWe_vTwbbnZZUqtdvYQoe7HXu2pLM1s16d29B-mpLan3qEC4R/s1600/IMG_5740.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh40lIiy8HWs2ZI1KxTuuISUCJ2YUn6HlZox7-Kl9c6ovFgWcIoajHYYEubjJZ1brLGHPiwe9zrzFn0aYlH5j-lcKoBm-0KWe_vTwbbnZZUqtdvYQoe7HXu2pLM1s16d29B-mpLan3qEC4R/s320/IMG_5740.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Our theme for exploring was celebrating Hanukkah! For snack, we grated potatoes for potato latkes!! MmMm good! Mrs. Gootson read <i>The Chanukkah Guest </i>by Eric Kimmel. This is a delightful story of an old grandmother, Bubba, making latkes for an old bear which she thought was the Rabbi! We played with a menorah, completed dreidel puzzles, and practiced spinning a variety of dreidels. Decorating a six pointed star by doing rock and roll painting was another exploring activity. Lastly, we created holiday headbands by coloring a variety of holiday symbols including dreidels, trees, bells, reindeer, menorahs, gingerbread boys, and so much more!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDdn4Idob4qSOtnGIUovLKY3C-j1tKMbgEuH5xuX-LdEDBPm5ssWtTE-ctLzFSocWhmBLk4GQSaPzxZfBGl6z74L-U4nyBrp0cbtt4OUtI0JMb9ssOklU2xBVSJAE5eBSgwK148Qap57mq/s1600/IMG_1660.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDdn4Idob4qSOtnGIUovLKY3C-j1tKMbgEuH5xuX-LdEDBPm5ssWtTE-ctLzFSocWhmBLk4GQSaPzxZfBGl6z74L-U4nyBrp0cbtt4OUtI0JMb9ssOklU2xBVSJAE5eBSgwK148Qap57mq/s320/IMG_1660.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioTB6ptV-VTgrrCMIJwE4mqiK67YHxglemrZFNi3tkYT8EesxQAcfQWFI1Rzox2CBkPRHHk2wujV41fvoZs2Cym8YZtok29cA8wnBRWu1E3ZUyQpTvSME_01dTIlm5tO0_fVnuyrIJINIv/s1600/IMG_1659.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wednesday - December 14 - Walk to Winston Park Condos to sing for our neighbors!!</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Friday - December 16 - Holiday Sing for Parents - Janet Root Theatre - 8:30</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Friday - December 16 - Holiday Party - 9:45</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Tuesday - January 3 - Classes resume</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wednesday - January 11 - Field Trip to Fire Station - Please email us or write a note if you would like to help with this field trip.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Friday - January 27 - Grandparents & Special Friends Day - The children will sing for their grandparents and give them a tour of our classroom and the school. </span></span></span></div>Mrs. Samuel & Ms. Fenechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00641826089732046023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-518051062202562069.post-11814149276688342812011-12-05T18:39:00.000-08:002011-12-05T18:39:52.565-08:00Holidays Traditions, Gift Drive, and Surprises!!<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">We started the week by reading <i>Franklin's Christmas Gift</i> by Paulette Bourgeois. This book helps the children begin to grasp the gift drive process and how important it is to help the needy.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Mr. Williams volunteered at the stars center by encouraging the children to glue stars onto stars with control using "little dots of glue, whooo!"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">We created holiday surprises for our Moms and Dads!</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Decorating paper with shaving cream, watercolor, and a scraper was so fascinating as we watched the color transfer from the shaving cream to the paper.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">STEP ! : Spread shaving cream on a tray.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">STEP 3: Mix colors by "bunny hopping" a scraper in the colored shaving cream.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">STEP 4: Print paper onto the shaving cream and scrape it off onto the table.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">(Yes, there is a yellow scraper in this boy's hands)</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Viola, you have beautiful paper that we will use for cards and stars.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">The exploratorium loft has been transformed into a gingerbread house where the children can "hammer" blocks in the workshop.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPrm2rJp7AE1Lh4lZBm4BF_CITygqrTquDmIfdg_m7SeQzv0rh_9tGQAn4XBQg-SR8hZW3UhRfITJYK-npoanaByiVen7lksOGBcYx_hPE-TGOohzE8eTlhSlPDpkUQTeiUBQMqpb7CIyA/s1600/IMG_1500.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPrm2rJp7AE1Lh4lZBm4BF_CITygqrTquDmIfdg_m7SeQzv0rh_9tGQAn4XBQg-SR8hZW3UhRfITJYK-npoanaByiVen7lksOGBcYx_hPE-TGOohzE8eTlhSlPDpkUQTeiUBQMqpb7CIyA/s320/IMG_1500.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Mrs. Smay celebrated Jan Brett's birthday on Thursday, December 1st, by showing us a variety of books that she has authored. She chose to read <i>Gingerbread Baby</i>!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-a-Kjds8clgmt8WXwbIjA8whCtzMwSpA46fvjFCSTR6IDTy-3-3lmqs-AoVkQgb8X_HEmCDrGnHjmPCLNoEYsQkPgS-85HrjhX1XBfPq_BTHAQXGuJEzizAz6CiYA5c9CLTfHV8yjlWYY/s1600/IMG_1529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-a-Kjds8clgmt8WXwbIjA8whCtzMwSpA46fvjFCSTR6IDTy-3-3lmqs-AoVkQgb8X_HEmCDrGnHjmPCLNoEYsQkPgS-85HrjhX1XBfPq_BTHAQXGuJEzizAz6CiYA5c9CLTfHV8yjlWYY/s320/IMG_1529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Then we headed to the exploratorium to mix Gingerbread dough!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9RXJg1Dzm_LBYwWQQHL4NPEr0a30RWZrXFf0KWnBYUZZ3OdzGFgHW7aNXZHiOfhMs-r4F7I25q0sw2CbE_IqfsVuCWVnRmwoUIYzEo0uIJgdRz4_U7KWPx2zHUAicoYaGJY4IyhL6XtXZ/s1600/IMG_1532.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9RXJg1Dzm_LBYwWQQHL4NPEr0a30RWZrXFf0KWnBYUZZ3OdzGFgHW7aNXZHiOfhMs-r4F7I25q0sw2CbE_IqfsVuCWVnRmwoUIYzEo0uIJgdRz4_U7KWPx2zHUAicoYaGJY4IyhL6XtXZ/s320/IMG_1532.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Creating jinglebell necklaces give the children opportunities to practice their fine motor coordination.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">We will wear these necklaces when we sing at the Winston Park condos next week and for the parents on Friday at 8:30 in the JR Theatre. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Some of the other books that we read this week are:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The First Thanksgiving Day</i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> ~ A Counting Book by Laura Melmed</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><i>Hit the Ball Duck</i> by Jez Alborough</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><i>Squirrel's Thanksgiving Surprise</i> by Valerie Tripp</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><i>City Dog, Country Frog</i> by Mo Williams</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><i>1, 2, 3 Thanksgiving</i> by W. Nikola-Lisa</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> We are thankful for your children and for you!! Have a delightful Thanksgiving!!</span></div>Mrs. Samuel & Ms. Fenechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00641826089732046023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-518051062202562069.post-41784149527848588052011-11-13T09:12:00.000-08:002011-11-13T09:37:42.642-08:00Fish Tales 11/7 ~ 11/11<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9mBQxvsZOVFdewOTBvOCES64AizT_WJeuZiG71u2HCgPdX2ahN0jbbpVMaQMWWh7UcEY12oQ0S7oMpxu_mQDh2CIPj6Xq5f_4eY2zpFuFcSW4T5tFTzgAFf3iqj5fs7KYtM7o1WK59z_B/s1600/IMG_1297.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9mBQxvsZOVFdewOTBvOCES64AizT_WJeuZiG71u2HCgPdX2ahN0jbbpVMaQMWWh7UcEY12oQ0S7oMpxu_mQDh2CIPj6Xq5f_4eY2zpFuFcSW4T5tFTzgAFf3iqj5fs7KYtM7o1WK59z_B/s320/IMG_1297.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We painted dorsal fins using glitter paint, which were props for </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Poetry in the Park.</span></div><br />
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<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fine motor coordination is developed through a wide variety of activities. </b></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">This boy is using wiki sticks to create "roads."</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO41XExtWv7eeeDc3doFyTMR7lGowww1MJ5Yx3rwmym_1kZ03HkuiCgwuEPoX3ynRCMODG6ddFd0m5ATOMAwK1a8Ze3v4gQfLA0bINoJ89rAaDA6Ia6hZfPBk-vaUivLD_LltoNv1Y3qF0/s1600/IMG_1293.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO41XExtWv7eeeDc3doFyTMR7lGowww1MJ5Yx3rwmym_1kZ03HkuiCgwuEPoX3ynRCMODG6ddFd0m5ATOMAwK1a8Ze3v4gQfLA0bINoJ89rAaDA6Ia6hZfPBk-vaUivLD_LltoNv1Y3qF0/s320/IMG_1293.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In the teepee, the children are using the loom and stretch loops</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">over the ends. This not only gives the children a chance to practice their fine motor coordination, but also gives them an opportunity to strengthen their fingers.</span><br />
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<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We brain stormed a list of foods for the Thanksgiving Feast during this week. The teachers took the list and narrowed down the choices. The children then chose what they would like to eat on their own personal menu. Each class will buy the food for the feast when they visit the grocery store. This coming week we will prepare the food and we will all gather on Friday for the children to eat.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We created place mats for the feast using their handprints and worked on the turkey hats.</div><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Some of the other books that we read this week are:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i style="color: blue;">Feast for 10</i> by Cathryn Falwell</span><br />
<i style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Thanks for Thanksgiving</span></i> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">by Julie Markes</span><br />
<i style="color: lime;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Betty Bunny Loves Chocolate Cake</span></i><span style="color: lime;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">by Michael Kaplan</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i style="color: red;">That's When I'm Happy</i> by Beth Shoshan </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i style="color: blue;">Llama Llama Mad at Mama</i><span style="color: blue;"> </span>by Anna Dewdney</span><br />
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<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We finished the week by attending and performing in "Poetry in the Park!"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi648Nn_t7LgGO7TXIyRoZC58IcWEOPC6Ohyphenhyphenb6aBfzzHZfmYCzcDba163C_V1VRz1n_Ml0PpnvI2AXjxM7Yo5UlG3nGe6HW0XI-Qc6iE3czXXtGthu3dkveoqvtcm6sHZSl0OcXxaxahUJg/s1600/IMG_1337.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi648Nn_t7LgGO7TXIyRoZC58IcWEOPC6Ohyphenhyphenb6aBfzzHZfmYCzcDba163C_V1VRz1n_Ml0PpnvI2AXjxM7Yo5UlG3nGe6HW0XI-Qc6iE3czXXtGthu3dkveoqvtcm6sHZSl0OcXxaxahUJg/s320/IMG_1337.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">What a joy it was to watch the entire Early Childhood, Lower Division, and parents gather as a community!!</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Monday 11/14 - Field Trip to Publix</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Friday 11/18 - Playground 8:45 - 9:45</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> Exploring 9:45 - 10:45 Food Prep</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> Feast 11:00 approximately</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">We will need parents to help at exploring, put out the placemats, and help serve the food.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">11/19 - 11/27 - Have a healthy, happy thanksgiving vacation!</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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