today's snapshot

We made Q's with play-doh this morning!

we also watched The Quinceanera (see below) eBook

today's clothing stories:

"A modern adaptation of this favorite Jewish folktale describes how the blanket grandfather had made for young Joseph is transformed over the years into a jacket, a button, and, ultimately, a story." Amazon

"When she is about to turn fifteen, Rosa's family prepares for her quinceänera by sewing her a beautiful dress to wear and cooking a magnificent feast to be enjoyed by all. Includes note on how cloth is made."  All Bookstores

we talked about patterns and made our own patterns

Ms. Alexis visited us and taught us Spanish. We learned to say hello, goodbye, good night, and my name is.

we learned about seamstresses, hemming, tailoring, and stitching.

our question of the day:

this afternoon, we made patterns in our journals

and painted coats to go along with our story from yesterday, The Rag Coat 

and built with no-ends

ROYAL 100TH DAY

Royal 100^th Day of School

We are going to do something a little different this year for our 100^th day of school, which we will be celebrating on Tuesday, February 5^th.  We are going to royally crown the students 100 days smarter.

We will all dress up in our finest J and celebrate our 100^th day like true kings and queens. This Friday we will send home a crest with your family name at the top. The students will need to bring this crest back to school by Tuesday with 100 things on it that represents their family.  It can be 100 stickers of something your child likes, 100 pieces of his/her favorite cereal, anything that your child likes that represents them or the family can be used.  We will use these crests to decorate for our festivities. 

If you have any decorations that you would let us use for this special day, please let Ms. Annie know.  We’d love for parents to help with this!

today's snapshot

This week's letter is Qq!

Our clothing stories for today:

"With paintings that capture all the beauty of Appalachia in authentic detail, this tender story about a resourceful mountain girl's special coat will touch readers with its affirming message of love and friendship." Amazon

"Like most young girls, Aree likes fine clothing and jewelry. But she is just a wee bit spoiled and has more dresses and accessories than she needs. So when word comes of a dance to be held in the next village, Aree can't make up her mind: Now I can show off my fine clothes! But which color shall I wear? The pink, the fuchsia, the scarlet? The sky blue or aquamarine? Maybe violet? Deep purple? Magenta? Maybe chartreuse? Or emerald green?" Amazon

today's question of the day:

This afternoon the students designed their very own clothes!

and matched up different patterns.

2 days' snapshot

Yesterday we practiced writing P's on our whiteboards.

We also discussed diagonal, straight, and curved lines. We looked at these kind of lines in clothing. Then the students searched the room to see if they could find these kinds of lines.

The students then drew and labeled these lines in their journals.

The students also learned to draw a pig for their journal time in the afternoon.

This morning we watched the eBook Wash and Dry one final time.

Here's Tripp playing with our tub of Instasnow :) 

We practiced writing Pp's the correct way on the Smartboard.

At the end of every year, the students decorate a gingerbread man and then he is mailed to family or friends out of town. We ask that they keep a journal of where the gingerbread man visits and take pictures to mail back to us. So far the 4's have had gingerbread men visit Illinois, Louisiana, California, and Whitfield, Al.

Some pictures of the morning gross motor time :)

question of the day:

Our Chinese friends stopped by to visit today!