don't be a litter bug!

This morning we began practicing writing 5's the correct way.

we are also recycling boxes and paper towel tubes and making guitars in preparation for our surprise visitor.

messy fun!

Kinsley's mom was kind enough to visit our classroom and share with us her talent of playing the guitar. She is a very talented singer and artist!

she let each student strum a few notes :)

thank you, Ms. Becky, for sharing your awesome talent with us!

our question of the day:

we discussed litter (trash that is not where it belongs. instead of being in a garbage can or recycling bin, it's on the ground). we looked at different forms of litter, on land and water.

don't be surprised if you hear us saying "don't be a litter bug!" we will be using this saying all this week!

and then we watched Donald Duck in The Litterbug

we also read a Charlie and Lola book, 

"After Charlie convinces Lola to recycle her old toys instead of throwing them away, Lola discovers a recycling competition. If she can recycle one hundred plastic, metal, and paper items, she can get her very own real live tree to plant. But she only has two weeks, so Lola decides to ask her classmates to help. They turn out to be extremely very good recyclers indeed."

@Amazon

this afternoon we played a game I made using bottle tops from my powerzero addiction days.

you can find lots of recycling activities on my Pinterest board.

I traced circles on a piece of donated cardboard and then wrote lower case letters in each circle. Then I glued foam upper case letters on the bottle tops. The students had to match the upper and lower case letters. Great and fun way to assess at the end of the year and a great way to recycle!

we also made bottle top art. I sat out different sizes of bottle tops and several colors of paint and let the students have at it!

journal topic:

we also finished our guitars we started this morning and had a jam session before library :D