Fable Week
We have been enjoying reading a variety of fables this week. Yesterday, we read Mousetropolis (a variation of The City Mouse and the Country Mouse). We had a challenging two-part word problem to solve in math. The kiddos persevered and solved both parts in their partnerships!
In writing, we are working on writing our own fables! I have heard several kiddos say how much they are enjoying this! We talked about that if we are changing up a fable that it is called a fractured fable. We read Go, Pete, Go! today which is a fractured from the fable The Tortoise and the Hare.
All the kiddos looked so cute dressed as fable characters today!
Nonfiction Scavenger Hunt
We have been learning about different nonfiction text features. Your child should be able to identify and tell the purpose of a table of contents, heading, photograph/caption, close-up, comparison, diagram, framed text, chart/table, glossary, and index. After learning about these we have been going on a scavenger hunt to find examples of these features in books.
Field Trip
We enjoyed our field trip today to Daniel Boone Regional Library! We learned about all the different parts of the library and some interesting trivia. We even got to see Brandon's grandmother who works at the library!! Your kiddo is coming home with a fun heat changing pencil to remember their field trip to DBRL.
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| Walking into the library from the bus. |
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| Ms. Katie was our tour guide. She was awesome!! |
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| The floor in foyer of the library is made out of recycled tires! |
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| The orange wall of the library is called "the spine." Here are our spines against the spine! :) |
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| The students of Lee Elementary school created the art work by the elevator in 2002. |
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| The left side has characters from fiction books. |
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| The right side is based on nonfiction topics. |
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| The owl in the children's section is the mascot of knowledge. |
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| 4th graders at Grant Elementary created the Missouri wall - full of famous Missourians. |
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| The "egg" or the Children's room has one red tile. There are some theories why the tile is there... |
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| We visited the 3rd floor and counted the stairs as we came down. |
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| The winter copy of At Your Library is out. It is full of information about what is happening at DBRL - check it out! |
Kaydn's grandmother came and read us a story today after our field trip!
November Book It Form Due
As a reminder, the November Book It form is due by Friday, December 2. If your child participated please make sure that this form gets turned in. I also sent home the December Book It form today - so this should be in your child's homework folder.
Wear a Pair, Give a Pair
The collection of pajamas for The Rainbow House continues through Friday. As a reminder, if your child donates a pair of pajamas then s/he can wear pajamas on Friday! The kiddos are enjoying getting to go and see their kindergarten teacher when they bring in pajamas.
Weather
Brrrr!!! The weather has definitely shifted & you can feel winter in the air. Please make sure that your child is coming to school with a winter coat, hat, gloves/mitten, etc. The playground is windy and cold without any windbreakers.
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