A Secret Kingdom Under the Snow...

It has been a cold last few days but we were happy to get outside for a little bit this afternoon.  Students played inside this morning and then Mrs. Guilmette visited for Guidance.  She read the book The Crayon Box that Talked.  Before reading the book she had students draw a picture with only one crayon which at first seemed like an odd direction.  She read the book and students learned about the importance of cooperating or working together.  The crayons were all arguing and drew alone and then realized that their pictures just didn't look right so they decided to work together to include all of the colors.  Students then drew a picture with as many colors as they wanted to.

After snack we practiced sounding out some CVC (consonant, vowel, consonant) words like mom, hit, it and set and practiced writing uppercase Z.  This afternoon with Mrs, Tourin's class I read the book Over and Under the Snow and we learned that many animals live in a "secret kingdom" under the snow during winter.  We learned that scientists call this secret kind the "subnivean zone!"  Maybe we will see signs of this secret kingdom in the woods tomorrow...

Eve's Yaya and one of our fabulous paras, Mrs. K, came to read with Eve's older brother on Friday!  Mrs. K read Where the Wild Things Are in Spanish and Finn read it in English! It was quite a treat.