Brothers and Sisters

In social studies we have focused on families this past week. Today we discussed the topic of brothers and sisters. We read the book, Julius baby of the World and made text to self connections with the book. We continued to talk about how we love our siblings. After the discussion we created a class Venn diagram. 

Rainbows

We love science. In science we hav focused on properties, matter, and the 5 senses. We discussed the properties of light and how a rainbow contains all the colors and how they are created. The kids had a lot of discussing rainbows, and creating them in class. 

5 Cute Dalmatians

We have been focusing on numbers 0-5. To mix things up a little we acted out the poem, 5 Cute Dalmatians. Each little friend wore a firefighter hat for fun. 

Miss. Nelson is Missing

Today we read the book Miss Nelson is missing. It is such a funny book. Thankfully, my awesome class is nothing like Miss Nelson's class. We compared the two characters in the book and made the scary Miss. Swamp. We had a lot of fun making her. 

Drawing

Today we practiced on our white boards drawing ourselves and other people. They really enjoyed using the boards and markers. Look how awesome they did today!! 

Daily 5 in the Works!

Wow!! I cannot believe we are already in the third week of school. Since the first day we have been working on our reading centers, Daily 5. So far we have built up to 3 minutes of reading stamina. Not everyone is reading quite yet, but they are focused on looking at their books. They are all doing fabulous as emergent readers! Great job Mrs. Trotter's class. 

Firefighter Baby Shower

One of my firefighter friends is expecting a little boy this October. My good friend and I hosted a baby shower for them. Since all our husbands work for the same department we decided to make it a firefighter theme. It was actually a couples shower, and a LOT of fun. For some of the activities we had the sign-in as a mark you "spot" Dalmatian. When the guests arrived they inked their thumb and then marked it inside of the puppy, and signed their name on the exterior of the dog... Most did. It turned out really cute. We also had the guests create an original onesie, and write little notes on some diapers. Some of the games we played were don't sat baby, dirty diaper (it got interesting) and guess what's in the bag. Most of the games were great because the guests could walk around the room and socialize while playing a game. It didn't require the hostess instructing everyone at the same time. 

The couple that  we hosted the shower for actually has a little girl too. She is very adorable, so funny, and at times not sure what to think about having a new baby brother. We included some silly Big Sister Quotes about her soon to be baby brother. They were a big hit and said, "Kale can go live with Pawpaw!" and "I do not want him in my room because boys are scusting." and my personal favorite "I love him and want him out of your tummy." We had a lot of fun and lots of laughs. Congratulations Justin, Kara, and Kaydan!!!