Decisions, decisions

Long Weekend News

Zev- I did lots of stuff. One of them is watching iPad. I got pumpkins somewhere with lots and lots of pumpkins and I didn't draw the face yet. I went with my gigi, poppy, and mommy. 

Millie- I played with Ethan. I played with the Legos.

Lincoln- We get pumpkins. My mom and my dad was driving there and they got the pumpkins. I was staying home. 

Dylan- I slept on the couch. I ate breakfast, Honey Nut Cheerios. Pop pop came to my house.

Henry- I had a weekend. I found a horseshoe crab at the beach and I went pumpkin picking. I picked a rainbow pumpkin. I also picked an orange pumpkin, and mommy picked a green pumpkin, but we chose a white pumpkin. Before that, I got a toy from Target. I went home.

Asha- I went to my cousins house and I played with my cousins. We played with Savi. We played lots of games. 

Jaylen- We went to a pumpkin patch. We played games and go on a hayride. I picked a little pumpkin. 

Vivian- I went to a farm. I go with mommy and daddy. My grandma was watching Matilda. I picked up a big horsey.

Thea- I played outside with mommy and daddy and Quinny and Vivian. I got pumpkins from the store. I put them on the table. I made a cake with mommy. Vanilla! It's almost my birthday! I made a pretend car at home. I went and finded Taggy.

Natey- I see g-mom. I pick apples with my parents. Then I just go to pumpkin picking. I went to Jonah and Reesey's house again. I go on a choo-choo train pumpkin ride. 

Jessica- We were guessing what letter starts with words and we played. We put on nail polish. We took it off, but I still have it on my toes.

Gracie- I love my daddy. I love my mommy. I love my brother and the whole place. I played outside with Meadow and Wyatt. We went around the whole block. I went with Adrian and Wyatt. Then we went around the block again. I did it three times!

During morning meeting, the Sparrows found out we would be having a visitor to our classroom. Friends spent the first half of the morning guessing who our visitor would be. Around 10:00 our visitor entered the room and it was Andrea! Andrea came to read us a story. During her visit, Andrea read Quail Can't Decide. In the story, Quail has a dollar and she can't make up her mind on what to spend it on.

The Sparrows were SUPER attentive and followed along by answering questions and giving their observations.

Ask your Sparrow what Quail decided to spend her dollar on.

If they need a clue, ask if Quail chose a yellow bracelet or sugar bowl.

After reading, Andrea asked friends, "If you had a dollar, what would you buy?"

Jessica- I would give the dollar to my mommy
Lincoln- I would buy a scarf
Zev- A toy
Gracie- Horses with a barn
Dylan- A toy
Natey- An invisibile pretzel
Vivian- I would buy a toy person
Thea- A pretend toy doggy
Henry- I would buy a real rocket ship
Millie- I would buy a choo-choo train
Jaylen- A toy firetruck
Asha- A toy unicorn
Andrea- I would buy an ice cream cone

After reading with Andrea, we went outside for a short outdoor play time. Just enough to stretch and move our large muscles. Shortly after, we came back inside to work on our smaller muscles!

Friends chose between flubber, playdough, and Cootie.

Making cupcakes

For Cootie, a group of up to four friends can play at a time. The object of the game is build your bug first. Each friend starts out with a bug body, then friends take turns rolling the die, collecting all the pieces needed to build their bug. Whichever item the die lands on is the item you collect, such as head, eyes, mouth, antenna and legs.

Tomorrow at 11:00 am, early childhood will be joining their 4th grade buddies outside for our own version of Field Day, in the form of some cooperative games. Please make sure that your Sparrow comes to school in clothes that will let them run and jump - sneakers and socks, t-shirts and comfy pants or shorts. We will post plenty of pictures!