Sunsets and Stories

Weekend News

Lincoln- I eat lunch with Toby and my mommy and daddy. We had mac 'n' cheese. We go out somewhere and eat. We watched a show and go to a playground. I play a zombie game.

Jessica- We went to get some clothes. I needed some jeans because I grew out of them. We also played with mommy and daddy. We played teacher, we had snack. I had a pretend computer. We played together, me and AJ. I can't stop playing with her because I love her.

Thea- I played outside with Quinny. We played soccer outside. We kicked the ball. It sparkled outside when it was night. There's sunsets letting down at my house.

Dylan- Yesterday Barrett had soccer. I watched him play. We went home and we watched the Eagles on our TV. Pop pop came and that's it!

Asha- I went to my cousins and I played so many games with them. Jackson, Simon and Oliver are my cousins. I kicked the ball outside in the grass.

Gracie- We watched Eagles with Tyson and his kids and Lauren and Meadow and Wyatt and Michael. I ate pasta and broccoli. I had dessert with ice cream. It was chocolate chip. I also was having a Oreo. 

Zev- I went to where the trolls live at the arboretum. I think I watched something. Everyday I watch something. My mommy and daddy only let me eat peanut butter and jelly once a day. Yesterday, I went on a airplane to go home. I came home from bubby and zayde's yesterday. 

Jaylen- I played ball with my family. We played soccer ball. We go out to dinner. 

Millie- Luca is a dog. Daddy has a computer and mommy has a computer. Luca was eating my pajamas.

Henry- I builded a T-Rex out of Legos. Daddy came back from the plane. 

Vivian- I watched the Eagles game with daddy, mommy and Matilda. Yesterday was grandma night. I got to sleep in a fort. I had a flashlight so we could see where we are and it was heavy.

The Sparrows began their Monday in library. Friends returned their books and sat down to listen to a read aloud. Michelle read We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen. The Sparrows helped Michelle read the story but making the sound effects of nature, such as "swishy swashy" for swaying grass.

By request, Michelle read a second story! Friends listened to Owl Moon by Jane Yolen. Again, friends interacted with the story by following along and making different sounds.

After library, friends came back to the classroom to finish up with morning choice. Some Sparrows chose to look at and read their checked out library books. Soon, we cleaned up for snack and had morning meeting. 

Today, Lincoln read our daily schedule, went over the calendar and hundreds chart.

Henry, who is in charge of attendance this week, counted the responses to the Question of the Day. Today's question:

What is a group of hippos called?

Answer: A pod

Once friends did their jobs, we gathered back in a circle to read African Elephant The World's Largest Land Mammal.

We read the first few pages of the book and learned these facts:

1. African elephants are the largest animals on land

2. A male African elephant weighs as much as three white rhinoceroses

3. African elephants live in grasslands, forests, and by rivers

4. Elephants flap their ears to keep cool

The Sparrows were then presented with the question, "How do humans cool down?"

Sparrow responses were...

-Drink water

-Go in the air condition

-A fan

-Go in the pool

-Go in the ocean

Today we began creating new pictures for our art gallery. To go along with our savanna study, friends will be creating a savanna sunset with their animal's silhouette. We looked at pictures on the Smartboard of African savanna sunsets. Friends noticed the colors purple, yellow, red and orange in the sunsets.

Soon, friends rotated throughout painting the backgrounds of their pictures. With this, friends practiced fine motor control, as well as planning and attending to their work.

Friends used techniques they learned in art, such as drying the hair on the sides of the glass so to not soak the paper or have a bad hair day, and to make their paint brushes dance lightly on the paper like a ballerina.

Ask your Sparrow what colors they used to paint their sunset on the savanna.