Sparrows 2018-19: News, Read Alouds and Letters

Weekend News

Vivian- I saw my grandfather for the first time because he lives so far away from us. Then, the next day he saw me swim at my swim class for the first time. I had fun, fun, fun!

Zev- Yesterday, I watched Animal Mechanicals. It was on TV, and then I just took it easy I think. I drank some chocolate milk yesterday before it was night time.

Millie- Played with Ethan, daddy and mommy. I watched Super Why.

Natey- I was staying at home. Daddy read me a book about Thomas and the Dinosaur and Thomas think it's a monster.

Jessica- We went to church because baby Sullivan was just born out of Michelle's tummy. We went outside. We went for a walk. I played on daddy's computer, I asked daddy if I could play with it. I love A.J. so much I can't stop playing with her, I could play with her all day, and I love all the family. We played on the swing set.

Henry- I played the wind up game at Everybody's Playground and I went on the bumpy slide. After the playground, I went home and watched a movie and then when it was time to go to bed, I played the pattern game.

Asha- Yesterday we went somewhere to go out for dinner. We went to a different kind of Indian like restaurant. We played with Savi all day. We went to a store to get my unicorn.

Dylan- I only did a little bit of stuff. I woke up and I got up.

Gracie- We played a grown up game. It was the person game. You roll the dice and see which room you get on and you guess which bad guy. Then you took the bad guy and see who was it.

Jaylen- I did my homework and I played ball. I played soccer with daddy.

Thea- I played outside with all my family. I played Hide-and-seek.

Lincoln- I played with Nan. I played tag. I watched Ninjago with Toby. I went to the cousins and that was it.

This morning, the Sparrows entered the library, returned their books and sat down to listen to a read aloud. Michelle read Cora Cooks Pancit by Dorina K. Lazo Gilmore.

Cora helps her mom make pancit, a Filipino dish, and this time Cora is very excited because she gets to do the "grown up" jobs. Usually, Cora's older siblings help to make the dish but since they are out, it is just Cora and her mother cooking. At the end of the story, Cora is very proud of herself as she shares the dish with her whole family, and they learn that Cora did the "grown up" jobs.

Looking through books to check-out.

After library, we returned to our classroom for choice and snack. A little while after, friends cleaned up and sat down for morning meeting. Today we read Little Blue Little Yellow by Leo Lionni. This is a sweet story about two best friends, Little Blue and Little Yellow. One day the two hugged each other so tightly that they became green! Their parents could not tell them a part until the two friends started to cry, and out of the green came yellow and blue tears. From this book, friends took away that when you mix blue and yellow together you get green.

Ask your Sparrow what two colors mixed together make green.

The Cardinals joined us again for part of the day today. Together we did some literacy work. As a whole group, the Sparrows have been practicing writing and sounding out uppercase letters that have big and small lines. Today, as a group, we began practicing uppercase letters with curves. The teachers tried to see if they could trick the Sparrows and Cardinals, but these savvy students could not be fooled. Friends worked on the letters C, O, Q, G, D, P and B. Friends wrote the letters, named their lines and curves, made the letter sound, and then came up with a word that began with that letter.

Next, friends decided to turn the tables and see if they could trick the teachers and their friends. A friend would go up to the board, and the rest of the group would close their eyes as the friend wrote a letter on the board. When it was time to open our eyes, friends would guess what letter the friend wrote.