Questions for the dinner table. 4/23/09

• What is your Zoo project about with your 4th grade buddies?
• Do you remember what the acrostic poem was about in literacy centers today?
• Who was the parent volunteer?
• Did anything special happen while you were having lunch in the cafeteria?
• What animal did you research with your 4th grade buddy?
• Can you name the three new puzzles that were in literacy centers this morning?

Group 4: The things we are learning in kindergarten.

We are learning math. We are learning to skip count by 2's to 40. We can't wait until the Zoo field trip on this Friday! We like kindergarten. It is awesome! We are learning about owls. We dissected owl pellets. They smelled a little bit bad. We found lots of bones, fur, and skulls in the pellets. Most people in our class found fur and bones. We are learning to add numbers. We learned how to tell time. We are going to learn about odd and even numbers. We like owls. We are going to the lunchroom for the first time today! We are doing a kindergarten performance at the end of the school year. We are singing "Who Let the Letters Out" by Dr. Jean. We had the hundredth day of school and it was fun!

Group 3: The things we are learning in kindergarten.

We dissected owl pellets. We learned that owls eat elephant shrews. We learned that our gecko eats his own skins when he molts. We are going to have a real owl visit kindergarten at Jamestown. We are going to have an a cappella concert on May 21st here at Jamestown. We want to raise money for leukemia. Cartoon Johnny will be at our concert. Mr.T's group Vox Pop will be there too. The DC Accidentals will be there too. Danny's dad is in DC Accidentals. Our new morning work is called Number Club. We practice writing numbers in Number Club. We will go to the Zoo on Friday with our 4th grade buddies. We will work on podcast at the Zoo.

Group 2: The things we are learning in kindergarten.

We are learning about owl pellets. We learned that owls eat mice. Owls can turn their heads 180 degrees. We are learning how to read. We read "The Little Red Hen" in our listening station. We have a leopard gecko named Spots. He likes to eat crickets. Spots is a reptile. He molts a lot! Today will be our first day eating our lunch in the cafeteria. We have literacy and open centers in our class. We started learning our song for the end of the year performance. It is called "Who Let the Letters Out" by Dr. Jean.

Group 1:The things we are learning in kindergarten.

We dissected owl pellets. It was really fun because we found bones and skulls. We have a leopard gecko. His name is Spots. He really likes us. We draw really cool pictures. We don't bring toys to school. Spring break was really fun. School is really fun. We are going to the Zoo on Friday, April 24th. We are having a Spring Fair on Saturday and we hope it will be lots of fun. Kindergarten rocks!

Owl Pellet Dissection

Today we mostly found shrews, voles, small birds, and mice of course:) The pellets contain the fur/feathers, bones, and skull of the animal the owl consumed. The students really loved this science lab!

Questions for the dinner table. 4/13/09

• What did you learn today? (Claire)
• What did you do in school today? (Zach)
• How many spots does Spots have? (Mason)
• What was special about the read aloud that Mr. T did today?
• What animal did you choose to write about in the animal alphabet?
• What is the name of the club that Mr. T started today?

Questions for the dinner table. 4/3/09

• What is an attribute?
• Who will take care of Spots over spring break?
• How many smiley faces have you earned so far?
• Did you enjoy your math class in the library this morning? What did you do?
• What story was in the listening station today?
• Are you excited about spring break?

Questions for the dinner table. 4/2/09

• What did you get to hold for the first time today?
• Has your class pet gotten any bigger?
• What prize did you get for raising over $100 for Pennies for patients?
• What color table did you sit at during lunch?
• Did you enjoy taking the class quiz on Brainpop Jr.?
• Did you finish your animal covering book during open center time?
• What was the counselor's lesson about today?

A pizza dinner with my teacher

Here is a short photo story of the pizza dinner a student won with me in the Jamestown auction.