As you may have heard, KA Kindergarten got a class pet...for about four hours. Dude was a tiny little lizard who loved to have his neck petted. The students enjoyed watching him and petting him in the morning, but sadly it was Dude's time to go at 12:00 p.m. on Monday. I like to think he had a good last few hours. I'm hoping our next pet will be able to survive a little bit longer!
On Monday, a bird rescue center from Fort Wayne came in to teach the students about raptors. To show the different parts of a raptor, they brought in a costume. Mr. Drayer did a wonderful job modeling the costume for the students!
The students also got to see a lot of different kind of birds up close! There were different kinds of owls and hawks. They were pretty incredible to see!
On Tuesday we continued to learn about birds by learning more about their life cycle. On Thursday we had an egg hunt for different animals that have eggs. We then worked on our charting skills by charting what animals we found.
In phonics we have been learning more word endings. This week we learned about _ay (like in hay and bay) and _o (like go and so). We have been reading more and more in our reader books, and have been working on reading silently to ourselves before reading out loud.
This week in math we have been focusing on measuring in inches and feet. We explored measuring with inches by measuring things around the classroom, including our feet!
On Thursday we talked about measuring with feet. To use this skill we first made paper airplanes. We then flew them and measured how far the flew. The record was five feet! Of course we had to take the opportunity to head on up to the mezzanine and fly them into the gym. So much fun!
This upcoming week is spring break! I hope everyone has a wonderful, fun, relaxing time!
