We continued with composting at the science table this week.  We read about worms, and the role they play in helping to keep our soil healthy.

We have been learning the song “Rattlin’ Bog” and the movements that go with it.  It is a repetitive song that moves kind of quickly, so we will be practicing it a lot over the next several weeks.

We have continued to work on our story about trashcans.  We still have a lot of work to do, but there are lots of great ideas just waiting to be recorded.

We were excited to celebrate two birthdays this week!  On Tuesday we counted four times while our friend circled our candle sun with the globe, then sang happy birthday and ate yummy blue frosted cupcakes.  On Thursday we got to count five times and enjoy pink frosted cupcakes.

Tuesday afternoon students learned a new silence game with Emily.  They took turns walking quietly around the circle of friends, then ringing the bell behind someone and quietly switching places with them.

On Wednesday morning the students enjoyed making clay maracas with Zeanny.  After they dry, the students will paint them to look like an animal of their choice.

During Spanish we are learning about Peru.  We practiced the lluvia song and the color song.  Zeanny read a beautiful book, Colors! Colores! by Jorge Lujan.

Friday students were busy.  We attempted to write secret messages with lemon juice and milk, but sadly they did not work well.  We were quite disappointed.  We began writing a skit for our last day presentation.  We enjoyed the nice weather outside playing, and in the afternoon we brought some math work out and played word sound tag.