Birds, birds, birds...

I'll be posting pictures from Team 5's sugar house trip shortly! 

Books this week:

This was the group's favorite page from "Make way for Ducklings".
It took us two days to read the book but the class really enjoyed it!

Team 5 read "Birds" in Library with Mrs. Abarno.

Team 3 read this great science & math book with me.

The class has been building some serious roads... 

This student planned then built two skyscrapers.

Our block area is always busy these days.

Fishing from our boat while one young student waits patiently for a turn.

It is nap time for another student playing family.

Driving cars in the gym

Below are three very different towers built by Team 3 students:

   

We had three students visit from S.I.T. (School for International Training) for World Language class today.  They were from Japan, Brazil and Bulgaria. Here is how Team 5's name would be written in Japanese.

Banana people under a banana tree.  Built by K.M.

Built by L.S.

Have a great weekend!
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Coming in for a landing...

Recent books:

Going for a boat trip in dramatic play

They added fishing, oars & blankets for a rain storm.

Separating/sorting sand, pebbles and marbles

Hard at work in the block area

Built by AB, KM & LC

Built by LS

Built by LS

Hooking up the tow truck

Reading to "somebunny"

Ordering our bunnies by size

Making up stories in the doll house

Comparing & measuring

Working on letters with our tablet

This week Team 5 worked on the number 7 and letter Jj.

Next theme: Birds!

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Terrific Transportation Learning

We watched a few more clips from Reading Rainbow about airplanes. They were a big hit with the whole group.  The students saw the first airplanes invented then saw inside the cockpit as Levar learned about pre-flight checks, the gauges, how to take off and land a plane.

We've also been doing a movement game to the song Freight Train by Elizabeth Mitchell.  We do a little conga line around our rug that makes our teeny tiny steps go a little bit faster with each new destination.  It is very fun, even for me!

These photos are from the end of last week. 

The block building is getting more complex...

...and MUCH bigger!

Delivering building materials.

Some excellent representational painting!

Students decide what type of vehicle to make.

Adding details to our vehicles

Working hard in the deep snow!

We love our outdoor days!

Our little playground, somewhere in the back you can see our pirate sand boat.
Ahhh, spring in Vermont!

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Planes, trains & automobiles...

As a special day end relaxing treat, Team 5 watched this video from our Dover School Discovery Education account:  Reading Rainbow: Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express

Today's Team 3 story time book:

We read this fun rhyming book about the many was you can get around on wheels while Team 5 had their Library time with Mrs. Abarno.  Dover Airlines continues to do a brisk business in the Dramatic Play Center.  I guess my demonstration about how to build ramps at circle time was pretty inspiring.  Look at these great creation built today in the Block Center:

This young Vermonter had no problem putting these steps in order!

Some students are making their own transportation vehicles out of recycled materials.
This popular multi-step project takes planning and persistence to finish.

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