We have been really busy for it to have been a short week.  Our class has done a great job turning in money for the victims of Katrina.  I am so proud to be part of this class.

 Centers

This week, we continued to do chemistry at science center.  We made play-doh each day.  The children had a great time mixing the ingredients and seeing what happened when heat was added to the mixture.  They used the knowledge they gained last week to mix different food colors together to make the color play-doh they wanted.  Next week, they will be using another recipe to make their own play-doh to take home.  Aleks’ mom also brought us some fish and the children have been observing them and making notes in a classroom log.

Shared Reading

In Shared Reading, we read lots of books about color.  There are so many good books about color and the children really enjoyed them. We also made a class graph of our favorite color and separated M&M’s into colors for a math journal entry.

 Theme

We began our study of the USA by making a web of things the children already know about the United States.  Some of the things they listed were:

·        There are states. (Alabama, Hawaii & Wisconsin)

·        There are cities. (Auburn & Childersburg)

·        We have a flag.

·        We have a president.

·        The president lives in a White House.

As you can see, they already know a great deal.  We also, read some books about the USA and talked about the different things in our country.

Shared Journals

The children did a much better job this week with asking to share.  We have gone from no one sharing to everyone wanting to share!  I am so excited because they are really getting the process down and doing a great job.  I will be sending their journals home in a few weeks so that you can see how great they are doing.

Important Dates and Notes:

We are still collecting coins to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina.  Please send in what you can.

 Thank you to Kyle’s family for sending in the aluminum foil.

 Thanks to Alek’s family for bringing us the fish.

 September 15 – school pictures

Truett, Janna, Camille and Aleks make a batch of play-doh for our class.