Our Neighborhoods!

This week we talked about the different things we find in a neighborhood and a community. As a table team, we collaborated to create our very own neighborhood. There was a list of things we all agreed we would include and a lot of extra space to add things our teams thought were additional good ideas. 

Thanks for a great week!
Love,
Ms. Conlee

Creating Neighborhoods

During Social Studies we have been discussing the various things that make up a neighborhood. After creating a list, our table group teams have been cooperating to create their very own neighborhood. There are several things our neighborhoods must include: 

• houses
• roads
• stop signs
• pond
• park
• school
• grass
• sidewalks
• two restaurants
• one grocery store
• three fire hydrants 

So far we have placed the houses in our neighborhood and will continue to add the remaining items. 

Thanks for a great day!
Love,
Ms. Conlee

Creations and Cooperation!

Today we created 2-D and 3-D shapes using toothpicks and marshmallows! We had some very creative designs!

 This afternoon we worked on our team building and cooperation skills. We had one boy team and one girl team, competing to see who could create the tallest tower of cups in one minute. It took a lot of talking and team work to achieve our goal. After several rounds, our record came from the boys with a tower 7 cups tall!

Have a wonderful spring break!
Love,
Ms. Conlee

Maps, Maps, Maps!

This week we have been learning about different kinds of maps. We first worked together to create a map of our classroom, adding details to create a picture of just how many things there are around our room. 

Yesterday we learned how to read a treasure map. This is a map telling us where the treasure was located in our classroom. It took us a little while to figure out where the map was leading us, but we eventually found treasure of Hershey Kisses and juice boxes!

Keep up the great work!
Love,
Ms. Conlee

Telling Time

Today we learned how to tell time to the hour! Some of us even picked up how to tell time to the five minutes! This could interrupt a parent's ability to setting time limits we once did not yet understand!

Have a great weekend!
Love,
Ms. Conlee

Believe it or not, March is in full swing! Today we created our March calendars with a Cat in the Hat theme!

See you tomorrow!
Love,
Ms. Conlee

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

We did several fun things today to celebrate the great author, Dr. Seuss! After reading Green Eggs and Ham, we made them together! We had many hesitant but brave friends try them and agree they were delicious despite their green color!

We also made oobleck by combining water and corn starch. We decided water was a liquid and the corn starch was a powder. When we combined the two it created a solid but when we touched it, the oobleck melted back into a liquid!

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

Love,
Ms. Conlee