April 22-26

Happy Earth Day!  We kicked off our week learning all about Earth Day, why we celebrate it, and why it is important to stop and think about how our actions impact our Earth.  We discovered and discussed different little ways we can all work together, to make a BIG impact- things like recycling, planting trees and flowers, making sure not to litter, turning off lights when we leave the room and not wasting paper- are all ways we can help our Earth.  

Our word of the week was "Wonder". We learned that "wonder means something incredible, or amazing, or something we are curious and want to know more about".  We spent time "wondering" and being curious about our chicks.  Some of us also watched in "wonder" as a baby duckling hatched before our eyes.  This week was very eventful as we had 4 ducklings and 1 goose hatch in our classroom.  These critters joined our chicks and our classrooms were hopping with all kinds of excitement, smells and sounds!  

We were able to compare our ducklings and our chickens and noticed many similarities and differences.  We looked at the differences their feet, their wings, their faces.  We also noticed differences in how they move, how they run, and how they eat.  We have continued to track our chicken's growth- making sure to measure them to see how much taller they get each day.  We are noticing our chickens are getting wings, and are trying to fly.  They are definitely more difficult to catch and hold- as they are always wanting to explore and run!  Our chickens have outgrown their classroom coop, and will be going to Mrs. Rupert's friend's farm.  She will go visit them and bring updates and pictures as they continue to grow.  As much as we love having them, we love them enough to say goodbye and let them go be on a farm where they can be the chickens they were born to be! :)

This week the morning class welcomed another "Mystery Reader!"  We were sooooo excited to have Ms. H come and read to us.  We loved listening to her silly Robert Munsch story!  We also loved being able to ask her questions and share our ducks and chicks with her.  Mystery Readers are very exciting- please reach out to Mrs. Rupert if you'd be willing to come in and read to the Kindergarteners.  They are a fabulous and encouraging audience.

Our letter of the week was "W" this week, and we did lots of letter practice printing, labelling and identifying words that have the W sound in them.  We also did some writing about Earth Day, listened to lots of rhyming stories, and shared non-fiction text about Ducks, Chickens and Geese.

We continued to learn about the concept of Length this week and completed a couple of measurement challenges.  We can identify that are longer and shorter, we can order items and pictures by length and we can use non-standard units of measurement to measure items and record information.  

Here are a few pictures from our very busy, and feather-filled week: