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Monday, October 11, 2010

Norman Bridwell: Clifford the Big Red Dog



If you enjoyed the last video I posted you will also enjoy this one! I know most of you really like the Clifford series so I thought it would be fun for you to see how Norman Bridwell used his imagination to make it into stories that all of you could enjoy! 

"How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?" Let's ask author Mark Teague

Ever since the first day of school we have been working on learning how to read. We have been looking at patterns in books to help us guess what will be next and one type of pattern is a rhyming pattern. Rhyming helps us with our phonics and therefore it is a great way to learn how to read and write. Today I introduced the students to a favorite book of mine called, "How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?" This book is wonderfully written and illustrated. I have found that my students always tend to like this book and the other books in the series. There is also "How Do Dinosaurs Go To School?", "How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food?", "How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon?' and many more. These books are written by Mark Teague. I found this interview with Mark Teague about his writing and I wanted to share it with all of you. I find him to be very inspiring and I think the kids will as well. Writing is such an important part of our lives and I want my students to appreciate it and enjoy it as much as I do and as much as authors like Mark Teague do.


Enjoy!! :]

Pumpkins, pumpkins, pumpkins!!!!

REMINDER: We will be visiting the farm on Thursday in honor of this wonderful season! Please be sure to dress your child according to the weather because we will be outside for a long period of time. Unfortunately, if it rains we will have to postpone our field trip, but as of right now that is not in the forecast. 


At the farm we will be learning about pumpkins and other fall vegetables. We will learn about their life cycles and we will be given the opportunity after to plant our own vegetables. The farm has dedicated a small area to our classroom and we will be planting our plants there. For future reference, we will be returning in about a month or so to check on our plants. At the farm students will learn how to plant and what plants need to survive. We have been discussing this in class, but it will be a wonderful opportunity for students to see the process done in real life! I look forward to seeing all of you on Thursday. 


Also, if you are chaperoning please be at school at 8 o'clock. We will be meeting in the main lobby and will leave no later than 8:30 am. Thank you for all of your help!! I look forward to our trip Thursday :]

Leaves are Falling for Fall

Today our class took a trip outside to look at all the Fall colors that we see. We noticed that in the Fall the leaves on the trees change colors. As an ongoing project in our class we will be observing the changes trees go through each season. We chose an Oak Tree to photograph several times during the year. 

After we photographed the tree with its fall colors we went back inside to work on our Fall bulletin board. Our seasonal bulletin board has a bare tree on it. For Fall we will be posting colorful leaves on the trees with facts we have learned about fall. Each student will fill out at least two leaves. When Fall is over we will be taking the leaves down and decorating the tree for winter.