Our morning free choice time was shorter today because we were able to go to chapel!  

  Jordan was cold this morning and found a solution to the problem!  Great problem solving! 

(Our classroom tends to be cold in the mornings.  Feel free to bring a sweater in for your child if he/she is cold. :) )

We love our 8th Grade chapel buddies! 

During chapel our DCE (Director of Christian Education) Dan Hampton, along with the help of kermit the frog, led chapel this morning.  he shared with us that just like we need to eat to be healthy, we need to read the bible and worship Jesus to be spiritually healthy.  

Our friends are working to teach each other how to play ga-ga ball.  They are being patient and kind with one another!  Patience and kindness are lifelong skills that will not only benefit the children, but also help to share God's love.

Ezra found a spider on the ga-ga ball pit! 

Mrs. Zwettler played with the friends on the playground while I was at the ga-ga ball pit.  

During small group time, we played and created in the blocks. Block play increases foundational math skills as well as problem solving skills.

We also played together in the dramatic play area with Mrs. Zwettler.  We practiced positive conflict resolution while we played. 

With me, the children collected information and recorded the information on a graph.  We went and asked various teachers around the school whether they liked spiders or not. We discussed how a graph helps us organize information.  In this activity the children are engaging in pre-reading skills as they learn that print carries meaning and begin to recognize symbols, letters, and words.  They are practicing one to one correspondence as they put one mark in each box.  They are also working on fine motor control as they make the marks on the graph.  

Collecting information

Second outside time was filled with exploring and digging.  The friends are great at finding the shade on the playground.  :) 

Many of the friends engaged in meaningful writing during second free choice time.  They wanted to make some signs for the classroom, so we decided to make signs during second small group time! 

The friends decided what to write on the signs during second small group time.  The first group made a sign for the classroom door. 

The second group strengthened their fine motor skills in the playdough. 

The second group to make a sign made signs for our classroom.