Happy Friday everyone!
We had another super busy day today! We had our first pillars of care assembly where parents were allowed to attend! Our winners were so excited to share their awards with families. Thank you to everyone that was able to attend today. We look forward to having more of you next month when all families are invited to attend.
After the assembly we took a snack break and listened to a story about optimism, which is the pillar of the month for June. We filled in our calendar and discussed some of the special events happening next week (our special Teacher's Pet visitors on Wednesday, and Sports Day!). We completed a round of Mystery Pattern. We're getting really good at using the clues to figure out the mystery pattern on our own!
We headed outside for our gym time, and then returned to class to get to work on some building projects. First, we looked at our building materials for the day - toothpicks and marshmallows! We talked about how these are not eating marshmallows, they are building marshmallows. Lots of hands have touched them so they could have germs! They've also been left open to make the marshmallows harder and better for building with. We all agreed that eating even just a little bite from one of them could possibly make our tummy hurt - so we were going to use them for building only! Everyone was really great at following this rule! We worked together to use toothpicks and marshmallows to build a 3D cube! Then, we each got extra toothpicks and marshmallows to build another 3D shape. We looked at pictures to see some examples and then got to work. We made some square-based pyramids, some triangular-based pyramids, and some prisms! We noticed that no one made a cone, cylinder, or sphere. We wondered why that might be, and a few of our friends figured out that it was because all those shapes have curved edges, and we can't create curves using toothpicks! We had so much fun building our shapes today!
Next, we worked together to finish the last building for our perfect pets. If we had already finished our building, we paired up with a friend to help them put together their last pieces. We're so close to finishing! We think we will be all done by Monday and then we can finally take them home!
Finally, we wanted to update you on our plants! Since we put our sprouts into the soil we have been checking on them each morning to make sure they have enough water and sunlight. They must be getting what they need, because they've started to grow stems! We've been able to watch some of them push the soil out of their way throughout the day. We are still waiting for some of them to break through, so we're hopeful that we'll be able to see them after the weekend. Just in case, we planted some extra cups today!
Monday, May 30th - Class Picture Day!
Wednesday, June 1st - In-class "field trip" with Teacher's Pet - please return permission forms ASAP and submit your payment online or by visiting the office to pay by debit!
Friday, June 3rd - Sports Day - please be prepared to spend the day outside (dress for the weather, wear sunscreen, running shoes, etc.)
Have a great weekend!
-Ms. Byrne
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