Eric Carle ~ Name Collection

We read Eric Carle's book, THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR.

We looked at different fruits and vegetables. We used these fruits and vegetables as stamps to make our version of the Eric Carle book.

The KC Kids stamped:

9 mushrooms

1 avocado

7 potatoes

5 apples

and 3 peppers

to make a fabulous book!

Name Collection

We put 5 beads on a pipe cleaner and found the different ways to make the numeral 5. After we worked with 5 beads, we added another bead to figure out the ways to make the numeral 6. At the end of the lesson, everyone kept their 6 bead bracelet for more mathematical fun at home.

Salsa!

Senora Robeano and her assistant, Ms. Korda, are ready to make salsa with the class. (Alix is my niece who graduated from CA two years ago. She is fluent in Spanish and is helping the Spanish department for a few weeks while she is home on break.)

Yum! It looks great. Here are the salsa and chips.
Below are pictures of the class making and eating the salsa.

Morning Table Tops

This is how we started the day.

Roots

We looked at a very old potato with some pretty cool roots growing out of it. I think you can even tell from the picture that it is "squishy" - as one KC kid aptly described it!

Today was our busy day of Assembly, Spanish, Music, PE and Art. The Lower School Strings students performed. CA students can start in the strings program in 2nd grade.

Math Machine ~ Pretzel Fun!

We have been working with a "math machine". The machine takes a number in, processes the number (adds 1 in this example), and puts out a new number. Everyone enjoyed churning out new numbers!

If you are look(ing)

for something to do this summer,

this might be it!

We used alphabet pretzels (from Meijer's) to spell our Word Wall words. It was deliciously fun!!

Happy Birthday Ryan! ~ Star Student Keiran!

Happy Birthday Ryan!
(a June birthday)

Keiran was our Star Student. If he could have any pet in the world, it would be an elephant. His favorite foods are ice cream, cucumbers, and steak. He is special because he is funny. He likes to play!

Tree Book ~ Math ~ Drama

We worked on our May tree illustration. We used construction paper to create a lovely, green tree with many branches.

We played two math games. We played a memory game where the players had to find the matching number of cubes.

We played Hidden Sticks. In this example, 9 sticks are showing on the table and one stick is hidden behind Kurt's back. Rucha knows that Kurt started with 10 sticks, and she now needs to figure out how many sticks are hidden.

We enjoyed Drama and played "When I go to the garden...".

Star Student Will ~ Running Hurdles

Will was our Star Student today. If he could have any pet, it would be a giraffe. His favorite foods are pizza, ice cream, cheese sticks, green pasta, fruit, and gushers. He is special because he is nice and funny. He likes to play at Marmon Valley, play soccer, go to the park, and play with friends.

We ran the hurdles in PE. It was fast fun! Everyone ran the hurdles five or six times, and everyone improved by the end of the class.

Beans ~ Grass ~ Math

We explored beans that were soaked in water last night.

We "planted" beans with wet paper towels. We'll watch to see when they sprout.

The planted word is look! Look for a new word coming soon!

We played Double-Digit Dice Game. Each student rolled the dice, wrote down the two numbers in the boxes, and then wrote the largest number (BIG) and the smallest number (small).