FROGtastic Friday!

This week we spent some time learning about Frog and Toad and their friendship. We compared several different stories. The children spent some time learning about Frog and Toad in Spanish with Ms. Salas a couple of weeks ago. We will continue to learn more about how frogs and toads are alike and different (compare and contrast) through Venn Diagrams and writing. We are learning about friendship and what it means to really be a friend to someone.
Our non fiction study is under way. This week we learned about two features: photograph and caption and their purpose. Hopefully your child can tell you these two features and their purpose. Please ask your child to show you one photograph and caption in a piece of non fiction this weekend. It can be in any non fiction piece through a magazine, newspaper, Internet, book, etc. Please cut it out, print it, or highlight it in some way to show it to me. I will give 5 horseshoes to those who bring this in on/show it to me on Monday. Over the next two weeks we will learn about the life cycle of a frog through a diagram. In addition, we will learn labels and illustrations. We will have a test on the life cycle of the frog then next Tuesday, October 2.
In Character Ed we learned about cooperation this week. What does cooperation really look like in the classroom? We are learning a lot about showing good character by cooperating with our table mates and classmates.
Our first Horseshoe Catching day will be next Friday. The children are so excited to keep earning and counting them. We are always accepting treasure box toys and candy to be given on these days.
If anyone would like to make generous donations to our classroom we are in need of clipboards and comfy cozy pillows for our rug. I appreciate it!
Conferences are Wednesday, October 3 and Thursday, October 4. I am grateful that most of you signed up at Open House! Thank you! That made it so much easier. I sent home some of the confirmation times today. Please let me know if something has changed from the time you initially signed up for, and we will do our best to accommodate that need. Wednesday and Thursday night is full from 5-9 pm. I look forward to meeting with you to celebrate the great accomplishments of these delightful children.
Have a fantastic weekend!
Mrs. Montes