2015_05_13 Wednesday

From Elise's school: Today we talked about songs and music. We talked about the word lyrics. We made microphones and then we sang with them. We sang and danced the Hokey Pokey. They had French. We practiced for our pageant. And we also worked on a project that will be completed next week. 
X's show and tell: for my show and tell I brought a paper toy and it can go round and round. 

What was your favorite field trip this year?
Elise - my favorite field trip was Legoland and when Ms X came 

2015_05_10 Sunday

I never thought I'd say this, but I have found a food that includes tomatoes that I definitely do not prefer: tomato aspic. I thought it was a pie; it's TOTALLY not. bleck. I also learned the hard way that Waldorf salad is mayo-based. I really struck out on my Mother's Day luncheon this year. Salmon croquettes were good, though.

2015_05_08 Friday

Guess what day it is!? man, am I old.

From Elise's school: Today we had calendar time in the morning. We finished up some projects. Mother's Day gifts have been sent home. Fragile item! They made the letter Zz with playdoh. Each person had a chance to get on the computer on Starfall to either read books or play math games. We counted by 10s and 5s while doing jumping jacks. We completed a subtraction sheet together.

Name a fairytale:
Elise- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Elise brought me a pretty stemless wine glass (?) that she dotted with pastel paints. very cute!

2015_05_07 Thursday

From Reading Club: On Monday , X read a story on Wolves on Starfall. Elise practiced sight words on the kindle. X worked on Starfall and we went over flash cards. On Tuesday , X, X, and Elise worked on a phonics blend
worksheet (ch, wh, sh, ph). We went over flash cards. We took turns on the Kindle. Elise read a story passage to me and circled certain words in the story. On Wednesday, X , X, and the girls practiced more blending words--pl, fl, cl, gl. They also practiced long e sound with double e words or ea words such as leaf. We also went over flash cards. On Thursday, we worked on subtraction. Elise also worked on math on Starfall. X and I went 2 BOB books. We all went over flash cards.

From class: Hello, Today we had calendar time in the morning. We worked in our journals writing numbers 11-20 and our last names. We also worked more on writing letter Zz. Ms. X came to our class and we had an interactive storytime. They read Where the Wild Things Are and played other games. We practiced for our pageant. We did some yoga and we worked on some projects. 

What did you enjoy from Ms. X's visit? 
Elise- my fav part was taking turns telling a story the man 

2015_05_06 Wednesday

From Elise's class: Today we had calendar time in the morning. Friends completed centers of puzzles, sorting buttons, sight words flash cards, BOb books. They made a craft during French and sang happy birthday to X in French. We practiced for the pageant. We drew Z words in our letter folder. 

Show and tell: 
Elise - I brought one of my toys and her name is Zeze. 

2015_05_05 Tuesday

From Elise's school: Today we talked about fairytales and what makes it a fairytale---royalty, magic, special words (once upon a time), sleep, good character, evil character, and special creatures. We talked about how fairytales were told aloud and not written down for many years. We named some fairytales and talked about the characteristics of each one-- Cinderella, Peter Pan, Snow White and the 7 dwarfs. They had Spanish. I read the Ugly Duckling and we discussed it. We worked on some projects. They played with floor puzzles and we practiced writing the letter Zz in our journals. 

What makes a fairytale a fairytale?
Elise- fairytales don't always have to have princesses and they could have talking things 

2015_05_04 Monday

From Elise's school: Today we talked about beginning, middle and end of stories. We made up a story by each person coming up with different parts. We worked on the letter Zz and came up with words. We worked on some projects and had center time. 

Why is it important to be able to tell a story? 
Elise- it's important to tell stories because you might have to tell your mom and dad a story if they can't read a book