Create a Zoo STEM

This week the students participated in a STEM activity that had them create a habitat for a zoo animal of their choice. This 9 weeks the students need to be able to identify the basic needs of animals. This STEM activity included that standard as well as time and of course reading and writing. First the students brainstormed a list of animals they would find in a zoo. We read a book called Zoo  that showed us what it would be like to work at a zoo and what different habitats may look like. The students choose the animal they wanted to research and build a habitat for and picked a partner with the same interest. Next they researched their animals needs. After that, they designed a plan and created their habitat. We had so much fun!

100th Day of School!!!!

Hooray! We made it to the 100th day! Today is the 100th day of school. We celebrated by exploring everyone's 100 day collections, doing a special Go Noodle, reading 100 Day books, and completing 100 day centers! Last week we set a goal to try and read 100 books by the 100th day- we read 176!!!

Holiday Party

A big thank you to Mrs. Graham and all of the parents ( and grandparents)who came today to help us celebrate the holidays. Thank you for all of your help. I could not do it with out you. Have a great holiday break. Remember those reading challenge sheets and have fun!