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Solar eclipse! I wish I would have gotten more pictures but too stressed about kids wearing glasses and busy looking myself! Very cool experience! We got to do STEM puzzles in the library and had our class picture day.
Practicing Power Words in shaving cream.
Gardening
Police officers from Chapel Hill PD visited the kindergarten classes this week! We also are practicing more and more complicated spelling patterns! The kids are making so much progress and it's really exciting to watch.
Lots of guest readers this week and pajama day and school wide bingo. Please let me know if you're interested in being a guest reader! The kids love it!
We used Aging Booth app to see what we would look like at age 100 on the 100th day of school!
We had fun celebrating Valentine's Day! We did letter puzzle challenges in the library.
We had fun celebrating Valentine's Day! We did letter puzzle challenges in the library.
Busy week with Literacy Night and Pajama/Stuffed animal/ movie & popcorn day!
This week we had our book fair and every child got to take home 2 beautiful, brand new books. We got to help advertise for the book fair Read-A-Bingo fundraiser by making posters with our big third grade buddies! Much thanks to the PTA, the Public School foundation and your fundraiser donations for making this happen!
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If you want to put a huge smile on your child's face, sign up to be a guest reader!!!
In science we are describing objects by different properties (size, shape, weight, material, etc). We practiced using scales to compare the weight of different objects.
This week we participated in the nationwide Hour of Code and learned to code to move the robot Cubetto. We also learned about Sally Ride in our cultural arts program through the generosity of the PTA.
This week we enjoyed Math Night and made bird feeders with our awesome garden volunteers.
Making cards for patients at UNC Children's Hospital
We went to the Chapel Hill Library, had a teddy bear picnic, and got to code a spherical robot named "Sphero".
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First Assembly and first field trip