Finally getting to show our chicks some LOVE!

Our chicks were finally strong enough to let us hold them and show them some love today!  The kids just had the best time holding them, reading to them and just "getting to know them" a little better!!!  I feel that some life-long memories were made over these past few days.  From the hatching, to the cuddling, I have so enjoyed experiencing this special time with a great group of kids!

The chicks are here!!!

Wow! What a day. We have so many chicks!!!! I hope you are able to stop by and visit with them!!!

Last Outdoor Learning Classroom of the year!

The kids had a great time on Monday birdwatching.   All year they have been studying different aspects of birds or bird lives, and they were able to put all of the pieces together today... they looked for nests, listened for different bird calls, and just enjoyed being outside on such a nice Spring day.  THANK YOU to all of the different parent volunteers that helped out with the 

Outdoor Learning Classroom throughout the year!

WELCOME SPRING!

So many wonderful sights and sounds are letting us know SPRING is here in St. Louis!  We are so fortunate to have this beautiful tree right outside our classroom.  We enjoy looking at it every day!  We wrote our Florida pen pals this week and sent this picture, along with some other pictures of flowers blooming around Spoede.  

"And the award goes to....."

We wrapped up our Opinion Writing unit on Friday with an AWARDS celebration.  The kids each wrote nominations for their favorite book(s), came up with different award categories (Action Packed, Funniest Character, Attention Grabber, etc), and even judged the different nominations.  The award winners were announced during a small ceremony in class on Friday.  

The books were given small ribbons to place on the covers.  

The kids have been encouraged to write a letter to the author of the books they nominated  (even if their nomination didn't receive an award), and let the author know how much they enjoyed reading the book.  We will mail the letter, along with the book nomination to the author or publishing company.  We  are all hoping to hear something back. 

The nomination forms and book covers are hanging outside our room to help
 entice other readers to try these
AWARD WINNING books out!

NEW MATERIALS!!!

The SSA has generously donated some new math games, as well as NEW LAPTOPS to our classroom.   The kids LOVE using them during our Math Workshop!  We also were introduced to a new game for fact fluency as well.  Our math time FLIES BY each morning, and the kids are engaged and working hard the entire time!

Latest Outdoor (indoor) Learning Classroom Experience

We continued on in our BIRD STUDY and learned all about bird's BEAKS.  We discussed the various FUNCTIONS of beaks, as well as the different KINDS of beaks birds have.  The class then had the opportunity to TEST OUT  materials that were very similar to a beak, and  use them to find different food sources.  Make sure to have your child fill you in a little more on this very cool, 

hands on experience!  A HUGE THANK YOU to the parent volunteers 

that were able to help out today!