Don't Sink My Boat

This morning during morning circle we talked about the calendar and spring break. The kids identified numbers 1-39. We also skip counted by 2's, 5's and 10's. We practiced the vowel circle and our sliders. The kids read words that ended in -one. We sounded out bone, tone, cone, shone, zone, and phone.

Our story today was "Chato Goes Crusin'" by Gary Soto. Two cats win a free cruise....except the cruise is full of dogs! The cats were board because they only played dog games on the boat and had dog food to eat. When all the dogs got sick, the captain asked the cats to go find help. They found a vet and saved the day! After reading the story we talked about boat safety. It is important to wear a life vest. A life saver is a circle float that you can grab onto if you fell into the water. Big boats also have lifeboats in case their is an emergency. The captain is in charge of the boat and everyone on the boat follows his orders.

For science today we tested to see which boat would hold the most pennies. First we made two boats out of foil...one little and one big. Then we placed them both in the water. The kids took turns placing the pennies into the boats. The big boat had 152 pennies before it sunk and the little boat had 12 pennies before it sunk into the water. The big boat was able to hold more pennies! The kids then had a chance to build their own boat out of foil and see how many pennies it could hold.

During writing today we worked on the lowercase r. The kids also wrote a fact about boats in their journals. We had show and tell before lunch. I was so proud of the kids...they have made wonderful progress with show and tell. After lunch we sang happy birthday to Dhruv because he will celebrate his birthday next Wednesday. He also handed out goodie bags to all his friends.

I hope everyone has a wonderful spring break! The kids have a more extensive homework packet in their book bags. If you have time please work on theses reading, math and writing skills at home. See everyone on the 21st!