Friday, January 9, 2009

Upcoming Field Trip!!


Jack Hartmann is coming to Beauclerc! Our Kindergarten concert is scheduled for January 14th! Get ready to dance and sing!

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Grizzly Bears!!


Today in Writers Workshop, we learned about Grizzly Bears. We learned:
- Grizzly Bears are the most feared bear
- They are omnivores (they eat meat and plants)
-They eat berries, grass, fish, elk, and deer
- They are brown, light tan and sometimes black
- Male Bears(Boars) eat their male cubs
- They have bumps on their necks

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Word Families


On Monday, we learned a new Word Family: OP words. We read a book all about Op words. The words we learned are:
- top
-stop
- drop
-flop
-plop
- mop
- dop- this is a nonsense word that was in our story
- zop- this is a nonsense word that was in our story
-pop
- shop
- hop
- bop
- slop
- chop

Polar Bears!!!


Today in Writers Workshop we learned all about Polar Bears. We learned that Polar Bears:
- are white
-have thick, heavy fur
- eat seals, whales, birds eggs, and lemmings which make them a carnivore
- have babies called cubs in their den
-have five fingers on their paws
-people hurt polar bears
Please discuss Polar Bears with your child when they come home! Our class was very excited to learn about Polar Bears! Tomorrow we will be learning about Grizzly Bears!
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Monday, January 5, 2009

Report Writing


Today we learned about Panda Bears in our Writers Workshop. We then wrote reports on Panda Bears. Make sure to ask your child what they learned about the Panda Bear!

Friday, January 2, 2009

Murphy


Murphy loves to sleep! He does it so well that nothing wakes him!

Capitol One Bowl Game


Mr. Val and I went to Orlando on New Years Day to see the Georgia Bulldogs play against Michigan State. Go DAWGS!!!!