So many surprises

This week has been full of fun surprises.  We are received notes from a mouse that we think lives in our library.  Daily students are communicating with him and we are trying to see if he'll consider showing himself and becoming our class pet.  Who knows?  So far we've learned he likes to read and write at night when we're gone, he'd like us to keep the noise down during the day when he's trying to sleep and he's wondering if we have any spare food.  I'll be bringing in an old aquarium on Friday and the class with engineer ways for our little friend to get in...then we'll wait and see what happens,
Yesterday we had a good time all day long for the Fall Fest Fun Day reward.  We got to see an amazing puppet show in the morning and then learn how the puppeteers worked their craft.  I think it inspired all of us.  We played games inside and out, worked on special art projects, went on an iPad scavenger hunt, searched for gems outside and had a drama lesson from our drama coach, Mrs. Payne.  What a day!
Today we learned more about the Easter story and prepared ourselves for Good Friday.  In reading we wrote sentences to show our comprehension to detail. 
The is enjoying learning about 3D shapes in math.  We tested figures and described if they could roll, slide and stack.
We're excited to plant our germinating bean seeds this week.  In science we reviewed the plant life cycle in preparation to write our next observation.  Everyone is excited to begin our unit on Ladybugs soon.
We wrote about what we learned about Christ on the cross.  At story time we answered questions using a beach ball after hearing a good story about how engineers use failures to learn and refine their designs.
In learning centers we painted, made words and engineered ways for a mouse to get into a tank.

We are playing, learning and challenging ourselves everyday,

Mrs. Luoma