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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Toddler Story Time - dots and circles

Today's story time was simple: dots and circles, and lots of interactive fun! We started by reading the book Circles by Marybeth Lorbiecki. The boys and girls helped me find and count so many circles! We decided that the yummiest circles were doughnuts, cookies, and cakes! Mmmmm... Next we sang "There's a little wheel a-turning in my heart" with Miss Nina. I love all the hand motions and sweet singing we did together! Then we were ready to read Ten black dots by Donald Crews that asked us to count the black dots making all sorts of pictures! After all of that, I asked the kids to help me read and interact with the book Press here by Herve Tullet. It was so much fun to see the dots move and change depending on whether we pressed them, blew on them, or clapped for them! And finally, we watched the group OK Go sing "Three Primary Colors" in a Sesame Street segment. Before we sang our "Goodbye Song" we made pictures out of dot stickers. Everyone made a colorful picture of green, blue, yellow, purple, and red circles. We won't have story time next week due to testing, so I look forward to seeing everyone again in 2 weeks!

Saturday, March 23, 2013

Digital Citizenship

All MWE students have been discussing Digital Citizenship this month. An important part of digital citizenship is staying safe while on the internet. Parents have an important role to play in staying informed about what children are doing and seeing while online. Here are a few tips from Common Sense Media and our friends Phineas and Ferb (and friends) about how to stay safe while online.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Toddler Story Time- Springtime

Since today was the first day of Spring, we read about this wonderful season of new beginnings. The first book we read was "My first day" by Robin Page and Steve Jenkins. In this book we learned about many different animals on the first day of their lives. Did you know that emperor penguins and a Darwin frogs are watched over by their dad before they are born? Next we sang "Five green and speckled frogs" with Miss Nina. Then we listened to Eric Carle read his well-loved book "The very hungry caterpillar." Next we read "In the small, small pond" by Denise Fleming about all the animals who live near the water. All our stories were about the animals who come out in the Spring, so our next story-song was called "Over in the meadow" by Barefoot Books. Finally we read about a very silly bear who can't get enough after waking up from his winter hibernation in "Bear wants more" by Karma Wilson. I was glad to see a few friends come out, despite our spring thunderstorm. I hope we see even more little bookworms next time!

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

"Reading Discovery Featuring First Lady Barbara Bush"

This Connect 2 Texas video includes a reading by Barbara Bush and a performance by the Texas A&M band. It will be showing in the MWE library for 3rd-5th graders to see during their library times this week.

Monday, March 11, 2013

Skype with Eve Yohalem

Our fifth graders truly enjoyed our Skype visit with the author of "Escape under the forever sky", Eve Yohalem. It was such a wonderful experience. We heard her tell about the true news story that inspired her novel, her visit to Ethiopia, and her net book "Castoff".