Story: In the morning, I read The Selfish Crocodile. Selfish was a new vocabulary word. We talked about what it meant. In this story, the crocodile would not let the other animals in the jungle drink or bathe in the river. When they were thirsty, the animals had to walk a long way to another river. One day, the crocodile had a terrible tooth ache. The animals were afraid to help him because he was so mean, except for a little mouse. The mouse scrambled up the crocodile's tummy and pulled the tooth out of his mouth. Because the mouse was so kind, the crocodile was friendly to the other animals and allowed them to drink and bathe in the river.
In the afternoon, Evelyn brought a book with the title The Watermelon Seed. Yesterday, we read One Watermelon Seed. Evelyn's book was about a crocodile that accidentally ate a watermelon seed. He became worried thinking that the seed would grow vines out of his ears and a watermelon in his tummy. Then he burped. Out came the watermelon and all was well, until he took another bite! The book was funny. Thanks, Evelyn!
Small Group: I told the children that numbers could be odd or even. Then, I showed them a way to figure out which numbers were odd and which were even. I gave the children a two column grid. We selected a number and counted out that many Cheerios. We put the Cheerios into the grid. If every Cheerio had a "buddy", that number was an even number. If there was a left over Cheerio, that number was odd. They caught on pretty quickly.
Large Group: We went to the Outdoor Classroom. In the afternoon, we were worried that it was going to rain, so they went out first thing and we did our routine backwards. Very interesting!
Snacks: The morning class had blueberry muffins and juice brought by Dawson. The afternoon class had Cheez-its and juice brought by Noah. Thank you!
