The class is doing a fantastic job using their new vocabulary words, even the ones they learned last week. Their ability to absorb knowledge is impressive. We read Planting a Rainbow and related it to Eve Bunting's Flower Garden. Many of the same flowers were mentioned in both books. After lunch, students watched a Reading Rainbow video of Gregory, the Terrible Eater, the book from which we learned this week's vocabulary words. We learned that real goats are a little more fussy about what they eat than the character in the book. Tomorrow, students will write about a meal that they would find revolting.

In math, we worked on the concept of empty/full and holds more/holds less. Students worked in pairs to fill 2 different sizes of cups with objects of various sizes. They learned that you have to put a lot of little things or only a few bigger things to fill the cups. Correction regarding the estimation project: There were 140 candies per box, and I used 4 boxes. One reading group began working on a reader's theater that I wrote last night. When they feel confident, I will video tape them and post it here. I thought it would be fun for each reading group to have a script to perform and invite parents to watch, maybe on an early-out day, so we don't inconvenience you. Please post a comment below to let me know what you think.

Valentine's Day cards tomorrow-don't forget!