Today was Jenasee's 6th birthday. We were sure busy for it being a half day! Our letter of the day was R so we made rainbows. We learned the order of the colors on a rainbow. Some students added cotton clouds and I saw that a few students drew pots of gold. Since we've been learning the difference between 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional shapes in math, I thought it would be fun to make some origami shapes. I showed the students how to make a paper balloon, which looks like a cube, and many of them sat down with me to learn to make it. As a whole group, we made origami ravens, like the character from "How Raven Stole the Sun." Students also filled out an April calendar. The purpose of filling out the calendar is to practice counting and writing numbers. We're working hard on getting our numbers facing the right direction.