Ask me about monday, september 30, and tuesday, october 1

We started our week looking at this Homer Winslow painting.  We were looking for weather clues in the painting.  Ask me to tell you what I noticed.
Monday we also worked with listening and identifying beginning sounds.  We read a great book called Woodpecker Wants a Waffle by Steve Breen.  This is the story of a woodpecker who smells waffles being made at a new restaurant near the forest.  He tries several times to get into the restaurant to get a taste of waffles, but he is caught and thrown out every time.  Finally he comes up with a plan that works.  Ask me to tell you what the woodpecker did to get into the restaurant.  The other animals tell woodpecker that woodpeckers don't eat waffles, and continued to come up with their own example.  Lizards don't eat lasagna, bears don't eat bagels, and on and on.  I gave the students the food and they tried to remember the animal who said they didn't eat that.  We had a fun time remembering all the animals and the food they wouldn't eat.
We also worked with learning about the DeBug strategies we can use for kid-size problems.  First, the children think to be sure the problem is a kid-size problem or if they should immediately get adult help.  I am very clear about children getting help when they need it, even if it is a kid-size problem until they learn to use the strategies.  Then we talked about ignoring the behavior.  The next thing they can try is to move away from the person who is bugging them.  We talked about times this was possible, and times it was not possible so they should move on to another strategy.  We will continue to work through each step, and when we finish the children will bring home a little booklet with the strategies and examples.
Today we learned the Pledge of Allegiance.  We went through each step and talked about the big words that were in the pledge.  Children can say the pledge if they want to in the morning with the announcements.  Ask me to tell you what a pledge is and to say the Pledge of Allegiance.  They might need a little help with this!  We also took a quick trip to the Magic Kingdom at Disney World to watch part of the Flag Retreat.  I wanted the children to see adults saying the pledge, but especially to see the way the flag was taken down and folded.  

Have a great evening!
​Miss Wolfe