Hibernation

Today we watched a webcam of Lily, a female black bear, in Minnesota. She gave birth around 12:45. Here is a link to see it for yourself: http://www.wildearth.tv/static/wildearth/channels/we_bear_den.html?streamId=wwbearden01

Bears are sleeping. Bears are sleeping. Hibernation. Hibernation. When will they wake up? When will they wake up? When it's warm. When it's warm.

Here are the kids pretending to hibernate and then waking from their slumber.

Literacy Centers...We LOVE Them!

Here are the kids busy working during literacy centers. This is a great time to build social skills while adding to the kids literacy development. It also allows me to work with individual groups of students for Guided Reading.


Practicing writing sight words on chalkboards.



Reading a story and enjoying Jan Brett's book, "The Mitten."



Building words and reading decodable books.




Adding details to stories they've composed at the writing center.



Matching pictures cards that rhyme.



Enjoying a Grinch puzzle at the Dr. Seuss author center.

Following along to a story on CD at the listening center.

Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats with Mrs. Mary Zelasko

We are so lucky to have Mary Zelasko, Garvy's Speech Teacher, come to work with us once a week. During that time, she reads stories and helps the kids develop their sounds. Here is a picture of her reading and using props to retell the story.