More about the ocean...

This week we learned about crabs, oysters and sea turtles. We made a very tricky red crab and painted some beautiful hermit crabs. We had to listen to the story "A House for Hermit Crab" by Eric Carle, and remember what sea animals decorated the crab's shell. We did this by closing our "speech bubble" and opening our "thinking bubble".  We had to hold all those things in our brains during the story and then use them for our artwork. Every single student did this beautifully!

In our social skills lessons we talked about making friends. We learned that the word empathy means thinking about and understanding another person's feelings. We can use empathy to think about friendly behaviors - smiling, saying "hi" and inviting friends to play. This friendly bunch is getting ready for block recess!  

We practiced friendship skills during partner Center Time too...we share, take turns fairly, and talk things out. 

Two important upcoming events are:

* Our last Parent Support Group Meeting on Tuesday May 12 at 6:15  (note- we are starting 15 minutes later than usual this time). 

* Our Spring Celebration Program on Tuesday June 2 at 2:00 - we hope you can join us as we share some of our learning about the zones!