Bunnies and Eggs

What a week! We learned so much and had so much fun.

We read books and watched a video on oviparous animals. For those of you who haven't been to kindergarten in awhile, oviparous animals are those that lay eggs. We wrote Who Am I? paragraphs and drew a picture of our animals hatching from the "egg".

Karlie wrote: I am an oviparous animal. I live on a farm. People eat my eggs. What am I? (A chicken)

Levi wrote: I am an oviparous animal. I live in water. I can come up on land. I have a lot of big teeth. What am I? (An alligator)

We also wrote a story about what we would do if we were the Easter Bunny. The Happy Hounds exceeded our expectations once again by organinzing their story before they wrote it. They used a tri-folded piece of paper to quickly sketch the beginning, middle, and end of their story. Then they wrote the story and illustrated it.



Chaz wrote: If I was the Easter Bunny... I would go to Wal-mart and get the eggs. Then I would hide them in their yard. When I am done, I will go to church.


Rilee wrote: If I was the Easter Bunny... I would go to Target and buy the eggs. I would deliver eggs on time. I will go to Rilee's house and I would deliver toys and I would deliver candy.

We also learned about rabbits and hares. After reading a nonfiction book we listed information we didn't know about rabbits and hares. The Hounds then wrote about what they learned. Their informational writing exceeded our expectaions also! We made these crazy looking rabbits to go with our writing.

Our Funky Food activity for the week was "Birds' Nests" complete with eggs (jelly beans) and chicks (Peeps), Thanks to Amber's family for providing the ingredients for our snack.

For our science experiment, we tested the strength of an ordinary egg. We made a triangle with an egg and two blocks. Next we placed a cookie sheet on top of the triangle. Then we stacked books on the cookie sheet counting as we went. I can't remember the exact number of books, but it was somewhere around 30!

Also during this week, we made adorable sock bunnies. (Thanks to all who sent in socks).

FINALLY!! THE HUNT. All of our other activites were nothing compared to the 5 minutes (max) that we spent hunting eggs.

Jazmine and Kailea - which way do we go?

Tripp - how can I hold all these?

Oh! Look at all the eggs.

Mrs. Lisa's Easter gift!

St. Patrick's Day Celebrations

The Happy Hounds celebrated St. Patrick's Day with lots of fun activites. The day before the big day, everyone made a trap to catch a leprechaun. We wrote about what we would do if we actully caught one. Most people were after his gold. Well, as you can see, he came all right! No one caught him, but he did leave everyone gold.

On St. Patrick's Day we had rainbow cupcakes. A very cute recipe from Family Fun magazine, but a little time consuming to make.

Our Funky Food activity for that week was a Celebration of Green. Thanks to our wonderful parents, we had a variety of green foods: apples, pears, pickles, olives, broccoli, cucumbers, pudding, jello, juice, grapes, and probably something I'm forgetting. We ate until we were stuffed!

Our science experiment for the week was Leprechaun Worms. These were not edible, but they were very cool.

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss

We began our birthday celebration by reading Bartholomew and the Oobleck and then making oobleck. This ooey, gooey concoction will clump together like a solid, but will also flow like a liquid. It's really easy to clean up, so don't be afraid to try it at home.

Madison and Faye


Look at the slime!

This stuff is cool!

Next we went to The Spunky Monkey's classroom and listened to The Cat in the Hat.

After the book, we made hats like the one the Cat in the Hat wears, except ours were edible. Thanks Mrs. Martin and Mrs. Wilbanks! The hats were delicious.

Do you like green eggs and ham????

Talmadge does!

"No way!" says Tripp.

"Not a chance", says Levi.

"Gross!" says Amber. "I don't even like regular eggs."

"Can I have some more please?" says Buck.

"As long as I have salt, I'll eat them", says Karlie!

Book Buddies

Once a week we meet with Mrs. McDonald (Chaz's mom) and Mr. Evan's class to read the books we've been practicing. This has made the Hounds more motivated to reread books which helps improve fluency. This week, we plan on taking our sight word folders for our buddies to help us practice our words.

Teeth, Bears, and Birthdays

The week of Feb. 22nd was packed with lots of activities. Our social science topic for the week was dental health. We learned about how to take care of our teeth by reading books, watching videos, and through our science experiment.

Rilee and Miles show off the Wiggly Jiggly teeth they made for Funky Food.

On Monday, we began an experiment to see how coke effected our teeth. The shell on the egg represents the enamel on our teeth. We let the eggs soak all week in the coke. On Friday, we tried to scrub the stains off with toothpaste. In the first picture, Will and Kylie are working hard to clean their egg.



During shared reading this week we read three different versions of The Three Bears. We wrote about our favorite version and made a picture of the three bears to go with our writing.



We are so proud of the writing our Happy Hounds are doing this year. These two pics show the walls outside our classroom. The top writing is a letter to the tooth fairy.



Levi wrote: In the beginning of the story, the porridge was hot so the bears went to catch catfish. In the middle of the story, Goldilocks came in their house. In the end of the story, Goldilocks jumped out the window.



Kylie wrote: In the beginning, Goldilocks went in the house. In the middle of the story, Goldilocks ate the porridge. In the end of the story, she jumped out the window.


Buck wrote: In the beginning of the story, the bears went to go get catfish. In the middle of the story, Goldilocks ate the porridge and she broke the chair. In the end of the story, baby bear's voice screamed like a siren and it scared Goldilocks and she jumped out the window.




Last but certainly not least, we celebrated two birthdays this week. On Thursday, Owen's mom made a cupcake cake for the class. On Friday, Kailea's family brought us cupcakes. Thanks to both families for our special treats.

George Washington

We proudly displayed the Happy Hounds' work on George Washington in the hall. We have been amazed at how much progress our children have made in writing this year. Below are some of examples. (It was difficult to get a clear, up close picture.)

Will wrote: George Washington won the war. The soldiers didn't have any food. They couldn't build a fire. He became the first President.

Kailea wrote: George Washington had 26 dogs when he was a little boy. When he was big he was President. He fighted the war. He won it. He found a dog and he returned it. He looked on the tag to figure out who it belonged to. He was the President. He learned how to ride a horse when he was a boy. He had a lot of animals. He liked animals. He loved children. He was kind and he liked to help people.

Tripp wrote: George Washington was the first President. He had thirty-six dogs in his lifetime. He is on the dollar and the quarter. He was 43 when the war started.

Rilee wrote: George Washinton was a President. He was the first President. He found a lost dog and he read the collar. And everybody liked him. He got a new animal. It was a donkey.

Ethan wrote: George Washington is on the dollar and the quarter. He found the dog and took the dog back.