Utah Symbols

This week, we learned about the symbols of Utah!  We talked about the state flower, animal, bird, fish, tree, and more.  We did some informational writing and enjoyed learning about some famous places and landmarks in Utah as well.  We learned that Utah is called the "Beehive State" and made our own beehives.  We also wrote about our favorite thing about living in Utah.  The kids wrote things like skiing in the mountains, hiking to Delicate Arch, seeing Temple Square, and visiting the Great Salt Lake.  We made fun maps with special things from Utah on them.  And also made our state bird, a seagull, for art time on Friday!  In math, we focused on partners of ten and practiced subtraction and addition with ten.  We also read a fun book, "Ten Black Dots," and made our own class book using ten black dots as well!  Enjoy the pictures!

Valentine's Day!

We had a great week having lots of fun learning with Valentine's Day themed activities.  We did many fun things with candy hearts and candy kisses. We enjoyed making a pretend Hug or Kiss and writing if we like getting hugs or kisses from our families the best.  We have been working hard on leaving spaces between our words and giving a reason that makes sense when we write opinions.   Our favorite thing was turning a candy heart into something new and writing about it!  We also spent time reviewing all four digraph sounds that we have learned, (sh, th, ch, and wh).  Our week included our amazing Valentine's Day parties.  Thank you to our awesome room moms and all those parents who donated supplies and came in to help.  The kids had a wonderful time.  Enjoy the pictures!  :)