Sea Life, Blankets, January Reading Challenge & Valentine Prep!

 This week we had another successful in Room 101. We have been working hard on our Sea Life books, learning about sea creatures and how we know they are not a fish. Last week we learned about characteristics of a fish and labeled a fish diagram. Usually in January we would be heading to the New England Aquarium to celebrate the end of this sea life unit. We hope at some point this year the aquarium will reopen and families will be able to take their children to see all the animals we learned about this month in person. We will take a virtual field trip this week to the NE Aquarium.

We also created our class quilts. We made two class patchwork quilts that will be hanging in the hall outside of our classroom. One is all our self-portraits and the other is about how we show kindness. We have been focusing on how to be kind through learning about Martin Luther King Jr. He was an amazing man who fought for equality through words, and we hope our students can emulate MLK and work to make our nation more equitable for all its citizens.

We also continued learning about each other's blankets. This week Mark, Patrick, Jordan and Giovanni. We have been measuring the length and width of the blankets and recognizing that most blankets are rectangle shaped. So far we have only had one square blanket.

We are ending our blanket unit and January Reading Challenge with a special reading day with our blankets, books and flashlights. We are hoping parents will join us virtually and read their favorite children's literature book to the class on Friday, January 29th. Please check your email for a special invite!

Valentine's Day is coming up soon! Please see reminder in homework folder. Remember class valentines and Special "Secret" Valentines are due into school by Friday, February 5th to allow time to quarantine before we open these items at our Valentine's Victorian Gathering on Friday, February 12th. We will all be dressing up FANCY for our Victorian Gathering. Thank you for your assistance with these items. We are trying to have some normalcy and fun in our kindergarten classroom. We have started to prepare for V-day. We made our mailboxes and frames so far! Next week we will make our place card for our gathering, create a v-day gift, and write about love.