Well I can't believe this month has gone by so quickly and I am just now posting this!
I'm linking up with Farley (just in the nick of time) to share what's been going on in my world currently in April.
~Listening~
To the Kid President.
This kid is just too much! Such a hilarious little guy. I could listen to him all day :)
(he makes me chuckle)
~Loving~
Our Weather Unit
We learned all about cloud facts.
And we discussed cloud adjectives:
These ideas came from this awesome unit:
And our literature study:
We focused on Author's Purpose as we read Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.
I absolutely LOVED using this mini unit and my kids were able to grasp the concept really quickly thanks to these awesome learning posters.
Feel free to grab yourself a copy HERE
We also had an absolute BLAST reading Thunder Cake written by Patricia Polocco then making it together.
It was so tasty!
~Thinking~
About the April Fool's prank I played on my kiddos.
I told them I brought them brownies, and then I showed them the tray with some brown "E" 's
They were pretty good sports and put up with my corny sense humor.
(thank you pinterest!)
~Wanting~
Our Chicks to hatch!
We tried hatching eggs in March and I'm sad to say not a single egg hatched!
It was so sad, but we decided to try it again.
We definitely learned some important things from the last time and I have a good feeling about this batch. Fingers crossed they should start hatching on May 10th (Mother's Day, wouldn't that be cool!)
So we are on round 2
~Needing~
A NAP…enough said!
~EGGsplain Your Name~
So there are two reasons I named my blog Steppin' Up To First Grade.
Reason #1: I teach a combined Kindergarten/First grade class and my kindlers always get to step up to First Grade with me (pretty fun)
Reason #2: Every year our school has a "Step Up" day where students get to "step up" to the next grade and test it out. They always love it!
And with that I'm signing off...
