Whales are readers, artists, thespians, engineers and friends!
/The Whales have had another exciting week together!
We started with a story study, looking at the similarities and differences in the well-known tale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. We discovered that many authors and illustrators had their own special way of telling the same story. The Whales were so inspired by the tale that we decided to put on our very own play. Stay tuned for more information about that!
During Classroom Choice and Literacy time, the Whales are growing and stretching their reading brains. We are learning so many letter sounds, and have practiced them enough that we can see the letter and then say the sound lickety-split! We read our first book independently, practicing how the letter sounds blend together to make a word. Wow!
After hearing a story about the life of Van Gogh, Whales reproduced his famous painting of sunflowers. We practiced brand new techniques with our paints and brushes and were so proud of the results!
On Friday we flexed our engineering muscles, working together to plan, create, build and test a new design for Baby Bear’s chair. The Whales had to listen and work with one another to create the final product. The chair had to be strong enough to support a Whale body. It was so much fun!
