Aurora II, CO

Signs of Spring
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Grape Painting
May 1, 2012

Grape Painting

Today we get to have fun and paint with grapes!  Check out our artwork!

We have Soccer today!

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Graph Your Favorite Fruit
May 2, 2012

Graph Your Favorite Fruit

We will graph our favorite and least favorite fruits and discuss the class's most and least favorites.

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Fruit Seed Comparison
May 3, 2012

Fruit Seed Comparison

In science, we grouped, sorted and classified a variety of fruit.

 We have T-Ball Instruction today!

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Friendship Fruit Salad
May 4, 2012

Friendship Fruit Salad

All of our friends helped by bringing a fruit from home to share at school today. We used all of our five senses as we discussed each fruit before we mixed all of them together to make a delicious friendship fruit salad.

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Fruit Week
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Petal Art
May 7, 2012

Petal Art

Children expressed themselves creatively by gluing a variety of dried and fake flowers on colorful paper of their choice during interest centers.

We have Dance today!

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Planting a Rainbow
May 8, 2012

Planting a Rainbow

Children retold and sequenced the details in the story Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert. What beautiful illustrations!

We have Soccer today!

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Seed, Seed, Sprout
May 9, 2012

Seed, Seed, Sprout

We practiced our cognitive skills by listening carefully as our class played this new version of “Duck, Duck, Goose.”

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Paper Plate Sunflowers
May 10, 2012

Paper Plate Sunflowers

In large group, our teacher taught us the parts of a flower. Next, we made beautiful sunflowers using paper plates and sunflower seeds at the science/nature center.

We have T-Ball Instruction today!

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A Handy Flower
May 11, 2012

A Handy Flower

Our hands were dipped into paint of our favorite color and placed into a flower shape. Later, we planted flowers in our sensory table. Gardening is so much fun.

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Flowers/Teacher Appreciation Week
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Happy Mother's Day
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Pond Memory Game
May 14, 2012

Pond Memory Game

Our cognitive skills were working hard as we played a memory game with pictures depicting pond life.

We have Dance today!

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Ribbit! Ribbit!
May 15, 2012

Ribbit! Ribbit!

Ribbit! Ribbit! On the playground we played leap frog with our whole class. What a good job we did using our large motor skills.

We have Soccer today!

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Frog Life Cycle
May 16, 2012

Frog Life Cycle

We sequenced the frog life cycle - egg, tadpole, froglet, frog. After we learned the cycle, we sang “Five Little Speckled Frogs.”

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Fishing For Letters
May 17, 2012

Fishing For Letters

We have T-Ball Instruction today!

Ms. Elsa visits us today!

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Parents' Night Out
May 18, 2012

Parents' Night Out

Mark your calendars now!  Parents' Night Out is tonight from 6:00-9:30 PM.  Sign up at the front desk. 

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Pond Life/Scholastic Book Fair
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Lovely Ladybugs
May 21, 2012

Lovely Ladybugs

At the math center, we will match the number of dots on ladybugs to the numerals on other ladybugs.

We have Dance today!

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Creepy Crawly Obstacle Course
May 22, 2012

Creepy Crawly Obstacle Course

We magically turned into creepy crawly creatures as we practiced our large motor skills on the gym obstacle course.

We have Soccer today!

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"Ants Go Marching"
May 23, 2012

"Ants Go Marching"

We marched in the hallways pretending to be ants with our homemade antennas and sang “Ants Go Marching."

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Field Day
May 24, 2012

Field Day

The whole school will participate in giant obstacle courses and parachute play to celebrate field day! We have T-Ball Instruction today!

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Ants on a Log
May 25, 2012

Ants on a Log

Children will have fun making a yummy snack with raisins, celery and cream cheese. Yum Yum!

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Bugs in the Garden
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The Goddard School is Closed
May 28, 2012

The Goddard School is Closed

The Goddard School is closed today in observance of Memorial Day.

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Learn the Butterfly Life Cycle
May 29, 2012

Learn the Butterfly Life Cycle

We learned the butterfly life cycle and demonstrated our knowledge of the life cycle by free drawing each stage. We also learned the ASL for butterfly.

 We have Soccer today!

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Butterfly Symmetry
May 30, 2012

Butterfly Symmetry

We learned about symmetry today. We placed paint on one side of a piece of paper, folded it and opened it up to see a butterfly!

We have Dance today!

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AB/ABB Caterpillar Patterns
May 31, 2012

AB/ABB Caterpillar Patterns

We discussed AB, ABB and ABC patterns today. Children chose their colored circle pattern and formed a caterpillar with the pattern of their choice. We have T-Ball Instruction today!

Caterpillars & Butterflies