Our students love Pete the Cat - I Love My White Shoes, by Eric Litwin. You can find this book at Amazon.com, and you can listen and download the song sung by the author here. This video is one example of many groups that gather on the carpet every morning during free reading time to read and sing the lyrics of what has become our favorite book.
We received an email from Eric Litwin on Vimeo: Eric Litwin commented on your video "Pete the Cat "I Love My White Shoes"":
"Meow Dudes! I really enjoyed hearing you read and sing. You guys are crazy fun. Pete the Cat asked me to tell you "meow, meow, meow". I am delighted you like my little story. Mr. Eric Litwin (Author of Pete the Cat I Love My White Shoes)"
In honor of Pete's white shoes (which turn red, blue and brown from stepping in berries and mud), we will wear white shoes to school on Wednesday, October 20th.
Wednesday White Shoe Day!
The Manatees are learning about spiders! We have leaned that there are over 30,000 different kinds of spiders. We know that they have fangs that inject venom to kill their prey, 8 legs, and two body parts. Spiders are arachnids (eight legged creatures) and they create webs with strong silk from glands in their abdomen. We're reading all kinds of spider books . . . nonfiction and fiction. We have walked outside to observe busy spiders spinning webs and wrapping their prey in silk for a future snack. Next week we will have a spider in an enclosed habitat for students to observe in the classroom. We're hoping to get a glimpe of the every-day activities of our arachnid friend.
We will also be reading aloud the classic book, Charlotte's Web, by E.B White.
Finally, to celebrate our spider friends in the book Miss Spider's Tea Party, by David Kirk, we will have a Spider Cider party on Friday, November 5th at 2:30.
Manatee Memoirs Night~
Don't miss it! Students will be sharing their narrative memoirs on Thursday, November 4th at 6:30 in the Manatee classroom. Red group students have been busy working on including details in their writing. The blue group has been focused on creating a mental image for the reader/audience. Please come and listen to these fantastic memories from the perspective of children.
Go-Home Book Bags
This Thursday your child will bring home a Go-Home Book Bag. Labeled ziploc bags will contain 4 "just-right" books for your child to keep at home for a week. The books are chosen by your child from their appropriate reading level. The purpose of these books is for your child to have just-right books to read at home. Please keep the books until the following Thursday, listen to your child read them to you several times, and praise them for their efforts. Thank you!
We received an email from Eric Litwin on Vimeo: Eric Litwin commented on your video "Pete the Cat "I Love My White Shoes"":
"Meow Dudes! I really enjoyed hearing you read and sing. You guys are crazy fun. Pete the Cat asked me to tell you "meow, meow, meow". I am delighted you like my little story. Mr. Eric Litwin (Author of Pete the Cat I Love My White Shoes)"
In honor of Pete's white shoes (which turn red, blue and brown from stepping in berries and mud), we will wear white shoes to school on Wednesday, October 20th.
Wednesday White Shoe Day!
We will also be reading aloud the classic book, Charlotte's Web, by E.B White.
Finally, to celebrate our spider friends in the book Miss Spider's Tea Party, by David Kirk, we will have a Spider Cider party on Friday, November 5th at 2:30.
Manatee Memoirs Night~
Go-Home Book Bags
This Thursday your child will bring home a Go-Home Book Bag. Labeled ziploc bags will contain 4 "just-right" books for your child to keep at home for a week. The books are chosen by your child from their appropriate reading level. The purpose of these books is for your child to have just-right books to read at home. Please keep the books until the following Thursday, listen to your child read them to you several times, and praise them for their efforts. Thank you!
