This morning we began discussing ways in which animals deal with the harsh winter weather. Today we discussed animals that migrate south in the winter. We read a story about migration and watched a video about butterflies migrating. Then we played a migration game. Mr. Danny called out a season and the “birds” in the room would migrate north or south depending on the season.

All last week we worked very hard to turn our stories into published pieces.  Today we celebrated at our Authors’ Celebration. We started the celebration with our Authors’ Circle where each author read a favorite page of their story to the group.  Then we split off into pairs to read our whole story to each other.  We switched partners several times so we got to hear several stories and share our own story with several friends. Then we met in our classroom library where we applauded as each author added his/her book to our classroom library. We ended the celebration with a special toast. We are authors!

This afternoon we began making valentines for our friends. We used markers, glitter, and paint to create special cards and messages.

View more photos from today in our Feb 8-12 Photo Gallery