A Taste of Australia

As a part of our Mem Fox author study, the class sampled a variety of treats from Australia. A big thanks to all the parents who sent in these special foods for our
tasting!

In honor of President's Day and George Washington's Birthday we read several books about the life of President George Washington. The class really enjoyed making these George Washington Hats!

Mem Fox Author Study

This week begins one of our favorite Author Studies - Mem Fox! The kids will be learning about her, listening and responding to her books this week. She is from Austrailia and is truly an amazing Author and person. Author studies are so important in class because kids get to notice the way authors create text, learn about the author's style, borrow patterns, topics and language from the author, and think deeper about books. To learn more about Mem Fox and listen to interviews with her, check out this website:
Reading Rockets: A video interview with Mem Fox
You can also visit her website, Mem Fox

Here are some videos of Mem Fox reading her wonderful books:
Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes


Her most famous book, Possum Magic


Ms. McAvoy's personal favorite, Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge


Be sure to check the blog this week for more about our Mem Fox Author Study! Oh and be sure to go check out some of her books at the library for both you and your child to enjoy :)

Science Exploration!

Today we explored Living and Non-Living things out in our Courtyard. Partners worked together to find and record Living and Non-Living things! Scroll over each picture to check out what they recorded.

Happy Birthday Abraham Lincoln!

We celebrated Abraham Lincoln this week by learning all about him and by making our own Stovepipe hat and beard!

thank you video

The class made a video showing thanks for one of our room parents who
has been deployed since September. We included this video in our care
package that we mailed to him. We can't wait for him to come back and
visit us in April!

Shannon Miller

Shannon Miller came to visit Alimacani today to talk about eating healthy and how important it is to exercise. The kids learned so much and even got a glimpse of her Olympic gold medal!

Celebrating Our Cultures

We were so happy to have this family come and share all about Bolivia. They brought in neat artifacts to share and created this detailed map showing where they are from. The class enjoyed learning all about their culture.

100th Day!

We did several fun activities on the 100th day of school. The class really enjoyed sharing their 100 objects from home. We are so proud of their growth and are excited to celebrate all they have accomplished in 100 days!

February Bulletin Board

Check out our awesome Bulletin Board for the month of February! The kids worked so hard on their projects and they turned out great :)

Children Around the World

The kids worked so hard on their Multi-Cultural Projects! They all did such a nice job presenting their countries to the class. We are so proud! Check out these awesome photos :)

Report Writing

We have been working on Report Writing in our class. This lesson focused on matching headings and facts. The students worked in small groups to match facts about dogs to the headings. They really enjoyed this activity and will practice creating headings in their own reports.