Full On Fall !

While Frederick's friends gathered wheat, corn and acorns for the  harsh days of winter, Frederick's contribution was words.  He gathered words to create poetry about the good days in summer.  Frederick was able to recite this poetry for his friends when winter was almost too tough to bear.  We created a mural in Leo Lionni's style and saved some special words of our own. 

I hope you can get a sense of the focus children are bringing to their work these days.  Below you can see two friends copying the birthday wall- this was their decision when "white boards" was available as a literacy choice.  You can also see students concentrating on recording all the combinations of 10 that they could discover while manipulating two-colored pegs on a ten frame.

The last Leo Lionni story we read was Alexander and the Wind up Mouse.  Alexander Mouse used his one magic wish to turn his toy-mouse friend into a real mouse. Take a look at the attention these table mates are giving to collaging a picture of what they would wish for if they had a magic purple pebble.

It's important to know that we play as hard as we work in Room 28 so I will close this post with a look and friendship indoors and out!