This week we read many different versions of The Mitten. We picked an animal out of a mitten to research, and we researched and wrote about that animal. We made informational talking videos (I hope you enjoyed them!), and we even wrote our own version of The Mitten. Here is a shortened version of our story...
Once upon a time there was a little boy named Phillip. His grandpa made him a pair of very warm red mittens. One snowy cold day he went to the forest to pick up sticks. Soon he got distracted and dropped one of his mittens in the frozen white snow. Along came many animals to make their way into the mitten. There was a bee, a newt, a grasshopper, a Red Breasted Nuthatch, an American Goldfinch, an Eastern Mole, a woodpecker, a Least Chipmunk, a Cardinal, a Blue Jay, a Pond Slider turtle, a Mourning Dove, a Brush Rabbit, a Tiger Salamander, a Robin, a Long Tailed Weasel, an American Crow, a raccoon, a coyote, and a Mountain Lion! It looked like ALL would be well, but suddenly the bee began to BUZZ! The coyote SCRATCHED! The crow PECKED! Everyone began to sneeze and the mitten began to POP! Out flew all the animals! Phillip came back to find a STRINGY red mitten! We performed this story for the Kindergarteners and our Reading Buddies. The middle part with the animals entering the mitten was more elaborate with impromptu dialogue by your children! We also did an Engineering and Design challenge to create a mitten that wouldn't get lost in the snow. Your children had colorful mittens full of ideas such as tracking devices, robotic legs, levers, etc! Information about our Valentine's Day can be found on "Sign Ups". A listing of our classmates was sent home in your child's folder this past week. Valentine's Day is also our Kids Heart Challenge Day. We will be doing the challenge in the afternoon. Information about this was sent home by Mrs. Winchell, our P.E. teacher. We are looking for rectangular empty tissue boxes. If you have any, please send them in by Wednesday! Reminder that if you are thinking of chaperoning our June trip, you must go through the Designated Volunteer process. Information on this can be found on our school's website and in the Thursday Bobcat News. Comments are closed.
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