Daily Overview 

Monday 4/27 - We began our day by creating a turtle shell.  Then we cut out the rest of his body parts; a head, a tail, and four feet.  We glued them on a paper.  In circle we learned a new finger play, "My Turtle".  We reviewed our songs for graduation.  Then we read the book Insects.  We talked about insects having three segments to their bodies and six legs.  The photos in the book are wonderful.  Tommy brought in his baby praying mantis for us to see.  We used a magnifying glass to take a closer view.  It was eating a fruit fly.  We learned a little more about the praying mantis, like what it eats, how big it will grow, and how it does not need much water.  We played a rhyming game.  Mrs. Klase gave us a bug and we had to say a rhyming word.  After gym we began some progress check ups and read the book, The Lonely Firefly.

• Math - place the correct number of fingerprint bees at the hive
• Math - find and match the bugs in Styrofoam peanuts
• Blocks - students built bee hives
• Science - use a magnifying glass to look at some insects; a wasp, ladybugs, a stink bug, box elder bugs, and flies
• Art - create a spider web using marble painting.  Cut eight legs then trace and cut out two circles to make a spider.
  

Wednesday 4/29 -  Our day today started by completing our center rotation.  Centers are listed on Tuesday's overview.  After gym we read The Very Quiet Cricket.  This is a book contains a repetitious part which students quickly picked out and began reciting together.  We each told what our favorite insect is and one thing it can do.  We also drew a picture of our favorite thing that we did in preschool this year.  We worked on puzzles while Mrs. Klase and Mrs. Pickel checked our progress on our letters, colors, and shapes.