Mrs. Laura's Class: Butterflies and Mamas...the world is a more beautiful place with them both!

A fun and busy week (I seem to say that each week!)! This week marks the end of our full week...we only have one more day left. This week I finished assessments! I can't wait for you to see how much these sweet and smart kiddos have grown! We also focused on one of the most important people in our life...our moms! I sure hope you all enjoyed your sweet gift they made you (next week we will focus on another awesome person...our dads!) We also worked on the life cycle of a butterfly and talked about insects. Lots of fun math came with learning about insects!

Please forgive me and the lack of pictures this week. My mind was on assessments and portfolios!

Thursday & Friday:

Our last week with Gumby! I also forgot to snag a picture with another sweet kiddo! Shame on me! I will get him next week!

Ok...we have some sad news. I retired Gumby with the broken arm. My son decided to take him in. Well...at the Big Four Bridge...Gumby was dropped or he jumped...maybe he felt his adventures were over now that he was retired...either way he now lives in the Ohio River. My son drew this tragic picture...he was devastated. I tried to tell him that Gumby will have many more adventures in the water than in his room!

This is the new Gumby. And now we have some good news! Gumby has decided to go and visit my brother-in-law, Bobby in Iraq. So his adventures can continue. I will be posting any pictures he sends me of him and Gumby protecting our beautiful nation on our Blog. I thought this would be a fun way to continue it over the summer. I will also be e-mailing you his address. He would LOVE pictures from kiddos. It gets kind of lonely over there I am sure! And mail of any kind will brighten his day!

B is for Bumblebee! They had to tear stripes for the Bee...and color him yellow. This was done independently. I gave the simple 2 step directions and they were all successful! Of course it worked on fine motor skills as well!

making self-portraits for their portfolios!

great job sweet buddy!

Telling me about how wonderful her mama is!

Insect or not an insect...that is the question!
We learned that insects have 3 body parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), 6 legs, and 2 antennae. This was great for working on sorting and 1:1 counting!