Mrs. Rodgers' Class

Congratulations to our Leader of the Month for February, Zoey! Who’s that trip trapping over my bridge?  Our focus this week was all about the three billy goats.  We read Three Billy Goats Gruff by Paul Gadone and continued learning about fairy tales.  We compared different versions of the Three Billy Goats this week.  We saw that pictures can give us clues to help us understand words that we do not know the meaning of.  We learned that there is more than one way to retell stories. Vocabulary from the book: valley: a long area of low land between two mountains fine: very good; excellent rushing: moving quickly roared: to make a deep shout in anger trampled: to be stepped on; crushed Here are just a few activities you can do at home with your child this weekend: Reenact the story of Three Billy Goats by having a puppet show. STEM Challenge: Make a bridge out of toothpicks and marshmallows.  At this point the students should be writing their own

I'm keeping this blog post short and sweet. Mrs. Matyus and I want to say a big THANK YOU for all the teacher appreciation goodies and additional supplies for the classroom we received this week.  If you want a reminder of all the stuff we're working on this quarter please refer to last week's post.  Have a great break!  In reading this week:  This chair is too big!  This chair is too small!  This chair is just right!  Our focus this week is all about the three bears.  We will be continuing with fairytales this week as we read The Three Bears by Paul Galdone.  We will be discussing character, setting, and how we use the information in the story to retell.  We will continue talking about opinions in writing.  Vocabulary from the book: trust: to depend on honesty porridge: food made of cereal or grains cooled: to let something get not to cold or hot peek: to look quickly; secretly frightened: to cause fear; scare Here are just a few activitie