Rainbow Week: ORANGE

Today was another festive day in Room 4. Orange Day was celebrated as nearly all students showed up with at least an article of Orange clothing.
(This picture is of the children while we played a game called Dead Fish. It involves the kids lying perfectly still. It's an excellent game to help work on their self control)

We started our morning by taking part in a schoolwide Flagpole Gathering to say the Pledge of Allegiance in honor of Patriots Day. As a grade level, we decided that it was most important to stress that on some special days we'll be saluting the flag along with the rest of the school rather than going into too many details about what exactly led to September 11th becoming Patriots Day.

Today also marked the 10th day of school. Zero the Hero stopped by the classroom while the kids were at recess, dressed up one of our stuffed animals, and left us a treat of Cheerios (shaped like a zero). We learned his rhyme Zero the Hero, he's so cool. Zero the Hero, he's no fool. Zero the Hero holds a space, so all the other numbers stay in their place.


Today, like yesterday, was centered mainly around activities dealing with Orange. We did two activities, one coloring and one writing, which required students to discriminate between color words, to identify "orange". We also colored the Orange page in our Color Book. We started out the morning reading Planting a Rainbow. Also, our Orange Hunt was another huge success:

The number 2 was also introduced, with it's poem as well as Monster Number Two. The poem, which should help students remember how to draw the two is:

Around the track, then go right back.
Choo, choo! That's a two.

Also, we practiced writing 2s on a Monster Two handout, while also practicing his cheer:

Monster Monster Number Two.
How many claps do we need for you?
(clap clap)