If I could write a Caldecott winner...

This week we have been talking about Caldecott winners. One of our favorites is The Snowy Day. We have read The Snowy Day, written about it, illustrated our own pictures, watched the video, and even played Snowy Day gamed online. This has made us think about what kind of book we would write. So, our question of the day is this...
If you could write a Caldecott winner, what would it be about?

Mrs. Ripper - My King Charles dog named Chai
Marcus - My three dogs Jazzie, Nola, Zoe
Matthew - a trolly and the city
Wills - character cruise adventures
Tucker - the months of the year
Jude - forts and castles
Houston - my cat Maddy going on adventures everywhere
Palmer - dragons knocking things down
Alex - battles
West - my dog Pete and the two Siamese cats
Charlie - Space and the Titanic
Wilkes - Greek Gods
Thomas - Kindergarten classrooms
Mrs. Perry - Baby Jack's Bold Adventures in NYC

We love books so much here in SK that we thought we would share our favorite Caldecott winners with you. Go check them out at your local library or bookstore. But you don't have to take my word for it!

I know the planets! How about you?

 

 In January we studied the planets. This was such a fun unit! 

Here are some interesting facts we learned along with our planets song. Enjoy!

• Tucker - Pluto is a dwarf planet
• Wilkes - Neptune has rings
• James - Neptune has a blue spot on it
• Matthew - the Sun is a star but not a planet
• Wills - we thought that Saturn had 3 rings but it really has millions
• Chrishton - Jupiter is a gas giant
• Jude - Jupiter has the big red spot
• Alex - Jupiter can fit all the other planets in it
• West - there are no clouds on Pluto
• Palmer - comets fly past earth
• Marcus - Venus has clouds
• Houston - Mercury is closest to the Sun 
• Charlie - Uranus has rings but you cannot see them
• George - Pluto is a gas planet

Be My Valentine!

Valentine's Day is a fun time in kindergarten. We make boxes for our Valentine cards and have a celebration. This is also a time to think about what and who we love. Here are some people/things we love and why. Happy Valentine's! 

James - I love my Transformers because they fight the bad guy Transformers.
Wilkes - I love my dog Rosie because she plays with me.
Charlie - I love Poptropica because you get to go in graveyards.
Palmer - I love my mom, dad and brother because my brother plays with me and my parents take care of me.
Chrishton - I love my mom, dad and sister because we go on trips together.
Jude - I love my XBox because you get to play multi-player on it.
Jackson - My brother Jerry because he plays basketball with me.
Thomas - I love my Wii because I get to play Star Wars, Indiana Jones or Kids Bob on the Wii.
Alex - I love my sister because she is real crazy and fun.
West - I love my family because they are nice to me.
Matthew - I love my dog Esko because I can give him bacon.
Wills - I love my friend Coleman because I have known him since I was born.
Tucker - I love West because he plays Star Wars Puppy with me.
George - I love my dog Maggie because she knocks me out of my chair and tickles me.
Houston - I love my cat Maddie because every time I get on the couch to watch something she sits on me.

Mrs. Ripper - I love Mr. Ripper because he is my best friend.
Mrs. Perry - I love Mr. Perry and baby Jack because the are my favorite guys.

What do you want to blog about?

We are having a brainstorm session this morning about the blog. We have checked our views, looked up some of the locations of our new viewers and now we are trying to figure out what to blog about next. Here are some ideas from our class! We will choose one and write about it in our next post. The list kept going and going! Do you brainstorm in your class? If so, let us know! 

Wilkes - Dinosaurs
Tucker - Star Wars
Wills - Space
Chrishton - Thanksgiving
Alex - Groundhog Day
West - Rockets
Marcus - Race cars
Houston - Universe
James - Mega force Jets
Charlie - Space, Planets and Rockets
Palmer - Valentine's Day
Tucker - Christmas
Jude - Easter

Wilkes - The Golden Dragon from Lego Ninjago

West - The American Flag

Matthew - The Planets and God

Marcus - Mardi Gras and Beads 

Wills - Money

Jackson - Space

George - What it is like in Heaven. 

Houston - How big is a bunny rabbit?

Palmer - Easter Bunny

James - Battle Force 5

Tucker - God and the Bible

Wills - Holidays

West - Pets

Palmer - How did God create the Earth? 

Wilkes - How did Moses part the waters?

Thomas - What do angels look like?

Jude - Who created the Bible?

West - volcanos

Houston - Snowmen 

Marcus - Battle

Alex - Planets

Tucker - Chess

West - Family

Palmer - Cement

Wills - Gravity

Jude - God

Marcus - Toys

George - Sight Words

Houston - Weight

Jackson - the sun

Chrishton - the galexy

Houston - symmetry

Jude - cats

James - Mario Cart

Tucker - Class Blogs

Palmer - Fruits and Vegetables

Jude - Everything, even families and pets

Houston - 100 Days

Marcus - Candy

Wilkes - the Super Bowl

Wills - the coldest day of my life

Tucker - soccer 

Palmer - how God made grass

Houston - how to make a sweater

Jude - Earth

Alex - basketball

James - the Wii

Marcus - sports