Today we started our exploration of rocks. We learned that rocks are the oldest things we could collect, some rocks are millions of years old. Ask your child how some rocks are made. We also discussed the fact that rocks are non-living things and contrasted this to living things. Ask you child five things all living things need. We decided rocks don't need any of these. We have a fairly extensive collection of rocks already, but if children have rocks they would like to bring in that would be great.

In math we have been doing lots of comparisons. Today the children began comparing the length of their names to those of their classmates by making name trains with linking cubes. We are also working on counting and sequencing numbers.

Several students are on the verge of "publishing" work from writer's workshop. They have created books filled with illustrations and words. We will publish these by adding laminated covers with titles.