Rockland Read-In

On Friday we not only celebrated our work writing and reading Mo Willems' books, but we also had Rockland Read-In. First we read Elephant & Piggie books to Mrs. Chertok's class. We worked hard to read with expression. Mrs. Chertok's class then read picture books to us.

Next, Mrs. Rubin-Richards read her favorite book, Bread and Jam for Frances.

Then, Mrs. Hoberman came to read Miss Nelson is Missing.

We also had chances to relax and read on our own some great books from home and from the classroom.

Pigeon! Pigeon! Pigeon!

Well it was that time of the year again! The annual Pigeon Party to celebrate the end of our Mo Willems Author Study unit in reading and writing was a rousing success. We got to read our innovations of Pigeon and Elephant & Piggie books and play games like Pin the Eyeball on Pigeon.

Just in case you did not get to hear some of our original works...Here are two for you to listen to that the original authors read.

We love Elephant and Piggie Books!

There is no denying that we LOVE Mo Willem's books. We have been practicing reading with expression the Elephant and Piggie series. On Rockland Read-In Day (Friday), we will be reading and putting on mini puppet shows for Mrs. Chertok's class. Later in the day we will be having the annual Pigeon Party. We performed one of the books a little early.

Happy Valentine's Day!

This is a day to let others know you care. Mrs. Greenhut and Mrs. Fahmi came Friday to provide a Valentine breakfast. The children had strawberries, bagels with pink cream cheese, and pink lemonade. Thank you so much for the excellent breakfast.
Today we exchanged Valentine cards and made more Valentine's Day cards.

Budding Scientists

Our current science unit explores the characteristics of solids and liquids. We are learning from hands-on experience the different properties of these states of matter. The movie in this posting was our first experience with some solids. Later on, we separated cornmeal, rice, mung beans, pinto beans, and kidney beans with different sized screens.

Last week (before all of the snow days) we mixed water with other liquids like corn syrup, hand soap, oil, and clothing detergent. We saw how oil and water separate into layers but other liquids did not. We cannot separate liquids from other liquids when they are mixed like we can with solids.