We all know that at the end of a rainbow is where the leprechauns keep their pot of gold.  But...what is a rainbow? On Wednesday, we brainstormed what we knew about rainbows and then created our own!

Funny thing is....although the experiment wasn't a total fail, I used gel food coloring instead of water-based and it didn't to ally turn out as expected....but oh well!

 Here are some of our responses and illustrations  - I love how each child had something unique to say about 3 colors and water.:o)

Last week, we celebrated Dr. Seuss's birthday by reading his numerous books, working on our own rhyming skills, and crafting projects that linked our knowledge of Dr. Seuss's work with our learning.

After reading Green Eggs and Ham, we talked about persuasion and how Sam-I-Am was being persuasive. Then I broke out the green eggs to taste-test and the real persuasion began! Just kidding, the kids who wanted to try to green eggs did, and those who didn't were pretty disgusted by the whole thing. It was cute!

Next, we looked back at the prediction chart and compared it to who really like green eggs. Then we graphed who liked and didn't like the green eggs and draw a picture of our own green eggs! 

A few days later, we read One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish and did some goldfish graphing.  I know it seems like all we do is eat - but I swear it's not! :o)

 We sorted out our colored goldfish and graphed them then wrote which had the most or the least.

Dr. Seuss has created some wonderful resources for teachers, parents, and kids.  He makes reading exciting, interactive, and helps young readers develop rhyming and patterning skills. We love Dr. Seuss!  Visit Seussville for more!

Super Vowels!

I am soo excited about this! Two weeks ago we started talking about the silent e and I thought I was totally cool for making it into a super hero - as in, the silent "e" gives all its powers to the other vowel so the other vowel can say its name.

Well, it turns out I wasn't the only one to think of that!! Yes!! Here's a video from Mark D. Pencil (I Can Count to 100) about Super E!

Can you tell I am thrilled?