Group Meeting:  We had a few children return their reading slips already.  We added scoops of ice cream to our chart in the reading area.  New slips were sent home with those children so that we can keep reading to reach 1000 books!

Story:  Our story for today was Pete the Cat Rocking in My School Shoes by the author of the week, Eric Litwin.  Pete is going to school for the first time.  He is finding all of the new areas in school including the library, lunchroom and playground.  Does Pete worry about his new school?  Goodness No!  It's all good.

Small group:  Because of our schedule this week with conferences and Kindergarten round up, we will be doing small group as a large group this week.  Our activity for today was watching the video of  Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin.  The children completed a sequencing paper to help us remember the story.

Large Group:  The children did an activity called Math Around the Room with Pete the Cat.  They had to find pictures of Pete the Cat that were taped around the room and count the number of items on the picture.  Then, they had to find the matching picture on their paper and print the numeral.  I thought this would be very challenging, but the children did a terrific job!

Snacks:  The morning class had Clementines, Cheez-its, and juice brought by Taylor. The afternoon class had muffins and juice brought by Wesley.  Thank you!