Today, after Center Time and Afternoon Meeting we finished the book that we began in reading class yesterday (The Quiltmaker's Gift). It had an ending that I don't think most of the kids expected!

After reading, we worked on math - -using the pattern blocks to make shapes again. This serves to reinforce the basic concepts of geometry. Today the kids had to use a bit more creativity to solve the puzzles -- the figures were outlines only, as opposed to having the lines for each individual piece in the puzzles yesterday.

After math, we met a new High Friend in phonics -- Uncle Up, who introduced the short /u/ sound (as in "up"). We also talked about word families that use the short /u/ sound, such as words that end in -up and -ut.

After all of that, we had Choice Time. Adele's mom came in to run the Take-Apart Center, and it was really cool. Some of the kids got to take apart a DVD/CD player, and see what was inside. They also dismantled a waffle maker. Both will be on display in the classroom for everyone to see.

Then we bundled up and headed home.

Stay warm!!