Category: Hoot Owls

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April 14th is International Moment of Laughter Day. The Hoot Owl class, along with their parents, enjoyed many moments of laughter this morning. From dancing the “Tooty Ta,” to building with jelly beans and toothpicks, to making their mother an Easter bonnet, to giving their father a shave, our room was alive with laughter. Today, we will have fun!

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During March, the Hoot Owls have been learning about sea life. This week the Hoot Owl class went on a field trip to Crab Cove in Alameda where they learned about some of the creatures found in San Francisco Bay. The children walked the beach during low tide and found many shells, seaweed and of course crabs. After a visit to the aquarium, we ended our field trip with a picnic and a game of tag!

Wednesday was the 100th day of school. One of the fun activities the children did was to answer the question: If I was 100 years old, I would…

Here are the responses:

…sleep. ~Natalie                                          …walk with a cane. ~Skyler

…have a bun in my hair. ~Makena          …do nothing. ~Cecily

…be crooked. ~Luca                             …have a picnic outside. ~Maeve

…be a silly person. ~Brooke               …be building a snowman. ~Jack

…look old. ~Danielle                                  …sit down a lot. ~Colin

…have blue eyes. ~Grady                          …have pink hair. ~Jordan

…move fast. ~Ochir                           …teach P.E. with a cast on. ~Avery

…have lines on my face. ~Ashley

The Hoot Owl class has been busy this winter. They watched a shaving cream cloud make rain, painted umbrellas and sprayed them with water, painted on ice, made mud and ate it with worms for snack, and the most favorite, played with snow.

Now we hope it stops raining for a few days. Maybe when we take down the rain clouds hanging in our room, the rain will stop!

The Hoot Owls have been busy celebrating:

St. Nicholas Day

Hannukah

St. Nicholas Day & Hannukah

Santa Lucia Day

Gingerbread Men

Santa Lucia Day & Gingerbread Men

Christmas lights & Kwanzaa

Lunch with our 4th grade buddies

As a culmination to our Food Group Unit, the Hoot Owls had a Thanksgiving Feast with turkey and all the trimmings. Happy Thanksgiving!

After reading the books, Duck for President and President Squid, the Hoot Owl class held their own election. A voting booth in our classroom gave the children the experience of having a secret vote.

The children and their teachers voted whether the new president should have a dog or a cat for a pet. The vote was 10 votes for a cat and 6 votes for a dog. The Hoot Owls are obviously cat lovers!