Two Hoots & A Holler: Ff is for Field trip, Fingerprints, Feet, and FUN!

Hoot #1

Last week went on our first field trip! We went to the Memphis Zoo! Boy, it was hot, but that did not stop these awesome kiddos from enjoying the day! The day was filled with fun and plenty of laughs!

 Hoot #2

One of our focus letters this week is the letter Ff.  After the zoo, we decided to tie in our letter with the zoo.  Ff is for Fingerprint Giraffes and Footprint Measurement!  

We couldn't go to the zoo without doing a little art project.  We just love giraffes! As a salute to them, we made fingerprint giraffes!

We also talked about all of the footsteps that we took as we walked the zoo.  We had the opportunity to tie in our zoo experience with the letter Ff and math!  We ended the lesson with a little footprint measurement. We used cubes, paper clips and round counters to measure the length and width of our feet!

 I love Ashton's face in this picture as he is using the number line to make sure that he writes the correct number. 

This Week's Holler...
This week we are hollering at Melissa over at The Husky Loving Teacher.  She loves teaching and her husky, Shilah! Shilah is a beautiful Siberian Husky who serves as her classroom mascot.  Her latest blog post is all about Books Teachers Love,  and we are so in LOVE with her books and activities she shares.  She has an awesome rhyming activity to go with Goodnight Goon just in time for Halloween!  Rhyming is such an important skill for kinders to know.  Thanks Melissa for being so dedicated to teaching and helping other teachers!  You Rock!!  

Two Hoots and A Holler: Lions and Tigers and Bears! Oh My!!

Hoot #1

This week we took our first field trip! We went to the Memphis Zoo!  The kids loved it! The weather couldn't have been better! Here are some pics from our day at the zoo!

 We recently learned all about the hippo!  Landon and Mason couldn't wait to get their picture with this big guy

Lexi Jo, Yarel and Brianna loved the alligators!

The seals really caught Cristian, Abdiel and Jevon's eye.

I had to take a minute to take a pic of these beauties!  Look at Elise and Kamille posing!

Brylee even had time for the playground!

Look at this great group of kids!

Hoot #2

I wanted to share this awesome book today.

This great book was written and illustrated by a teacher at one of our schools in our district. How cool is that?!?!

Of course, after reading this book, we had to make giraffes!  How cute are these?!?!

Holler

This week's holler goes out to Nicole Swisher at All Things Apple. She has taught 2nd grade for 10 years and this year she is teaching 3rd.  We can not even imagine!! We just love her lesson plan template.  You can get it free in her TPT store.  She has ideas on her blog that all grades could use! Be sure to check her out!