Our second visit with Baby Emmett

We confirmed that baby Emmett can:
walk : not yet
crawl : not yet
ride a small bike (with mom pushing) : not yet
talk more : he's babbling more
look around : yes
suck thumb : sometimes
drink from a bottle : yes
chew a toy : yes
eat mashed up bananas : not yet
giggle : yes, a little bit more than before


Reasons that we think baby Emmett might cry:
he's hungry
he doesn't want a bath baby Emmett likes the bath
he's sad
he's sick
he's hurt
he's thirsty
he's tired
he does not want to go to bed


Baby Emmett's mom knows when he's:
tired  because he rubs his eyes when he cries
hungry because he opens his mouth and licks his lips when he cries

Today we learned some of the signs baby Emmett's mom is teaching him to help him communicate before he can talk.

Our Predictions for Baby Emmett's second visit

We predict that baby Emmett can:
walk
crawl
ride a small bike (with mom pushing)
talk more
look around
suck thumb
drink from a bottle
chew a toy
eat mashed up bananas
giggle

Reasons we think baby Emmett might cry:
he's hungry
he doesn't want a bath
he's sad
he's sick
he's hurt
he's thirsty
he's tired
he does not want to go to bed

Things that might help baby Emmett when he's crying:
sing him a lullaby
give him a drink
rock him
feed him
figure out what's wrong
change his diaper
help him
give him to his mom

Science: La position des balles

I can tell you the position of the balls in complete sentences in French. 

Les balles sont entre les portes.

Les balles sont sur le banc.

Les balles sont sous le banc.   Les balles sont en dessous du banc.

Les balles sont derriere les amis.

Les balles sont en haut des escaliers.

Les balles sont dans le panier.

Shared writing

We have been learning about fiction and non-fiction. We wrote a non fiction text about pumpkins. 

- #17 and Mme

We know a lot about pumpkins and we are excited to share it with you.

- #9 and Mme

Please listen to me read this text to you:

Pumpkins

Pumpkins are orange. Some are round and others are oval. Pumpkins can be big or small. Some pumpkins are shiny and some are not. They can have big stems. Pumpkins can go rotten. You can paint them, carve them or decorate them.

Pumpkins can be baked. They can be used for pies, muffins, cookies and soup. Pumpkins are all different sizes. Baby pumpkins are green and older pumpkins are orange.

Baby Emmett's first visit

Today we confirmed our predictions with Baby Emmett's mom.

We learned what he is doing already and what he isn't yet doing. 

Here is what we learned today:

• eat (mashed up bananas) : not yet
• crawl : not yet
• walk : not yet
• smile
• ride a bike (baby bike) : not yet
• grab a ball
• sleep
• cry
• fight (boxing) : not yet
• drink from a bottle
• lay down
• say words ("ba ba") 
• laugh (little giggles)
• roll : not yet
• swim : not yet

Milestones Emmett has already met:

• he sucks his thumb
• he lifts his head
• he makes fists
• he tries to talk, goos and gaas
• he's making movements to start crawling
• he likes to stand with mom's help (he's strengthening his legs)
• he likes to kick

Today we measured and weighed Baby Emmett at 4 months old.

He measures : 23 inches

He weighs: 11 pounds

When he was born he measured 20.5 inches and weighed 6 pounds 15 ounces.

We used our math skills to figure out Emmett's weight, first his mom stood on the scale and then she held him. We counted by 5's to count up and confirmed our estimate together.

Our beliefs

Today we revisited our classroom beliefs to help us with self evaluation and reflection. We have listed them below to share with you. We have thought about which is most important to each of us and why.

In room 9 we…

·     parle en francais

·     work with others

·     do our job

·     solve problems together

·     participate in our learning

·     respect ourselves and others

·     listen to the person who is speaking

·     work independently

·     help others

·     keep our body to ourselves

·     include others

French Vocabulary for October

This is a picture of the words we are learning.
- #12

This morning we played the memory game, it was fun.
- #9

We were making sentences out of the pictures.
- #6

This week w're having lots of fun learning about sentences and how to make them.
- #7