I have been telling the students that we would be getting a class pet and today was the day it arrived.  We have a small dwarf hamster.  She is really cute.  Today the students enjoyed watching her and some were brave enough to touch her!  (we all washed our hands.)

I am excited for the students to use this opportunity to learn about living things and what they need to survive.

Video of Princess moving in her ball.

We voted on a name….. and her name is Princess!

Everyday students have 5 choices of literacy activities they will be working.  One group is always working with the teacher.  The others consist of different learning activities like working on sight word, decoding words and listening to reading.  Amara and Fatima looked so natural reading this morning I had to take their picture.  ALL my students rotate through the centers so nicely.