I so appreciated all of the pond stories you shared with me last week.  That is why I am calling toaday, Toadally Awesome !  Many of your stories had frogs and toads.  Even Charlotte’s Web speaks of the frogs in Spring, “I heard the frogs today,” said the old sheep one evening, “Listen, you can hear them now.”  Arnold Lobel wrote many adventures with friends Frog and Toad.  Nils shared with me a few of those stories that he and his father worked on together.  Nils is the narrator of the stories.  Please take time to watch and listen.  They are adorable.  The first one is about snail mail and the second one reminded me of how I had to recently tear the March to June calendar pages off in the classrooom.  Here are the Toad and Frog videos narrated by Nils!

https://youtu.be/1Qrwhx_ZHMQ

https://youtu.be/TsMwfIwm-c8

In class, I have a pond scene set up on the sink counter with Toad and Frog.  It allows those of us in class to continue to have conversations about ponds, friendship and habitats.

The ocean reads from READWORKS also continue to provide us with knowledge about habitats.  The video from last week, How Whales Change Climate, connects with this weeks reading passages.

Charlotte’s Web is also a story about friendship and I hope you are enjoying the final chapters of the story.  There are some emotional pieces too.  It is always challenging for me to read the chapter called Last Day!  Thank you for sending in your friendship requests for next year.  I appreciate your thoughtful requests. As Wilbur said of Charlotte, “No one ever had such a friend – so affectionate, so loyal, so skillful.”

Today you will be receiving the Self-Assessment Core Competency Activity.  You will be receiving a scanned document you can print fill in and scan back to me, a one-drive word edit document and a Form Fillable document.  You can choose which one suits you and is easiest for you to access and return.  You only have to complete and send one of these documents back.  As it is necessary for everyone to return the document, I wanted to make sure I gave options for completing and returning.  Send back as soon as you can with a final due date of Wednesday, June 10.

As promised in my video read of I Am Yoga, I am now going to give you some clues from Yoga By The Sea!  I will give you clues and then you are to guess the pose represents and what the pose position.  I will give 3 different clues for 3 different poses today.  You can comment on the blog if you think you know “What Am I?”

1. I wrap the world in seven seas.  Pirates sail on my breeze.  My tides are low.  My tides are high.  Each wave is like a breath and sigh.  What Am I?
2. Sleek and graceful in the sea, on land I flop more awkwardly.  smooth and round with flippered feet.  Think of all the fish I eat. What am I?
3. I burst up through the warm blue sea, then dive down low and splash with glee.  I click and cluck and whistle sound.  My laughter bubbles all around.   What am I?

Have fun trying to guess these clues and try to figure a pose to match.  I know you will do a TOADALLY awesome job.  Mrs. E.