Author Study: Leo Lionni

This week we are reading Leo Lionni's The Extraordinary Egg.  The book is full of rich, robust vocabulary words and beautiful, unique illustrations.  Leo Lionni has many fabulous books.

Today we read Inch by Inch, which tied into not only our author study, but also our study of insect life cycles and our study of measurement in math!  Triple whammy!

Check out this great website about Leo Lionni's books:

Leo Lionni Site

Mozart's Last Day in 2A

Friday was a bittersweet day for our class, as it was Mozart's last day with us.

We found him a new home with a loving family at our school, so it makes us feel better to know he will be loved and cared for. 

Here are some pictures to help us remember our time with Mozart this year.

Mozart, we will miss you!

Mrs. C's & Avery's Birthday!

Avery & I are lucky enough to share a birthday!  It was so fun to celebrate together with the class!

Thanks to Paula for arranging the celebration and to Avery's mom, Sheridan, for bringing (and decorating!) the yummy cookie cake!  We all REALLY enjoyed it!  :)

Thanks, 2A, for a wonderful birthday!!

Thunder Cake!

V.J.'s mom, Deena, was nice enough to take the recipe for Thunder Cake and make one for us to try out that Friday that we read the book.

The kids LOVED the cake! 

A big thanks to Deena and Maurizio, who also came up and helped serve the cake!