Wednesday in Ellen's Room

• Gaby went to the Newport Aquarium with her class. They are returning as I write this, sounding tired and excited. I heard a parent describe the day. "It was fun. Everything about it was fun!" I hope Gaby will have some exciting things to report tomorrow.
• Whenever the kindergartners and I walk down the hall, we pretend they are a train and the last person in line gets to be the caboose. As we played with a toy train today, I quizzed them about trains. When I showed them the engine, they said it was a "leader."
• We will practice two new words: "locomotive" and "engine."
• Our song for the week is a traditional American folksong, Wabash Cannonball. Some people say it was originally sung by hobos dreaming about a perfect train ride.
• Some first and second graders are studying about veterinarians.
• The magic word for today is planet.