September 30, 2018
September 25, 2018
September 24, 2018
September 20, 2018
Meet Alexis
Yup, and if you read closely you'll notice I wrote, "Alexis likes cats" twice. The second sentence about cats should've been, "Alexis likes cat books. Of course we noticed it when we reread her poster!
September 18, 2018
Kevin Henkes Activities
We've read A LOT of Kevin Henkes' books since school has started. On Friday, we completed some activities to go with a few of our favorites.
For Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse, students drew two items they'd want in their purse. They seemed to all want LOTS of money!
For Chrysanthemum, students added letter beads for their name, sequins, and glitter to a vial. Once the water was added the shaking began!
For Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse, students drew two items they'd want in their purse. They seemed to all want LOTS of money!
For Chrysanthemum, students added letter beads for their name, sequins, and glitter to a vial. Once the water was added the shaking began!
For Little White Rabbit, they each made their own rabbit.
We had lots of FUN and I was exhausted by the end!
September 14, 2018
A New Book to Share that I Love
We've been working this week on writing a complete sentence with a capital, spacing, and ending punctuation.
As I was browsing Amazon, which can be very dangerous, this book popped up and it instantly ended up in my cart.
It's about Scribble, who never thought he was different until he met up with some drawings. He was left out because he didn't look like the others. Scribble teaches a VERY important lesson-that it's ok to be different. Together they created beautiful art.
I also showed my class that a scribble, or mistake could be turned into something beautiful. Students drew their very own, added details, and wrote a sentence. Here's some of their work!
As I was browsing Amazon, which can be very dangerous, this book popped up and it instantly ended up in my cart.
It's about Scribble, who never thought he was different until he met up with some drawings. He was left out because he didn't look like the others. Scribble teaches a VERY important lesson-that it's ok to be different. Together they created beautiful art.
I also showed my class that a scribble, or mistake could be turned into something beautiful. Students drew their very own, added details, and wrote a sentence. Here's some of their work!
Try this lesson and see what your students scribble!
International Dot Day
Get ready to celebrate!! Saturday is International Dot Day. We celebrated by reading The Dot by Peter Reynolds and making some to hang in our community.
September 11, 2018
September 8, 2018
Welcome Back
We did it!! We made it through the first 4 days of school. I was exhausted by the end of the week but I hope your child had a great start.
We have 10 boys and 6 girls to complete our class so far.
We tried Jitter Juice on the first day to help with any butterflies we had, spent time getting to know each other, read LOTS OF BOOKS, worked with our names, and began practicing Read to Self.
Here they are making connections to Owen, a character we read about who LOVED his blanket. They wrote one thing they loved the most and illustrated.
We have 10 boys and 6 girls to complete our class so far.
We tried Jitter Juice on the first day to help with any butterflies we had, spent time getting to know each other, read LOTS OF BOOKS, worked with our names, and began practicing Read to Self.
If you don't see your child's picture, please make sure you sign the permission slip. I'll send another one home on Monday.