Welcome!

I would like to welcome our new student, Natalie, into our morning classroom!  We are so happy to have you join us! :)

Lucky Leprechauns

We used our story can to help us retell St. Patrick's Day stories. 

(We had a lot of fun reading about tricky leprechauns!)

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Our afternoon class had some extra time to play Roll a Leprechaun.

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That silly leprechaun played a lot of tricks on us! 

He made a mess of the room and even mixed up our books! 

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Here are some of the awesome Leprechaun Traps our classes created! 

I was so impressed with the amount of creativity the children showed and how detailed they were in their

explainations when they shared and set up their traps!

Although we tried hard, we didn't catch the leprechuan this year.  (We think he escaped through the window.)  However, he did leave us yummy treats and even a good luck charm!

Maybe we'll be luckier next year...

Oceans of Fun!

We made cvc (consonant-vowel-consonant) words during our Daily 5 stations.

We used tree maps to organize new learning about ocean animals.

 

Students had a great time comparing and contrasting sharks and orcha whales!

Math Stations (Week of February 27th)

We sorted, counted, and recorded items from inventory bags.

We played Collect 20 Together. The students did a fantastic job

asking each other, "How many do we have and how many do we need?"

We used goldfish as counters to solve our Cat in the Hat addition problems.

American Symbols Unit

Here's a peek at what we learned throughout our unit!  

Labeling our Thinking!

Here are some examples of how we labeled our thinking after reading nonfiction texts.  Taking time to think about what we've read is a vital comprehension skill to help us make connections to new learning!

We labeled new learning with an "L", "W" stands for "Wow!  That's interesting!", and a "?" means we still have more questions about what we've just read.  We also talked about places to find more information about a topic that interests them.  (The library, a book, an expert, the internet with a parent, etc...)  The students have become experts about sharing their thinking with others!

Math Stations (February 21-24)

In Math Stations this week we...

played Toss the Chips

played Geoblock Match-Up

made 3-D shapes

&

distinguished between pennies and nickels.