The Moon

In Science, we wrapped up our sky observation unit.

We studied the moon last week.

We read The Moon Book by Gail Gibbons.

We wrote different facts we learned about the moon.

Harrison wrote: "The moon is in outer space."

Leah wrote: "The moon has craters." "The moon is gray."

"The moon has craters." "The moon is round."

Carson wrote: "The moon is the closest to Earth."

The Mitten by Jan Brett

We continued to practice our retelling skills this last week.

We read The Mitten by Jan Brett.

We "knitted" our own mittens and 

used picture cards to retelling the story.

Esther is sewing her mitten.

Carson is sewing his mitten.

Leah is doing a great job! 

We used picture cards to retell with our mittens.

Also, we compared both stories using a venn diagram.

Star of the Week--Harrison!

We are pleased to announce our friend, Harrison, is our

Star of the Week  for January 20th-24th.

Check out Harrison's star poster, circle map,

and the book we created for him!

Here are a few of Harrison's favorite things:

Color: blue

Food: cheese pizza
Friend: Esther
Animal: cheetahs
Number: 100
Sport: soccer
Fish: Catfish
Restaurant: Taco Bell

Harrison is a bright, sweet friend.
He loves to work in stations
and visit with his friends.
Harrison is a creative writer too!
We have enjoyed getting to know more
about our special friend. 

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

In honor and to celebrate the life of Dr. King, we read about him and created his portrait. 

Dr. King helped people.
Dr. King loved people.

Dr. King had powerful dreams.
He helps people go to the same school.

Dr. King helped kids to go to the same school.

Dr. King had dreams.

Science Night!

Science Night was a blast! 

Retelling: The Hat by Jan Brett

We practiced retelling the story, The Hat by Jan Brett. 

We loved telling the story using fun, animal masks, a physical flow map, and pictures.

Happy New Year!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

We want to wish everyone a Happy New Year!

Since this is the season for resolutions and new 

beginnings, we decided to write our own New Year's resolutions. 

Check out some of our resolutions.

In 2014, we will:

-help others

-be kind to our friends

-brush our teeth more

-help the needy

-practice writing

-learn everyday

-help our siblings to be nice

-be more nice to others

-sleep more often

We read this wonderful story about a squirrel's New Year's resolution.

Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKMlUI6lJ0I

Clouds

In Science, we are discussing different weather
conditions and sky observations.

This week, we read all about clouds.

Some of the texts we enjoyed about clouds were:

Little Cloud by Eric Carle

and

It Looks Like Spilled Milk

After reading both stories, we created our own clouds.

We made them into different objects; then, we used different

adjectives to describe them.

My cloud is feathery and puffy.

My cloud is white.

Problem Solving

I've got some great problem-solvers!!!

Check out some of our problem solving:

A Special Gift from Titus!

Titus went to see his grandparents in Florida over the holiday break.

His grandmother is a trainer for the dolphin,
Winter, that is in the movie A Dolphin Tale.

He brought back pictures, a ton of cool stories, and seashells for us.

We enjoyed getting to hear all about his wonderful trip.

We would LOVE for his grandmother to come and share

about her job and the dolphins she works with.

Buddy Reading

My readers are soaring!!!

I am so proud of them!

 We are now up to 10 minutes of independent reading time!

Just building our stamina!!!

So, we started buddy reading this last week.

The kiddos loved getting to read and share

their books with buddies!

This is what Buddy Reading looks like and sounds like in our classroom.

This is our EEKK poem.
It helps us to remember how we are suppose
to sit with our buddies when we read.

Star of the Week--Esther!

We are pleased to announce our friend, Esther, is our

Star of the Week  for January 13-17th.

Check out Esther's star poster, circle map,

and the book we created for her!

Here are a few of Esther's favorite things:

Color: pink

Holiday: Christmas
Food: pizza
Friend: Caroline
Restaurant: CiCi Pizza
Animal: penguins
Car: Slug Bugs
Movie: Star Wars
Toy: American Girl Dolls

Esther is a sweetheart! 
She is so kind and caring.
Esther loves to write and 
work in stations.
We have learned so much about 
our special friend! 

Science Night-Tuesday!

Science Night

Tuesday from 6-7p.m.

Come join us for the fun! 

Star of the Week--Eli!

We are pleased to announce our friend, Eli, is our

Star of the Week  for January 6th-10th.

Check out Eli's star poster, circle map,

and the book we created for him!

Here are a few of Eli's favorite things:

Color: black

Center: Writing Station
Food: spaghetti
Friend: Jose
Animal: bulls
Number: 102
Movie: Spider Man
Toy: Hero Factory
Snack: Chocolate

Eli is an AWESOME dude!
He is super sweet and caring!
Eli loves working in math stations
and drawing about his stories.
We have enjoyed getting to know more
about our special friend.