Star of the Week--Alyssa!

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

Star of the Week  for October 27th-31st.

 

 

Here are a few of Alyssa's favorite things:

Color: pink

Friend: Sydney
Holiday: Halloween
Number: 100
Food: apples
Center: Math Stations
Animal: Cheetahs
Candy: Chocolate bars

Alyssa is a sweet friend!
She loves to work in math stations
and write stories.
Alyssa likes to help others as well!
We have enjoyed learning new things
about our special friend. 

 

 

Friday Fun!

Just a little fun on Friday!

 

These two friends have such

 a great attitude and smile! 

Arrgh! Meet our little pirate-- Max!

Listening Pods!

We started our reading rotations fully this week.

After independent and buddy reading, we work

in our reading rotations.

 

One of our stations is our listening I-pods.

We scan QR codes for different stories.

We love to listen to some of our favorite books! 

Punctuation Marks!

We are still working on adding our punctuation marks

at the end of our sentences.



Small Moment Writing

We are focusing on "small moments" in our writing.

We used a pumpkin as an analogy for our small moments.

Good writers think of a big topic (like a pumpkin....it's BIG and broad)

Then, we zoom in a little bit more and add 

more detail about that moment (like a small pumpkin seed)
So, a small moment is like a small pumpkin seed. 

It gives our writing audience the most detail about our topic!

 

BIG pumpkin topics

The, we pick one and zoom in...these are our seed -aka- small moment stories.

Good writers plan their small moment stories.
We picked a BIG pumpkin topic.
Then, we zoomed in on that topic to make 3 small moments.
Check out some of our stories:

Big topic: Going to the pumpkin patch

Small moments: painted face, picking a pumpkin, and going on the hayride

Text to Text Connections

Good readers make connections to different stories!

We learned how two stories can share and connect.

When we read, we can be reminded of

another stories.

These types of connections are called: Text to Text connections

 



We read First Day Jitters and Spider's First Day of School.

We compared these two stories to find connections.

We used a Venn diagram to compare two stories too!

We found some connections between the stories Elmer and Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon  too.

Our Seeds FINALLY Sprouted!

 

So exciting!

Our seeds FINALLY sprouted!!!

 

Plant Parts and Needs

 

We LOVE learning about Plants!

We explored different types of plants

and their parts.

We learned that plants have:

-roots

-stems

-leaves

-flowers/petals

 

Check out our plant part flip books!

 

 

 

 

The coolest activity!

We became the plant parts!!!

 

 

 

 

Then, we discussed what a plant needs.

Plants need:

-water

-soil

-sunlight

-air

 

 

 

 

Alyssa brought a gourd and a pumpkin for us to see!

 

Star of the Week--Angelo!

Introducing our first Star of the Week...

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

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

Check out Angelo's star poster, circle map,

and the book we created for him!

Here are a few of Angelo's favorite things:

Color: red

T.V. Show: Ben 10

Snack: apples

Book: Cat in the Hat

Number: 10

Toy: Ninja Turtles
Game: Mouse Trap

Letter: Aa
Candy: chocolate

Angelo has such a fun personality!
He loves to read and work with his friends.
Angelo is always smiling and happy too!
We enjoyed getting to know more
about our special friend.  

 

USA and Texas Flags

Our Social Studies lesson was all about the USA and Texas flags.

We learned some facts about both of the flags.

 

USA flag:

-red, white, and blue

-50 stars for each state

-stripes

-A symbol for our country

 

 

Texas flag:

-red, white, and blue

-1 lone star

-red and blue blocks

-A symbol for our state

 

We are practicing the pledges too!

It is so neat to make connections to these special symbols.

Our flag booklet

Plants

In Science, we started exploring plants!

Plants have many parts:

 

-roots

-stem

-leaves

-flowers/petals



Check out our plant puzzles:

We are reading independently for 10 MINUTES!

So proud of my little stars for meeting their

independent reading goal!

We LOVED reading with our stuffed animals!!!