Star of the Week--Kennedy!

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

Star of the Week  for January 26th-30th.

Here are a few of Kennedy's favorite things:

Color: pink

Friend: Brooke

Number: 100

Food: Marconi and cheese

Movie: Frozen/My Little Pony

Character: Elisa

Toy: princess'

Kennedy is a sweet friend.

She loves to help others

and she enjoys reading.

Kennedy is a great listener 

and helper as well.

We have enjoyed getting to know

more about our special friend.

Blends-"er"

We are looking at new blends to 

help us as we read and write.

Check out the "er" blend we discussed.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

We celebrated the life of MLK, Jr. this last week.

We read Martin's Big Words and discussed

how Dr. King make contributions to our lives.

He was a leader, lover of all people, and special 

individual who helped everyone. 

We also made portraits of Dr. King and write about his

contributions. 

Star of the Week-Jackson!

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

Star of the Week  for January 19th--23rd.

Here are a few of Jackson's favorite things:

Color: brown

Friend: Onie
Shape: heart
Number: 99
Toy: Power Rangers
Game: Road Blocks
Food: donuts
Team: Dallas Cowboys
Superhero: Green Lantern


Jackson is a super sweet kid!
He is such a good listener
and enjoys working with his
friends.
Jackson is a math whiz too!
We have enjoyed getting to know more
about our special friend.

Reading Partnerships

Here is our chart about partnership reading:

Here is another look at our partnership folders.

These "tasks" help us to build our stamina and read

with our partners. 

All About Me-Writing

My writers are writing "All About" booklets! 

Check our "expert" circle map and some of our booklets.

We started by writing a book all about ourselves.

We used our favorite things to help us come up with

different topics for each page. 

"I like penguins because they are funny."

"I like gymnastics because I like cartwheels."

"My favorite animal is a dog because they are fluffy."

"I like to ride my bike because I go outside." 

2-D Shapes

In Math Workshop, we started exploring and discussing 2-D Shapes.

We discussed different attributes of each shape:

-square

-circle

-triangle

-rectangle

We went on a hunt around our classroom to find objects

that are in the shape of these shapes. 

We used post-it notes to record our findings.

The next day, we played a shape game where we 

had to create each shape using our bodies.

The kiddos LOVED this game! 

Triangle

Circle

Circle

Square

Square

Rectangle

Friday, we used pretzels and marshmallows to create our shapes.

The pretzels were the sides and the

 marshmallows were the vertices (corners).

Check out our 2-D chart of attributes and real-life examples.

Star of the Week--Georgia!

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

Star of the Week  for January 12th-16th

Here are a few of Georgia's favorite things:

Color: pink

Friend: Sydney
Number: 100
Food: Spaghetti
Movie: Frozen
Activity: playing outside
Dessert: chocolate
Toy: Bear

Georgia is a great friend!
She loves to read.
Georgia has a big heart too!
She likes to help others.
We have enjoyed getting to know more
about our special friend.

Night and Day

Science was all about night and day.

We discussed how the earth moves around the sun and moon

to create day and night. 

We talked about things we see during the night/day time.

Check out our t-chart of different things we see:

Next, we made murals of things we see at night and during the day.

I love these! 

My kiddos are super creative!!

It's a tent under the stars at night.

A snake comes out during the day, but bats come out at night. 

Owls come out during the night time.

Coyotes come out during the night time too. 

Greater than, Less than, Equal to

In Math, we reviewed and continued our practice on composing

and decomposing numbers. We also compared different numbers.

We played the game, Greater than, Less than, Equal to.

We had to roll a number.

Next, we made a number greater than, less than, and equal 

to our number that we rolled. It was fun! 

Our partners had to check us afterwards! 

Reading Partnerships

We continued our reading partnerships; however,

we all got NEW reading buddies after the break.

Also, we started using our partnership menus

to help us build our stamina and practice 

our good reading skills.

Here is an example of our reading partnership menus: