Epic Books!

We read on EPIC books this week! 

My class loved it! 

 I will be sending out more information about this great

tools for you to use at home for reading. 

Gingerbread Performance

Our Gingerbread Man performance was the best! 

So proud of my kiddos! 

We made Gingerbread Boys and Girls!

We made Gingerbread Boys and Girls too!

They are "mosaic" patterned! 

I love how some of my friends 

said he/she ran from some silly things! 

The Gingerbread Man Hunt

Run, run as fast as you can!

You can't catch me...

I'm the Gingerbread Man!

We had a blast going on our gingerbread hunt!

Arriving in our classroom, we found these crumbles, this note,

and a book about a Gingerbread Man who got loose in the school.

Star of the Week--Amelia!

We are pleased to announce our friend, Amelia,is

our Star of the Week the week of December 12th-16th.

Here are a few of  Amelia's favorite things:

Color: blue

Friend: Navya

Toy: Barbies

Activity: ballet

Number: 16

Movie: Frozen

Food: macaroni

Amelia is such a sweet friend.
She is so kind to her friends and she
loves to write and read.
We have enjoyed getting to know more
about our special friend. 

Star of the Week--Sphurita!

We are pleased to announce our friend, Sphurita,is

our Star of the Week the week of December 5th-9th.

Here are a few of  Sphurita's favorite things:

Color: blue

Friend: Aanya

Toy: Hello Kitty

Animal: butterflies

Number: 10

Thing to do: watch T.V.

Food: spaghetti
Cartoon: Tom and Jerry

Sphurita is a super sweet friend.
She loves to write stories and read.
She is very helpful and kind to her friends too!
We have enjoyed getting to know more
about our special friend. 

Star of the Week--Gustavo!

We are pleased to announce our friend, Gustavo,is

our Star of the Week the week of November 28th-Dec.2nd.

Here are a few of  Gustavo's favorite things:

Color: red

Friend: Dennis

Toy: T-rex

Animal: cheetahs 

Number: 100

Thing to do: play Legos

Food: cheese sticks

Gustavo is a wonderful friend!
He likes to learn about new things
and read with his friends.
Gustavo is a great problem solver too! 
We have enjoyed getting to know more
about our special friend. 

Making Inferences

What is an inference?

Inferring is when a reader uses what they already know
and the clues from a text or the world around them
to help them figure our what the author is saying.

We did just that this week in Reader's Workshop.
We begin by using Mrs. Shelby's bag to practice our inferring skills.

We used different pictures of animals to make inferences
about what we see and think.
We wrote our thoughts on sticky notes.

What's in Mrs. Shelby's Bag?

The kids loved making inferences about

items from my bag and telling me why
they think those items are in my bag.

Money, Money, Money!

We are doing a little Financial Literacy in Math!

We are learning all about money!

We learned different facts and information about each coin.

Please review the different coins with your child. 

Allow them to sort real coins at home with you!

It's a great way to practice our coin identification skills. 

Thanksgiving Turkeys!

Look at these precious turkeys and silly writing we did today! 

Love how creative my little "turkeys" are! 

Happy Thanksgiving! 

Fun Run!!!

We had a blast at our Boosterthon FUN RUN!!!

Go Shelby's Stars!