Star of the Week--Kyler!

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

Star of the Week  for January 25th-29th.

Here are a few of Kyler's favorite things:

Color: green

Friend: Jonathan

Sport Team: OKC Thunder

Food: pizza

Candy: lollipops
Toy: Minecraft
Place: Pump It Up! 

Kyler is a super smart and caring friend! 
He enjoys writing and he's a math whiz! 
Kyler is always willing to help others too.
We have enjoyed getting to know more
about our special friend.

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.

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.

Buddy Reading Tasks

We LOVE to read with our buddies! 

Last week, we added our buddy reading task cards to the mix.

The students are loving their little "jobs" that go along

with reading. 

Math and Science Night--Thursday!

Our Annual Math and Science Night is 

this Thursday! 

Come and join us for some fun activities! 

Time: 6:30 

Place: Cafe' and Gym

Star of the Week--Makayla!

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

Star of the Week  for January 11th-15th.

Here are a few of Makayla's favorite things:

Color: pink

Friend: Jonathan

Number: 2

Sport: soccer

Food: mac and cheese

Animal: zebras

Dessert: yogart

Movie: Frozen

Makayla is a super sweet friend!
She loves to read and write.
She is always a great helper too. 

We have enjoyed getting to know 

more about our special friend! 

Poetry!

We are learning so much about POETRY!

We learned about what poems always have and what poems sometimes have. 

We started discussing and reading all kinds of poetry. 

Check out our anchor chart and some of the poems we read:

Visualizing As We Read!

We have been working on our visualizing skills during Reader's Workshop. We read some of our favorite stories and practiced visualizing what we read. Making images or a picture in our brain helps us to understand and to build our comprehension skills. Check out our visualizations!!!

We also read a few short poems and stories.

Check out the short story below and see how well
my readers put their visualizing skills to the work! 

Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!