Yummy!! We made Applesauce!

Since we are working on making predictions in reading,

I thought it might be fun to see if my little stars could use their predicting skills

and guess what we were going to make from their apples.

I set out all of the ingredients and this recipe on Friday. 

Some of their predictions were:

-apple pie

-apple juice

-apple cake

Then, someone predicted and...

What was it? 

APPLESAUCE! 

One of our clues...the recipe!

We mixed our apples with LOTS OF SUGAR! 

A LOT OF SUGAR!

Some yummy cinnamon..

some water...

more cinnamon...

We stirred...

J.R. stirred....

We smashed the apples...

We mushed the apples...

After a lot of stirring, smashing, and mushing
we cooked our applesauce all day! 

We read the story: A Little, Red House with No Doors, No Windows, and a Star Inside.
The story is about a little boy who goes looking for a little, red
house with no doors, no windows, and a star inside.
Before he gives up, the "wind" helps him to find it.

What does he find?
He finds out the house is a little, red apple.
Check out the star inside!
Soooo cool!!! 

For snack, we ate our yummy applesauce! 

I think Carson likes it! 

Tanner is enjoying his applesauce! 

Writing Our Numbers

We learned fun poems to help us remember how to write our numbers 1-5. 

I have listed our poems below to help you when you write at home. 

Our Number Poems:

Number 1

Number 1

is like a stick

A straight line down

that's very quick!

Number 2

Number 2

go right around

Then make a line

across the ground!

Number 3

Backwards C

Backwards C

to make a 3!

Number 4

Down and over
and down some more
That's the way
to make a 4!

Number 5

Go down and around

Then you stop
Finish the 5
with a line on top!

We practiced writing our numbers in rice, on a gel bag, 

making the number with Playdoh and writing them on a whiteboard. 

It was so fun!!! 

Science: Living and Non-living

In Science, we are learning about living and non-living things.

We sorted different picture cards

of living and non-living things.

We are learning characteristics of a living thing and a non-living thing.

In our journals, we drew pictures of living and non-living things.

We labeled our pictures. 

Madelyn looked outside our window
and found some great non-living things.

It's Apple Pickin' Time!!!

I love September for many reasons, but I have to 

say harvesting apples is the best part!!! 

 We met and read about Johnny Appleseed. 

We learned that his real name was John Chapman. 

He loved animals and helping people. 

The best part-- he planted his apple seeds throughout the United States.

Check out the portraits we made of Johnny Appleseed:

We completed a sentence by inserting our names:
I am Caroline Appleseed. 

Here is Ashton Appleseed.

Meet Leah Appleseed! 

I am Eli Appleseed.

I am Harrison Appleseed. 

Here is our bulletin board outside of our classroom.
Johnny Appleseeds EVERYWHERE! 

Settings in our Writing

Last week, we focused on creating a setting in our stories.

Here are a few if our anchor charts that we made of 

 great places and settings for a story:

We shared with a partner pictures of different settings.

Titus has a picture of the playground.
What a great place to use in a story! 

Scholastic Book Clubs

Parents:

I sent you an email this evening regarding our class

participating in Scholastic Book Clubs.

SO EXCITING!!!

Together, we can have a partnership 

in developing life-long readers!!!

So, let's get started...

Here is our class' website and the code to begin your order:

Shop Online: scholastic.com/readingclub

One-Time Class Activation Code: H2QPJ

Our orders are due by: Friday, October 11, 2013

Just a quick reminder

With Scholastic Reading Club: 

- Every book you buy earns FREE Books for our classroom library 

- You can choose from handpicked, grade- and reading-level-specific books for your child

- You'll find the best values on a variety of formats, including eBooks

I hope you and your child have a blast

picking out some exciting books!

Let me know if you have any questions.

NEW Library Day

We will be going to library on Fridays now!

Starting this week, please make sure your child

brings their library book back by Friday.

Thanks! 

Just a few reminders...

Weekly Reminders:

• Thursday: Green Day! Please wear something green! 

• Wednesday: If your child has not brought back their "Things I Love to Write About" heart, please send it by this Wednesday. We are placing those in our writing folders to use as a tool to help us write. 

•  "Star of the Week" posters are due next Monday, Sept. 30th. 

• Be on the look out for information and a permission slip to be coming home soon for our upcoming field trip to the Pumpkin Patch. Volunteers need to have their background checks completed and back by October 18th, so you can participate with us. :)

Playdoh and Plates

Parents: 

We are in need of a couple of canisters of Playdoh and some plastic, Solo brand grip plates (not the 3 portion divided ones). If you could spare either item, we would be very grateful! Thank you!!! 

Fiction and Non-fiction Stories

In Reader's Workshop, we learned about fiction and non-fiction stories. 

We sorted different fiction and non-fiction texts:

Sorry so blurry!!! :) 

More or Less?

In Math Workshop, we played "I have, You have." 

We draw a number card and make that number on a tens-frame using cubes. 

Our partner does the same. 

We compare who has more or less cubes on their tens-frame. 

Eli and Katie 

Ashton and Carson

Reading Fun!

WOW! We LOVE to READ!

It's so cool how my friends enjoy books
and learning new ways to read.

Check out some of our reading fun:

Using picture cards, we are discussing things that we can read.

Camden and Liam are talking about reading game instructions.

We have practiced reading a book in our spots around the room.
In our reader's response journals, we draw a picture of ourselves reading.

I can read a book.

Our reader's response journals help us to
record our thoughts and things we learn while we read.

We are building STAMINA!!!
 In Kindergarten, we are learning how to
read independently. Our goal by the end of the year is to be able
to read for 20 minutes independently.
 So, each week we practice and chart our
progress on our stamina meter.

Our web of things that we can read around us.

We are learning ways to read a book.
We can read the pictures, words, and retell the story.

We talked about reasons why we like to read.

We even had a guest reader from 3rd grade--Troi!
She was in Mrs. Shelby's Kinder class a few years ago!
Such a great reader!!!

Who are our Characters?

Last week, we focused on our characters in our stories.

We learned that people, animals, robots, pirates, and other creatures

can be our characters in our stories.

Meet some of our CHARACTERS!

We are working on adding detail to our characters.
Here are some of our hair-style options.

We want our characters to look as real as possible.
Here are some body-type options we came up with.

Every character may need legs, hands, and feet.