Boosterthon Fun Run

The Boosterthon Fun Run was so much FUN!!!

Even the teachers got into the spirit! 

Thank you for helping our school and classroom!

TEAM Blasters 20 ROCKS! 

Making lists

In Writer's Workshop, we are working on writing a list.
We practiced making lists of our favorite foods, friends,
and a grocery story list for fun!
On Thursday, my writers got to create their very own lists.
We are loving list makin'! 

Here is our list of different topics we could

create a list about.

Star of the Week--Aaron!

We are pleased to announce our friend, Aaron is our

Star of the Week  for November 9th-13th.

Here are a few of Aaron's favorite things:

Color: red

Friend: Jonathan
Sport: basketball
Movie: Toy Story
Toy: Legos
Football team: 49ers
Specials: P.E. Flex
Food: turkey


Aaron is a super smart friend.
He likes to read and write.
Aaron also enjoys playing sports
with his friends.
We have enjoyed learning more
about our special friend.

Nouns

Also, we are learning about nouns.

We know that nouns name people, places, and things.

Animals are also nouns! 

Check out our list of nouns:

Popping Adjectives

In grammar talks, we are learning about adjectives!

We popped and ate some YUMMY popcorn on Tuesday.

Then, we learned that adjectives are describing words.

We used different adjectives to describe the popcorn.

Here are the adjectives we came up with:

Animal Parts

Science was all about animal characteristics and parts!

We put together different animal puzzles with our 

tablemates. 

Adding Details to Our Writing

Writing this week was all about adding details.
We discussed different ways to add detail to our
pictures and writing pieces.
We are learning that adding details to our stories
make our stories better!

Also, my writers are learning that a good
story needs 3 important pieces:

-characters
-a setting
-events

Check out our different anchor charts:

We talked about what a "WOW" picture needs to look like!
Here is my example:

Comparing Collections

In Math Workshop, we are working on comparing numbers to 10.

We counted collections and compared them.

We practiced our "math chat" too using words like:

-more than

-less than

-equal to

Visualizing in Problem Solving

During problem solving, we are practicing

how to visualize using different word problems.

Visualizing is when you make a picture or a movie

in your head of what you read or hear. 

Check out some of my friends' visualizations!

 

Here was our math story.