Friday, January 29, 2016

Mistakes are beautiful.

We read the book Beautiful Oops by Barney Saltzberg. After reading we used our retelling strategies to retell the story through works of art! This was so much fun and gave us an opportunity to turn mistakes into something beautiful!


Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Want to make a rain storm with your body?


  • Rub hands together
  • Snap fingers
  • Clap hands
  • Slap thighs
  • Stomp feet
  • Slap thighs
  • Clap hands
  • Snap fingers
  • Rub hands
  • Hands on lap



  • Today we made a rainstorm with our bodies! The kids love it! Try it at home with your family!

    Don't forget!

    Please send in materials for rain sticks! No rush, just want to start collecting!

    - paper towel rolls
    - rice
    - saran wrap/foil
    - stickers, etc. to help decorate

    Friday, January 22, 2016

    3D shape hunt in the classroom!

    Can you find something shaped like a sphere, cube, cone or cylinder?

    Thursday, January 21, 2016

    Rain Sticks!

    We are going to be making our own rain sticks to go with our weather unit! We need some materials though! We need:

    - Paper towel rolls
    - Rice
    - Shrink wrap
    - Stickers and fun accessories for our rain sticks


    Tuesday, January 12, 2016

    Hello Everyone!!!

    A few things!


    • Please make sure to get your field trip forms and money back ASAP!
    • Please send in a white t-shirt to tie-dye!
    • Your kids are doing great! Please make sure they are continuing to practice their sight words nightly and practicing their strategies in reading. 
    • We are still in need of Clorox wipes and treasure box items if you have any old things laying around that you would like to donate!


    Monday, January 4, 2016

    Osmo

    Today the boys and girls got to try out my new Osmo game. I forsee lots of time spent with this in the future, the kids loved it!!!