Wedding

I just had to share with all of you some of the wedding pictures I previewed today. I always feel like my class (students and parents) are part of my family. :) Enjoy!

Magazines/Toy ADs

For the next two weeks in the writing center, students will be making a wish list for Santa. This means I needs lots of newspaper/toy ads. If you have any left over from Black Friday shopping please send them in asap. If you go into a store and see any weekly ads with toys in them, please grab one for me. Thank you!!

Happy Thanksgiving

We had so much fun today celebrating Thanksgiving as a class. We made Native American head dresses, vest, and Thanksgiving bracelets. Everyone picked out their own Indian name and we put them on the back of our vests. We read some very silly Thanksgiving stories too. Our class even came up with disguises for turkeys so that they do not get eaten for Thanksgiving.                                                      

Making our Native American head dresses and vests

Thanksgiving lunch with the Pilgrims and Indians

Our Indian names

Trying pumpkin pie

I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving!! I am so excited to have my first Thanksgiving as a wife!!! I am cooking a turkey, green bean casserole, and sweet potatoes. What are you doing for Thanksgiving? Leave a comment below. School starts back on Tuesday!!

Aloha!!

My husband and I just got back from Hawaii today. I am so excited to see my class on Tuesday!!! Please keep in mind I will be out on Wednesday due to an Academy of Science workshop. I don't believe my next workshop is until March!

Enjoy the pictures!

Video of us parasailing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo7kWtlp3oE&feature=plcp&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

2nd Nine Weeks Skills

Communications:

Reading

• Names letters- capital and lowercase
• Makes sounds for letters- capital and lowercase
• Recognizes and produces rhyming words
• Identifies beginning sounds in words
• Reads sight words without hesitation (I, see, a, the, can, you, we, my, like, to, play, and, is, in, on)
• Blends and segments single syllable spoken words
• Reads short “a” CVC words
• Looks at book quietly/reads independently for 10 minutes
• Discusses books with others (illustrations, opinions, predictions, characters, setting, cause and effect)
• Draws and writes the beginning, middle and end of a story

Writing:

Functional Writing

• Generates own functional writing topic
• Draws/writes/dictates “how to” steps in sequential order
• Draws detailed picture to represent each step
• Uses inventive spelling which shows letter/sound correspondence

Report Writing

• Generates own report writing topic
• Writes a report which is focused on the topic
• Draws/writes/dictates at least two facts about the topic

Includes detailed picture that supports writing

Speaking and Listening:

• Speaks audibly and expresses thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly
• Follows agreed upon rules in a continued conversation through multiple exchanges (listens to others, takes turns speaking)
• Asks and answers questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood

Math:

• Names numbers 0-15
• Places numbers in order 0-15
• Matches numerals with groups of objects 0-15
• Counts orally 1-50
• Names 2D shapes- triangle, rectangle, square, circle, rhombus, hexagon
• Demonstrates an understanding of more, fewer and same
• Compares two groups of up to 10 objects to determine greater than, less than or equal to
• Compares two numerals between 1 and 10 as written numerals
• Classifies objects into given categories, counts the number of objects in each category, and sorts the categories by count
• Describes and directly compares two objects with measurable attributes (height, weight, length)

Happy Halloween

We had so much fun in class on Halloween! Thank you so much for all of your donations and help.
We made the cutest crafts, drank witches brew, wrote a functional piece on how to make a cup of worms, played pin the nose on the jack o lantern and so much more. Enjoy the pictures! If you have any pictures of your little one in their Halloween costume, email me and I will put them on the blog.

Witches brew

Craft table

Frankenstein mask

Ghost

Decorating our cookie

Our room mom made these for our class. How cute!!!

Cup of worms

Pin the nose on the jack o lantern