There was an old lady...

We spent some time last week reading a favorite book about an old lady who liked to swallow things.  Then the students were able to create their own idea of what the old lady swallowed.  They LOVED this activity and were very creative about what she swallowed.  I hope you enjoyed those papers when they came home!

Word Work has began!!!

Our third part of our daily 5 is Word Work.  It is just like it sounds.  We are working with words.  We love this as we get to spend our time working with others to create letters and words!  We are having lots of fun!!

Enjoy!!

Work on Writing

We have been very busy learning all our stations for the Daily 5.  This week we added Work on Writing.  We have discussed the importance of writing every day and that is exactly what we are doing!!  We have already made our goal of being able to write for 20 minutes!  We were very excited!!  Here are some pictures of us busy writing!

PALS

Last week we practiced 2 different times our PALS (Peer Assisted Learning System).  We do this twice a week.  It is something they do with a partner.  There are 4 sections to each paper and each pair does the whole paper.  There are letters they say to their partner, rhyming words, and even some beginning sounds.  They really enjoyed this and we will continue to work on these skills!

Kindergarten Owls

We spent on project time on Friday creating hand print owls to hang in the hall!  We are very excited about these colorful owls!  If you have time to stop in our hallway to check them out go for it!  Here are a few pictures of us working hard to create these!

Read to Self

We have made our goal of reading to self for 20 minutes!  We are so excited and proud of ourselves!  Now we only have to practice this once a day and we get to move on to learning about another Daily!  Enjoy the pictures of us reading to self!  This makes us a better reader if we read everyday. 

Sorting...Sorting...Sorting

We have been working very hard on sorting by various attributes.  We sort by color, shapes, sizes, etc.  This has been a lot of fun and we love sorting all the various manipulatives in our room!