January 22 - 26 ~~~ The Snowy Day!

We had lots of fun learning with the book

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats this week.

Art and literacy all in one fun activity!

Retelling with the Snowy Day!

This work job consisted of labeling Peter,

the character in the story.  Children needed

to figure out the beginning sounds for this job!

Working on individual Snowy Day booklets!

Drawing what Peter did on a snowy day

and drawing what you like to do on a snowy day.

Clipboard cruising with words

from The Snowy Day!

Some learning centre activities!

Each Friday the students read their

guided reading books to the class.

They use my microphone, and

they are beginning to use nice

expression when reading.

I encourage them to use their

pointer power and their re-read power.

Family Literacy Day!!!  

The class was converted into cozy reading areas.

The children really enjoyed sharing their books with their friends.

Here we are in front of our Literacy display…

Good Books Keep Popping up!

Lots of books were read!!!

Mr. Doran read to our class and

Mrs. Arsenault also read to our class.  

I read to Mrs. Arsenault’s class!

The students created measuring snakes

and then they had to find items in the class

the same length, shorter and longer than their snake.

The students have been taking turns

writing the morning message.  

Great messages by Holden, Emily, Emma and Bransen!

January 15 - 19 ~~~ Winter

Caleb had his 6th Birthday!  Happy birthday Caleb!  
He thought he should get something out of the treasure basket to celebrate!

Our literacy popcorn is definitely popping up! 
 The children are doing a great job of telling
 the class about the books that have been read.

We made some colorful snowflakes. 
 The students picked their favorite color of construction paper
 and were able to choose two colors of glitter to add some sparkle.

This winter work job consisted of a snowman, multiple hats 
with a number on each one and a container of buttons. 
 Choose a hat, add that amount of buttons to the snowman.

 We were
 working on rhyming drawings the children 
were all moved to individual areas in the room and
 as I read the instructions they filled in the rhyme
 and drew that part. 
The first day the drawings were quite small so
 I discussed how I would like the children to fill their paper and the next day
 there was quite a difference.

We also made Shivery Snowmen, mixing shaving cream 
and white glue and adding a few sparkles for the body.  
Then we set out lots of odds and ends for the extra details.  Lots of fun!!!

Printing winter words.  Look at the picture find the
winter word and print it in the boxes.

Snowman Shake … shake two sight word cubes 
and print the words. Which sight words will race to the finish?

Color the snowman by color code,  roll the sight word dice,
 color the word part the code color.

Sharing books with a partner, looking for sight words in the books.

Griffin and Grace had a turn to write
 the morning message.

  The container of fancy words comes in handy
 when deciding what kind of a day you would like the class to have.

We were working on heavier, lighter and
 almost the same using the scales. 
 The children had fun learning, and predicting which item would be the heaviest.

Some learning centre time pictures!

January 14 Blog ~~~ Pictures also from Week of December 18

Christmas Gym … lots of fun!

Special Christmas snack!

Opening gifts so much fun!

Who’s in Santa’s sack???

Great sounding band!

Day 1 of our Literacy Day Display ...Good Books Keep Popping Up!!!

Writer’s workshop … working on beginning with a period, spacing 
and ending with a punctuation.

Shivery Snowmen!!! We mixed shaving cream, glitter, and glue together. 
 Put out a variety of items and created snowmen.  Lots of creativity going 
on with this activity!

Outdoor recess, lots of ice under the snow.

The writing table is always full.  So if other children wish to write 
they can bring items to another table.  

There was lots of excitement as Guardian Drug had told me

 to come back after Christmas and they would have more envelopes for us.

  I stopped and came back with three full bags of envelopes!!!  

There was lots of excitement at the writing centre. 

Special thank you to O’Leary Guardian Drugstore.

The train track is also used each day it is open.  The track is never put together
 the very same way!

Sort, count, and record the items on the recording sheet. 
 Use a number line to be sure you are forming the numbers correctly.

Sight word parking lot.  Draw a sight word and drive a car to the parking lot space with that word on it.

Read It, Build It, Write It.  Using our color words.

Wikki Sticks … what can you create with the wax like bendable sticks?

After our work jobs were done the children worked on puzzles. 
The rhyming card puzzles when lined up were longer than Bransen and Nevaeh.

The blocks and cars are getting all lined up!

The sandbox is also a popular learning centre choice.

Caleb absolutely loves the train track!

The Tinker Toys are great for fine motor and creativity!

The water table is also a popular learning centre choice.

The magnetic rods and balls are also a popular choice.
  *I am keeping my eye out for magnetic blocks at yard sales for the class.

The Yellow Brick Road … this is a Sounds In Action activity. 
 The children take one step for each word they say in a sentence. Concept of Spoken word understanding
 that each word is a step.