Tuesday, January 31, 2017

A Dog-gone great day!

We are so lucky to welcome these gentle giants every Tuesday starting today. They love kindergarten readers! Their owner and trainer Mrs. Ciechanowski will be escorting Zappa who is a Newfoundland show dog and certified therapy dog.  In addition: Capone is a 5 month Newfoundland in training and may make a few surprise visits also. Check out today's readers.




Patiently awaiting the next reader.



Was this a bedtime a story?





Thanks CJ "Top Dog" for a delicious mystery box.
It is hard.
It is sweet.
You can eat all of it but the stick!






Dog- gone special valentines!




We shared some of our favorite dog books. We have been talking about the beginning, middle and end of a story and are learning to tell it in our own words ( summarize).
"Harry didn't want to take a bath and he ran away"- Kendyl

"George swallowed different animals and made their  animal sounds"- Jocelyn

"Walter always farted but it stopped the robbers and he became a hero"- Easton

"This dog had really stinky breath so they were going to give him away. Until he saved the day"- Henry  K.

"Olive found a heart dropped by her door and was trying to give it back. then she found out it was for her"- Jaxon



A HUGE bark out to Henry T. who was the first to complete all three laps of sight words and move on to the finish line. We are so proud of your hard work and if we were dogs we would wag our tails for you!!!!!

Monday, January 30, 2017

Jaxson's Day

You  are looking at the first place winner in the Pinewood Derby. Congrats Jaxson S.!


Heed Keighan's warning- beware the cupid's arrow!
February is almost here!

Partner reading with friends about friends.





It was awesome learning more about our Top Dog C.J.  What a cute baby!

Another celebration for Jaxson as he moves on to the final lap in sight words- way to go!

Friday, January 27, 2017

Count on





We water colored these mittens to reveal a surprise- hidden sight words!




In math we worked on double dice addition.
We are working on the strategy of counting on. This means start with the higher number and then count on.
If your child has not brought in a paper grocery bag please send one in  by next Tuesday. 

Have a fun and safe weekend!

Thursday, January 26, 2017

Inspiration

"The sun is lost"- Sam Witkowski, 2017
We think it went to Mexico!
So did our classmate Kaitlyn whose special vacation moment inspired lots of writing today!









Keep thinking warm thoughts!

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Your Kids are Shining

These fellows are on the ball. You can send in your family homework ( valentine heart project) and  optional- Read to Succeed logs anytime!
If your child is reading to earn a Six Flag ticket logs must be in by Feb. 17th.


 Literacy centers kept us busy reading and writing all morning.  We are well on our way to first grade!
 Building words

Reading on IPADS

Working on writing

Rainbow writing

Reading with teacher

Bookboxes

Our current top Raz readers for most reading minutes at home are Cameron, Eli, Jaxon and Kylie! Keep up the super work!

Sight words, decoding words, spelling words, rhyming words, writing sentences, etc. etc.
These kids make me proud EVERYDAY! Thank you parents for all your work at home with sight word books, little readers, homework and bedtime stories.
Your kids are shining!!!