Red Ribbon Week Parade

These are some pictures from our Red Ribbon Week parade. The students got to march around the blacktop with the entire school with instruments! We marched and chanted songs about making healthy choices for red ribbon week. They had a great time!

 

We All Sing with the Same Voice

Writer's Workshop

 

Every day we have Writer's Workshop for thirty minutes after lunch. I write in my folder on the document camera (today's version of an overhead projector... same idea but in color and like a live camera feed), and then they go to their tables and write in their folders. This week we wrote on a piece of plain white paper each day. I told them to write about whatever they wanted to, but to pick a topic and to stay on topic ('topic' is a vocabulary word that we are learning). At the end of the week they were charged with the task of creating a front cover for their book. I told them to look at all of their papers from the week to get a good idea of what the title of their book should be. They were so excited, and had all their papers spread out across the tables! They were intently looking at all of their previous writings to create the best front cover they could! I am going to bind all of their books and put them in the library center so they can read each other's writings throughout the week in center time.

 

 

Little Lizard's New Shoes

We have been talking about growing up this week. On Friday, we read 'Little Lizard's New Shoes' and talked about how as we eat, sleep, and exercise we grow bigger and need to go buy new shoes. After reading the story, we wrote our own story about going to the shoe store. Then the students went to the tables and drew pictures of new shoes. Some students drew themselves with new shoes, some drew their families with new shoes, some drew themselves in the car on the way to the shoe store. They had a great time! The drawings are displayed on our large bulletin board in the classroom.

 

 

Some Art Displays

They painted the fruit. We cut the fruit out for them and they glued it into their fruit bowls. We've been talked about good food that helps us grow 'healthy and strong'.

Morning Message

 

Every morning we have a morning message. During center time, the students can up up and read the morning message all by themselves. This is a favorite activity! Here are some video clips of students reading the message.

Center Fun!

 

She matched all of her letters to the alphabet board!

They are being very creative with glue, glitter, and circles that they cut out!

She is reading about fruit she likes to eat!

We are ready to learn!

Look what we are making!