Thank you for a great year!

I am so thankful for parents like you!  Thank you for all your support!  It has been a fantastic year! Thanks to Sara Bruskiewicz I have a beautiful treasure from your children.  I will always keep each of your children in my heart!

Pond Claymations

What an Amazing Year!

I will miss each one of your children dearly!  They each have a special spot in my heart!  Thank you for all your support and making this an amazing year!!!

Extra Special Word Work Beach Party

Seashell Lotto, Word Work Visors, Reading on Our beach towels!

Reader's Theater

Great Way to Celebrate!

T-Shirt Day!

We tye dyed t-shirts with magic potion and permanent markers!

Quest to Fallen Timbers

The Clumsy Click Beetle

We read The Clumsy Click Beetle and learned to keep trying and never give up.  We also made are very own click beetle.

Here is an uplifting video that reminded us of the story.

http://safeshare.tv/w/IbfvgLwLOt

E for Exercise

We could not go outside today, but we still got some exercise.  During math, we played Freeze on GoNoodle Plus.  We would dance to the music and when it said FREEZE we would answer the math problem and show our work on the wipe off boards!  It was a blast and we have quite the freestyle dance moves!

Branches for Growing Readers by Scholastic

Check out these new books for your reader and prevent summer slide!  This new series of books called Branches for Growing Readers by Scholastic is perfect for reading kindergartners.  Read about Kung Pow Chicken, Boris, Princess Pink, Eva in Owl Diaries and many more wacky characters in these adventure books!  These books are perfect for 5-8 year old growing readers between leveled books and traditional chapter books. Click here to find out more.

The public library has some copies of the books and I am sure more of this new series will be available later. http://www.browncountylibrary.org/

You can also search for these books and order online through Scholastic.  Go to www.scholastic.com/readingclub and enter our classroom code FMJ73.  Search for any of the characters above to purchase the books.

The students love these books and it is proven if you give a child choice in what they are reading, they will be more engaged and grow a love for reading.

Recycling Science

Earth Day

This is my apology for sending your children home messy today....but it was AWESOME! We paper-mached spheres that we will turn into our Earth!

April is Poetry Month

What is a poem?  Watch our illustrations for the poem Rain!

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"Donut" Forget About Poetry

We were working hard as a team and we earned all our pieces of Mr. Potato Head.  April is Poetry Month and we celebrated with donuts and poems this morning!

Tom and Stuart Concert

Chirping Partners of 10

Today we chirped the partners of 10.  It is a fun app that shares our answers with each other by a simple chirping sound.  We chirped equations, drawings, and story problems with the partners of 10.  Can you name all the partners of 10?

Oviparous Animals

Jaguar Way Assembly starring Chris Poulos

Chris Poulos, a BMX stunt rider, taught us that being kind and respectful will help us make many friends.  Invite new friends by saying hi!  Life is FUN with a lot of friends!  He also taught us to learn from our mistakes and never give up!
Side note: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!

Busy Writer's Workshop

I can write a sentence using spaces between words and punctuation.

Standing Up for Yourself

We have been working on being assertive and standing up for ourselves as our next social skill.  We read the book Shubert and his Big Voice.  Shubert shows how he learns to stand up assertively, effectively, and respectfully to bullies.  Each child must learn to use his or her BIG voice (stern and serious voice) in tough situations.

Some examples:
On the playground- If someone is clogging the slide, one needs to use a stern voice and tell them "I do not like it when you clog the slide!  I feel scared when you do that!"

In the classroom- If someone is not letting you play, you need to say "I do not like it when you do not let me play and I feel sad!"  If someone is bothering you, you need to say "I do not like it when you ___.  Please stop!"

In the lunch room- If someone is showing chewed food in their mouth, one needs to use a stern voice and tell them "I do not want to see food in your mouth!  That is disgusting."

Fun with the GreenScreen!

Check out our flying video that we completed to go along with the big book Dan the Flying Man.  If only we could actually take a field trip to these places!
 

Thank You For Your Support at the Book Fair!!

Teachers received almost $100 to spend on books for the classroom!  This was better than Christmas and sharing the books with the class was even more FUN!!!  It looked like a book tornado had gone through, and each student picked out some just right books to read!

A Peek at Our Week!

Creating with Osmo!

I am thrilled to announce one of my DonorsChoose projects has been funded!  An anonymous donor donated two Osmos to our classroom.  This new program for the iPad allows students to collaborate and use creative thinking to solve challenging puzzles.  We have learned that sometimes we have to get it wrong to get it right!

Visit www.playosmo.com to learn more!

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

Ask your child how the liked "green eggs and ham"!  I tricked them today!!

Building Houses that Stand Against the Big Bad Wolf