Welcome, Miss Alexis!

Please help me welcome Alexis Blais to our classroom.  She is a Masco senior who will be with us until the end of May.  This is only her second day and she already feels like part of our class family.  We are lucky to have her!

Hi Everyone!

I hope you are having fun this vacation!  We have had some beautiful weather.  Whether you are having fun in your neighborhood or have traveled some place exciting, I am looking forward to hearing all about it!  Add to the padlet below a sentence or two or even a picture of something you would like to share about your vacation. On Tuesday, each of us will be choosing one special moment to start a seed story. The children enjoy sharing a photo with the class and talking about their vacation.  :)

Simply double click on the board and write a note. Write your name at the top of the note as the title.

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Read Across America

It seemed like March was going to be a long month with no {planned} long weekends or vacations, but it ended up going by in the blink of an eye.  We were lucky to have special Read Across America activities each Friday to celebrate the excitement of reading.  What made these activities even more fun was that we got to get together with our first and second grade buddies! We kicked off the month long fun by meeting with our second grade friends in Mrs. Begin's and Mrs. Kennedy's class on Dr. Seuss' birthday, March 2.  They read some of their favorite Dr. Seuss books to us and then we worked together in groups of two or three to solve a secret message.

On that first Friday of the month, we wore are craziest and mismatched socks.  After listening to Fox in Socks, students were excited to make Fox in Socks paper bag puppets.    Students looked forward to March 11, when they could dress in an outfit that showed their favorite place to visit.  In the morning, we made a class list of our favorite places.  In the afternoon, Mrs. Thomson's first graders joined us in our room.  We created postcards for our buddies that showcased our favorite place and then exchanged them.  We concluded our time together with Mrs. Thomson reading Oh, the Places You'll Go!

Wacky Wardrobe Friday might have been the favorite Friday in March!  We had some awesome attire!  It was also fun Friday in my room since my class earned 10 whole class clip ups.  If you missed the post about that exciting day, you can check it out HERE.

Thursday the 25th was a special treat for Fuller Meadow students as we had the wonderful opportunity to listen to and talk with a published author!  David Biedrzycki did an incredible job capturing the students' (and teachers'!) attention.  To hear more about his visit, you can check out that post HERE.

To end our month long reading celebration, we wore our favorite hats on the last Friday of the month. 

We also performed a reader's theatre for Mrs. Scharffenberg's and Mrs. Begin's classes.

It was a fun month of reading and learning!  It is always nice to have opportunities to connect with other classes!

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.1
Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.1.A
Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others and taking turns speaking about the topics and texts under discussion).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.1.B
Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.6
Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.

10 Whole Class Clip Ups = Fun Friday!

The Monday we returned from February vacation, my class had stellar listening and behavior, which made me realize they deserved something special! The next day, I offered them a challenge: earn 10 whole class clip ups and receive an extra special, fun-filled day. They excitedly accepted the challenge!  It took a little over two weeks and they achieved! It was wonderful to see the camaraderie. We celebrated with Fun Friday, which was in combination with Wacky Wardrobe Day.  First, I surprised the children with new names. Instead of Robert, Brinley, and Jordyn in my class, I had Mr. The, Ms. For, and Ms. One.  I was Mrs. Said. We practiced greeting each other with our new names in the morning and saying goodbye to each other in the afternoon.    

    Our morning Fundations lesson was in the gym and was a game that I leaned from Mrs. Scharffenberg.  Students take turns coming up to bat to segment CVC words.  If they segment correctly, they get a home run.  The outfielders checked the batter's work to decide if he or she segmented the word correctly by writing the correct spelling on their white boards and confirming with me, the pitcher.  

Photos courtesy of Mrs. Nichols   Then, after a short story in our classroom, we returned to the gym to do a Wacky Sort with Mrs. Scharffenberg's first graders to celebrate Wacky Wardrobe Day.  Mrs. Scharffenberg and I asked the students yes and no type questions, and the children grouped themselves on either side of the gym accordingly.    

  After specialist in the afternoon, we continued our fun with math stations.  

  Then, in math, we had a special activity that tied in with our month long Read Across America celebration.  Children first listened to Dr. Seuss' One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, then got their own 12 colorful goldfish.  The objective for this activity was to sort the goldfish by color, count how many of each color, and then create a graph to show the total for each color.  Children could choose to create a bar graph or a pictograph.  Students analyzed the graphs using the math terms most, least, fewest, greatest, and equal.  They enjoyed comparing their results with each other.   For some, the best part was eating the goldfish after with their afternoon snacks!  

    My class just makes me smile!

Ms. Be wanted a picture with Mrs. Said....

 Then many others wanted to join in!

It was a memorable day! The class is already attempting to earn a second set of ten clip ups!

Girls and boys, you ROCK!  I'm looking forward to our next Fun Friday!

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.3.c
Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).

CCSS.Math.Content.K.MD.B.3
Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers of objects in each category and sort the categories by count.