Readers Theatre

My kiddos performed their first reader's theatre, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, on Friday.  They had a blast taking their show on the road.  They performed for Mrs. Hardin's Kindergarten class,  Mrs. Stacker's pre-K kiddos, and Mrs. L. Cunningham's first graders.  They had a captive audience every time and enjoyed every bit of it!

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How To Make Hot Chocolate

We began writing  How To's in Writer's Workshop this week.  Our first assignment was how to make hot chocolate.  YUMMY!  It would have been even better if it wasn't 70 degrees in January.  Oh MY!!

Rockin Resolutions

Happy New Year and Welcome Back!  Check out these cute guitars.  After the break, we decided to write "rockin" ways to become better bucketfillers in 2013.  Students also got to write their own resolutions of course but I will have to post that adorable pic soon.  I have so many pics to post but unfortunately I am out of space.  So, I will slowly be adding pics as I try and delete olds ones.  Glad to be back!

Contraction Surgery

Last week, my students all became little surgeons.  Their speciality is contractions.  First they studied contractions and on Friday that got to put their knowlege to use.  Students had to carefully take out letters and bandage areas to create a new word.  It was so much fun!

Students were introduced to the concept of a timeline through reading and retelling the events in A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle.

Cause and Effect

Students identified cause and effect relationships after listening to a Laura Numeroff favorite.

November Mystery Reader

We are so thankful for Mrs. Smith, Clay's mother, for volunteering to be our November Mystery Reader. The kiddos had a blast guessing the reader, listening to stories, and making an edible craft.  We love you Mrs. Smith!

Mrs. Smith read this holiday favorite. I have so many versions of this story and I love them all!