Donors Choose Grant

I am so excited to share that our classroom was the reciepient of yet another grant through Donors Choose!!  We got a new camera through a grant we wrote.  Our old classroom camera had to be smacked against your hand in order to be able to see the picture on the tiny screen.  I purchased [...]

Classroom Photos 2009-2010, Long Post! :)

I charged my batteries in the camera and took some pictures.  I’ll take you on a tour and you can also check out my photos from last year here to see the differences.
Everything is mostly in the same place, but a few things were changed.  First, I’ll start with some general views:

This is a look [...]

LWS Check Sheet

Hi Everyone!
Only 4 1/2 more days of school left!   I’ll actually be really sad when the last day arrives, but it feels nice to say it now, being on this side of it!
I’ve been working on planning my workshop this summer.  We’ve decided to call it, “The Farmer’s Market; Inquiry Based [...]

LWS Planning Sheet

Here is a sheet I made that I wish I  had last year when setting up my Literacy Work Stations:
LiteracyWorkStationsPlanningSheet

Shake The Beans and other resources

Here are links to some of the things I have had requests for:
Shake The Beans 6 (I still have to make 5 for you all-I had a copy of an old one I used with my kids)
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Student Led Conference Sheet:
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Here are the pictures that are supposed to be in my Literacy Work Stations Power Point, [...]

5 Senses/Nutrition and Dental Health

We have been talking this week about 5 Senses/Nutrition and Dental Health–nothing like waiting until the last week of the month to squeeze it all in!
Monday, we started by reading My 5 Senses by Aliki (Big Book) and talked about how our senses help us in everyday life.  We also made a new [...]

If You Give A Mouse A Cookie

This week, we have been reading If You Give A Mouse A Cookie:
 

We used it to make our Predictable Chart:

Monday, we took a picture walk through the story and then I read it aloud.  We had 1/2 of the class finish the sentence on the Chart.  
Tuesday, we retold the story and then Choral Read [...]

The Napping House

I figured what better way to tie a book in with Groundhog’s Day/Week than to read a book about  sleeping/hibernating!  So, I chose The Napping House!   We read the book today after taking a picture walk and then we took a look at the drama props that go with this story.  I also put the [...]

Literacy Work Stations Power Point

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Hello!

Hi Everyone!
I haven’t had time to take pictures in the last two days because we’ve been so busy!
Monday, we celebrated Chinese New Year by reading our Big Book for this week called “Little Panda” The Story of Hau Mai.  It came with our Scott Foresman Reading Series that we got last year.
We also made paper [...]