Posted on March 24, 2009 by kristenskreations
We are reading a big book this week titled “Seeds”.
Because there are a few students who will be leaving early this week to head out on Spring Break, we did not do a Predictable Chart, however we did do several neat Inquiry Based things in Science. I like to begin almost all my themes/units with [...]
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Posted on March 24, 2009 by kristenskreations
Here are the pictures–a little bit late…
I made the graphing sheet and sorting sheet MANY years ago and we always end up having to scribble out some picture of a marshmallow and adding whatever the new “special” marshmallow is for that year. I can’t find it yet (still looking on my computer) so when I [...]
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Posted on March 12, 2009 by kristenskreations
I’m tired of the cold weather, so I decided to get everyone excited about Spring and do some planting! But plant what??
That’s when I chose our Big Book for this week: Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert.
We also started a new Predictable Chart:
(Sorry the computer is being funky here–I’ll try to undo it’s funky-ness [...]
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Posted on March 5, 2009 by kristenskreations
Have you ever had one of those crazy weeks where the gods seem to be working against you? Yeah–that’s been my week so far and it’s only WEDNESDAY!!!
My poor assistant Pam is out with strep–GET WELL SOON PAM!! and has been out all week so far. You don’t realize how much you depend upon them [...]
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Posted on March 2, 2009 by kristenskreations
Today, during our Math time, I introduced Shake the Beans (3). I like to introduce it as close to Dr. Seuss Day as I can because I use red and white for my colors. I don’t know where this game came from, where it got its start, but I just love it and we will [...]
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Posted on March 2, 2009 by kristenskreations
We will be celebrating Dr. Seuss’s birthday along with many others tomorrow and here’s what we will be doing:
I will be dressing up like The Cat! I wear all black and my red and white striped stove pipe hat–no paint or anything!
Here is the link to Seussville.com (there are TONS of printables there [...]
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