Posted on May 20, 2009 by kristenskreations
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 [...]
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Posted on April 13, 2009 by kristenskreations
We began our study of insects/bugs by reading The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle. After taking a picture walk and reading it aloud to the children, we discussed the clocks that are pictured on most of the pages. The children learned that we would be learning about telling time and addition (with ladybug spots) this [...]
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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 February 20, 2009 by kristenskreations
Thursday, we completed the graph that went with our Patten Block Snowflake (PDF page under “P”).
We also read Silly Sally and I showed the children how to act out the story using the Drama Props. We also did Cut Up Sentences and we really got some of the sentences mixed up! We [...]
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Posted on January 28, 2009 by kristenskreations
Posted on January 28, 2009 by kristenskreations
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 [...]
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