Daily 5 Routines

During Read to Self we continue working on stamina.

We learned about I-PICK....

Anchor charts

Here are a few photos from around the classroom!  Ask your child what they mean, and how we use them in the school day.  Enjoy!

The first week of school, our class created a social contract, and we talked about ways that we can be safe, responsible, and respectful.  We then signed our names at the bottom of our social contract, promising to follow these new class rules. Mrs. Hales and Mrs. Stevenson look for people who are being safe, respectful, and responsible, and reward them with a pink sticker! Don't forget to celebrate these at home!

We use these charts during our read to self time! We have build 2 minutes of stamina! What is stamina?

Our writing anchor chart! "You're not done, you've just begun!" When a student thinks he/she is finished, they can add to the pictures, add to the words, or start a new piece.  We have buillt 10 minutes of writing stamina!

Our rules during Free Choice, our indoor play time.  A Level 3 means that the class can use an indoor, talking voice... But no shouting!

Who Stole the Cookies?

This week, we read the poem Who Stole the Cookies from the Cookie Jar? We used this poem to practice our names!

 

We then discovered that nobody in the class stole cookies... Where could they be?

 

 

We looked all over the room...

 

It didn't take long before we found them!  Froggy hid them in the kitchen!

 

 

We all enjoyed the yummy cookies as a Friday treat. 

 

 

 

 

We even made a class poem book.

 

 

 





 



Centers Time!

Our class started doing centers this week!  We each take a turn at the table to play with the toys, and then we quietly rotate to our next center.  Eventually, these centers will turn into our Daily 5 (more on that later!).  We are emphasizing taking care of our work space, tools, and using our words to share and communicate ideas.  Take a look at some of the activities we got to do!

Painting pictures

 

We learned how to play ABC Go Fish!! More practice is needed, but it was fun!

Feed Your Face is a class favorite. It is great fine motor practice to get our small finger muscles ready for writing.

We practiced our log in procedures before trying it out in the computer lab. 

We also practiced matching magnet letters to our name tags. You can do this at home to! Start with your child's name, then move on to other family names!

WELCOME!

 

 

 Welcome to the 2014-2015 school year!  Mrs. Hales and Mrs. Stevenson know you will have a wonderful kindergarten experience.  We wanted to show you a few pictures of our classroom.  With your help, the final touches will come soon!

We are looking forward to seeing all of you at Open House on Monday, August 25 at 2pm!

 

 

 

                      A stuffed animal friend is waiting for you! You may pick one at the Open House!

 

 

Our classroom word wall!  We will begin the year with our names.  As our year progresses, the names will become a part of one of our class books.  New high frequency words, taken from the Dolch word list, will be added slowly throughout the year!

The first place you go when you enter our room each morning and make your lunch choice! Yes, we have a classroom bathroom with a stop and go sign, too!

As our year progresses we will display student 'work in progress' from our writing workshop time!

Can you find your name?

 

Our reading corner.  You get your very own book box to keep books that are special to you!

 

 Literacy Board.  We will keep track of mini-lessons, introduce new word wall words, and do "word work" here!

 

 Calendar time!  Counting, place value, number formation, and so much more happens at our Calendar.

 

 Literacy Materials-- our writing folders, magnetic letters, rhyming puzzles and so much more are here.

 

 Sand table and coloring station!  Our job board is still being finalized, but your child will be responsible for helping keeping the classroom clean and organized!

 

 Classroom library!  Each book is organized into a red bin-- a skill that will be slowly introduced!  Our Daily 5 Anchor Charts will be displayed here as we create them together!

 

Our Kitchen Center--one of our classroom favorites during free choice time!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rockin' Reader Award Winner!

Each year, teachers nominate a student who has shown tremendous growth in reading.  This year, we nominated the lovely and talented Alyssa!  Mrs. Hales and Mrs. Stevenson are so proud of you!

Young Authors!

We have been working hard during our writing workshop time! We celebrate our young authors as they read their illustrated books to our class! After reading, we always give a round of applause and two compliments!