Reading is all about comparing and contrasting this week. This is such a fun skill to teach. We started off talking about how a venn diagram can help us organize what is the same and different about two things. As a group we compared winter pictures on the board and then broke into table groups to show off our learning. Each table got 2 different winter pictures to compare and contrast. Check out this inventive spelling. It makes my … [Read more...]
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First Week Recap
It seems like every year I forget how much energy I use during the first week back. You can bet Sonic got my business every single afternoon! There’s just nothing better than a Dr. Pepper right after school! Our internet is finally back up and running! Thank goodness! When you live out in the country….the internet is few and far between! To recap our first week, we read lots of back to school books and talked a LOT about 3 star coloring, … [Read more...]
Fairy Tales!
This is our first week without our basal this year, so we are living it up with all things fun and fancy! We have been reviewing quite a bit of our reading strategies through our fairy tale unit. We read Goldilocks and the Three Bears by James Marshall. The kiddos always giggle with this book! It is just too fun. After reading, the kiddos summarized the story on index cards. While I was out yesterday for doctor’s appointments on our … [Read more...]
Long A and numbers!!
TGIF! I don’t know about y’all, but this week has been super tough to get up and get going! It has been all things rainy, foggy, and cold in my part of Texas…..all those things make it super hard to get out of bed! Yucky weather also makes for a super long school day when you can’t go outside! I knew the kiddos would keep me on my toes, so lots of games, walking around, and creating were on the plans this week!! We worked a lot on long a this … [Read more...]
a little bit of everything
It’s been a BUSY 4 weeks! This eCard describes my past few weeks perfectly! With tomorrow being Monday Two, I am excited to finally have a few minutes to sit down and give you all a peek into these past few weeks. This post is going to be full of catching-up-randomness! Bare with me. Every year I tell myself that I am NOT going to miss Grandparent’s Day. September gets here, flies by, and sure enough, I miss Grandparent’s … [Read more...]
