Which Way Do I Go?

In math we need to learn direction words – up, down, left, right, over, under, through, and around. So we went outside, not only get a visual of the words, but to actually experience them! Despite the very windy day, they had such a good time! They were rock stars at saying what they were doing as they were doing this!  It was so fun to listen to and a great activity to have some fun outside! 
Enjoy the fun photos!

WaCkY HaIr DaY!

We had 100% participation in the 400 club this month!! 

That was amazing! Therefore, every student got to participate in the school wide Wacky Hair Day! Some kids got VERY creative with their hair!

 Great job our class for having 100% participation AND reading a total of 9,439 MINUTES this month! Keep up the wonderful work!

Mr. Magic

We learned about the letter Mm and to celebrate we had a Marvelous Magician come into our classroom! He was a previous student of mine, so it was fun to welcome him back into the classroom and see what his mind has learned! 

When Sam was here, we called him Mr. Magician and he performed some really great tricks for us! We were so memorized We even made him repeat some tricks for us! Thanks for coming in Sam and you were definitely a Marvelously Magnificent Magician! 

Apple Week!

We just completed Apple Week! It was such an awesome week filled with lots of yummy taste testing, apple snacks, creative projects, and apple writing! Take a look at all our work!

We tried a red, green and yellow apple. Then we each voted for our favorite one. Then we graphed our results during math class!

We made applesauce sundaes and they were delicious! The students could say yes please or no thank you to applesauce, cinnamon, mandarin oranges, and raisins! We had A LOT of "Yes, Pleases!" at this activity!

We made this fun apple project! We used our hands as scissors for the apple bites! And they each cut out their own apple design and apple color! The poem reads: ________ likes apples. Munch, Munch, Munch! _______likes apple. Crunch, Crunch, Crunch!

This was a great writing project! The kids had to retrace or some even rewrote the words to our poem "10 Red Apples!" Then they traced their own hands and dipped their finger in red paint to create 10 red apples! At the end they decorated their apples with stems and leaves!

We also did some free writing about apples this week! They used the sentence starter: Apples are ______. Some students came up with over 5 sentences. And they all wrote the sounds they heard in each word! This is something we are really working on right now and they will continue to get better at, as they learn more sounds this year! Amazing work!

Here were some example sentences: 

Apples are big. 

Apples are smol. (small)

Apples are joose. (juicy)

Apples are red. 

Apples are oosum. (awesome)

Apple are on chrebs. (trees)

Bus Safety Week

This week was bus safety week. We learned about how to enter/exit a bus safety, riding a bus properly and how to be safe around a bus. We also ate some yummy bus snacks! On Wednesday we had the opportunity to practice a bus evacuation. We entered the bus and exited normally and then we got back on and exited as if there were an emergency. One by one we jumped out of the bus and lined up quietly outside of the danger zone. They did a fantastic job and the bus driver was very impressed with their listening! 

Listening to the bus rules.

Cheering with the Bus Driver! 

 

Eating their bus snacks! 

Graham crackers, frosting for paint, cookie wheels, chex mix windows and raisin people on the bus! 

Look Out for the Gingerbread Man!

Today we read the Gingerbread Man in our daily Read Alouds. Which lead us to rap about the gingerbread man! We think the ACTUAL gingerbread man enjoyed our singing and dancing so much that he picked our class to send a gift to! 

This is what we found when we got back from Gym! 

It said: 

 I've left my friends for you to snack. 

But I bet you'll never get me back! 

Look for me where there are lots of books!

So we headed to the Library!When we got there, we asked Mrs. Smith if she had seen a gingerbread man.  She hadn't, but we did find another note that he left behind. 

This Note Stated: 
I've read lots of books, 
but I'm gone can't you see?
I'm a gingerbread man and you can't catch me! 
Look for me by a friendly face 
Who answers phones in a busy place! 

So we headed to the office next! When we got there, we asked Mrs. Yetter if she had seen the gingerbread man! She hadn't seen him either! He's so sneaky! But she was able to read us another note that we found! 

She Informed Us: 
The secretaries have a friendly face, 
And answer phones in a busy place. 
I already left, but this place was cool. 
Find me by the leader of the school!

 So we headed to Mr. Kamphoff's office. Some kiddos dashed into his office and quickly began looking around. But that gingerbread man left a note on his door. 

Mr. Kamphoff read us the next clues: 
This is the principal's office. 
He's nice, you know. 
He told me not to run, 
But walk wherever I go. 
Go find me where lunches are made. 

So we tip-toed off into the cafeteria. Right away we spotted another note left behind from the Gingerbread Man. Since no one was there to read it, Ryan read it for our class. 

It said: 
This is the lunchroom. 
These friends like us a bunch, 
And they always make sure, we have a good lunch!
I'm getting tired, as you can see
Room #223, is where I'll be! 

We weren't really sure where room 223 even was! Luckily Mr. Green, the custodian came in and gave us a clue to help us figured out where room 223 was. 

 So we headed back into our classroom! When we arrived there was a note on the smart board. 

Mrs. Rehder read the final note to us:
I've run and run and need some rest. 
I think Mrs. Rehder's Room is the best!
Enjoy my gift to you!

We felt pretty lucky that he picked our class to leave gingerbread cookies for! We had fun looking for him and decided he must be one smart cookie! Hope you enjoy our gingerbread rap!!

Greetings

Every day we start our day with a morning meeting, which means we sit in a circle and greet eachother through handshakes, high-fives, songs, tossing a ball, etc., then we all share something, next we do some sort of an activity to get our bodies moving or our brains thinking and last we read our morinng message. 

This morning our activity was a rhyme to get to learn more about each other!

#1 - Stack your thumbs.

#2 - Shoe to shoe.

#3 - Knee to knee.

#4 - Knock on the door.

#5 - Side by side.

#6 - Finger tips.

#7 - Count to Seven

(Then we pause to introduce ourselves and find out a little about each other with a prompt from me.)

#8 - Find a new mate.

Here our some pictures from our morning activity!