Gingerbread Houses

 We had so much fun decorating our Gingerbread Houses yesterday!  Thank you so much to everyone who came to help or who sent things in!  I really appreciate all you do to help our students and truly feel so lucky to have such wonderful students and parents!

Wishing everyone very Happy and Safe Holidays!!!

Gingerbread Man, Boy, Bear, Girl, Cowbow, Priates, Etc...

We have had so much fun reading all sorts of different Gingerbread books...some of our favorites being The Gingerbread Man, The Gingerbread Boy, The Gingerbread Bear, The Gingerbread Girl, The Gingerbread Cowboy, and the Gingerbread Pirate!  We have really be doing our research as far as Gingerbread cookies go!  After all the diverse types of gingerbread stories we decided to think about what type of Gingerbread cookie we would like to be!  My little Gingerbread Cookies came up with the cutest ideas and illustrations, ever!

 We had a combination of Gingerbread Girls, Ninjas, Princesses, Fairies, Fire Women, and Bears.

 

 

 My Gingerbread Cookies were so creative about what they would do if they were a Gingerbread Cookie, everything from getting away from foxes to flying around to other cookies!

 

 

If I lived in a Snow Globe...

This week we read the cutest book about a little family that lives in a Snow Globe called, "The Snow Globe Family". 

Then we talked about what we would do if we lived in a snow globe and my little writers came up with the most creative things they would be doing in their snow globes!  I am so excited to share this bulletin board with y'all because it turned out amazing!

 

 These truly turned out soooo ridiculously adorable!!!  I love them!

 

 

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

 

Wishing everyone a very happy and safe Thanksgiving Holiday!  I feel with out a doubt so thankful for and blessed with every single student in my class!  I truly feel like the luckiest Kindergarten teacher in the whole world!  Happy Thanksgiving from my Little Turkeys to Yours!  

 Gobble, Gobble!!!

Read to Someone in Action and TAPAS Day 3

 Read to Someone is one of the 5 Components of the Daily 5 Literacy Block Framework.  We have been working on sitting EEKK(Elbow, Elbow, Knee, Knee) and checking for understanding while reading with a friend!  I must say my awesome readers are hitting it out of the park when reading to each other during Read to Someone!  

 

 Everyone in Action

We also had our 3rd lesson with Ms. Holly on the art work of Paul Klee!  We turned our watercolor pencil into watercolor paintings by adding water to our pieces and then began our clay tiles that we were sculpting to go along with our watercolor!  We still have one final day left to paint our clay pieces after they have been fired in Ms. Holly's kiln and also write our short rhyming poems! 

 It has really been a treat watching the students work on their art work during these TAPAS lessons!  They have absolutely loved every minute and I am so thankful for the amazing grant and all the knowledge and experience it has brought my little artists! 

 

 After finishing our watercolor pieces we moved on to sculpting our clay tiles using random things and materials from all around the room to make shape imprints on the clay tiles. 

 I truly can not wait to see the final products all put together!  I also can't wait to share them with you on here!  Keep an eye out!