Monday, March 7, 2016

Dr. Seuss Week

We had so much fun last week reading Dr. Seuss books and using his work to integrate into our writing, reading, and drawings!
 We started the week with one of his most famous books!
After reading "The Cat in the Hat" we made our very own cat-in-the-hat Hats!  This worked out perfect for storybook character day!
We also did directed drawings of The Cat-in-the-Hat!  This checks students listening skills as well as their shape skills!  I must say, they turned out AMAZING!

 
 
 
 I am so proud of all of my little artist who listened so well during this activity!
After the "Cat-in-the-Hat" we moved on to "Horton Hatches the Egg."  I love this book because it talks about the importance of being nice to others and being a good friend!
 We used the writing prompt, "I feel good when I help..."
 
 
 
 
 I love how thoughtful and sweet my little lovebugs were when deciding what they do to help others that also makes them feel good!
After finishing up with Horton, we moved on to, "Oh, the Places You'll Go"
This was also a fun book to write about.  We decided to write about somewhere we would like to visit and then I added our pages to a class book I have been making since my first year teaching!

 We have some wonderful places our friends would like to visit one day!

 
 
 

 These turned out beautiful and were great additions to our class book, "Oh the Places Miss Jones' Class Will Go"!
 After finishing up with the exciting places we would like to visit, we moved on to "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish" and had some fun with colored Goldfish!  We sorted, counted, and graphed our colored Goldfish then ate them for a yummy snack!

This was definitely a fun math activity integrating one of Dr. Seuss' most well known books!
 We also did an amazing bulletinboard using "The Lorax" as our writing prompt. We wrote about how we would help save the Earth if we were the Lorax!  
How adorable are these little tree loving Loraxes? 
For a yummy treat to complete the day we used "Green Eggs and Ham" or otherwise known as pretzels with white chocolate and a green m&m
Everyone LOVED our Green Eggs and Ham treats!
To complete the week we graphed our favorite book from the week, and the top winner was...The Lorax!
In honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday and National Read Across America Day our school participated in Storybook Character Day
This adorable duo of Holden and his Mom dressed up as "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie"!
Angelina Ballerina was also a huge hit for storybook character day!
We had so much fun celebrating such an amazing author on his 112th Birthday!  I hope everyone has a wonderful week, because I know we always have a great time in room 150!

Sunday, February 28, 2016

The Hop Field Trip

We had so much fun on Friday when we went to The Hop on our field trip!  There are two things that kinders love most...ice cream and field trips, so visiting The Hop to learn how they make their amazing ice cream made for a Fantastic Friday!
 Thanks so much to Greg and all of the other amazing people who work at The Hop!
 Learning all about the history of ice cream!
 Taste-testing some very delicious ice cream!
 I love the looks on all of their faces!  
 Truly the most amazing ice cream around!
 Happy Boys ready to head back to school after an amazing field trip
Last week was so much fun, but this week is also going to be full of Dr. Seuss filled fun!  Including Storybook Character day on Wednesday, March 2nd...Dr. Seuss' 112th Birthday!

Monday, February 15, 2016

Pictures from our Valentine's Celebration

We had so much fun celebrating Valentine's Day and our friendship with each other on Friday!
 Thank you to everyone who sent in shoe boxes, they turned out great as mailboxes for our Valentines!
 Everyone had a great time decorating their mailbox so their friends had a place to deliver their Valentines to!
 Even though we had a lot of fun, it was not a day of all work and no play!  We also worked very hard sorting, counting, and graphing conversation hearts!
 I am so proud of how hard my little math stars worked, even when they were using candy as their math manipulatives!  
 This was definitely a fun math lesson!
I hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine's Day weekend and as much fun as we did celebrating in our classroom on Friday!  Don't forget, this Friday is PJ Day as a reward for reaching our Golden Ticket Goal!