Yes, Rosabelle decided to sleep on the job the other day. The Kinders thought it was funny and it was a great way to practice using our exclamation points!
She also wanted a bird's eye view of the room the other day, so, she sat by the calendar:
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Dear Santa,
Today we practiced our writing skills by writing a short and sweet letter to Santa. The students were given a template to write on and my volunteer created a larger version on the whiteboard. She spearheaded this lesson and I got to walk around and help the Kinders who needed some extra support.
Their first instruction was to write their name on the bottom line and to color the edges green and red.
Once this was done, the writing process began. This is how it unfolded:
And, here is a finished product:
The Kinders were pretty creative. Their wishes varied greatly and there weren't any copycats! Tomorrow we will work on addressing our envelopes to the North Pole.
Their first instruction was to write their name on the bottom line and to color the edges green and red.
Once this was done, the writing process began. This is how it unfolded:
And, here is a finished product:
The Kinders were pretty creative. Their wishes varied greatly and there weren't any copycats! Tomorrow we will work on addressing our envelopes to the North Pole.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Pirates and the Library!
At my school we are very lucky to be located so close to the main public library in the city. Although we do travel by bus due to safety issues, it is wonderful to be able to go and get out of the classroom once a month. In September there had been some issues with busing so, we weren't going to be able to go to the library. Have no fear, because the two librarians who always host offered to come to us! They are simply amazing! They brought their books and their craft supplies and we met them in the cafeteria. For the month of September they had chosen the them of pirates! Who doesn't love pirates?! The kiddos were very excited as this was their first time meeting with the librarians. They had so many questions to ask and were so eager to listen to the stories.
Unfortunately, my memory has failed me. I cannot remember what pirate tales they read to us! After they read the stories and fielded questions, they started to work on the craft with the kiddos. They made pirates out of paper plates. They were ADORABLE! They were so cute, we couldn't let them go home just yet! So, my super awesome para made a pirate ship for our little land-lubbers to hang out on. How cute is this:
Do you visit the library with your kiddos? If so, how often?
Unfortunately, my memory has failed me. I cannot remember what pirate tales they read to us! After they read the stories and fielded questions, they started to work on the craft with the kiddos. They made pirates out of paper plates. They were ADORABLE! They were so cute, we couldn't let them go home just yet! So, my super awesome para made a pirate ship for our little land-lubbers to hang out on. How cute is this:
Do you visit the library with your kiddos? If so, how often?
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Welcome to our gingerbread house!
So, I found this on Pinterest about a week ago:
And, I showed it to my para because she loves all things cute like me and she's super crafty! She of course jumped at the chance to make this. And, here is our adorable classroom door:
It is the talk of the school! Unfortunately, we are down on the end of the hallway and not many people can see it, but, we've had a lot of visitors! It definitely puts a smile on my face every time I walk in the door!
And, I showed it to my para because she loves all things cute like me and she's super crafty! She of course jumped at the chance to make this. And, here is our adorable classroom door:
It is the talk of the school! Unfortunately, we are down on the end of the hallway and not many people can see it, but, we've had a lot of visitors! It definitely puts a smile on my face every time I walk in the door!
Friday, December 7, 2012
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Elf Journals Cont.
Yesterday we found Rosabelle on our cabinet with a note from Santa. Here are two writing examples from yesterday:
The students copied the sentence from the whiteboard and had to draw their own picture. The first example is from one of my regular ed students. She has super handwriting and she is very detail oriented! The second example is from one of my ASD kiddos. He is a repeater and has worked so very hard last year as well as this year and he is doing so well!
The day before yesterday, Rosabelle was on the shelf. How appropriate! She was sitting beneath the palm tree and next to the luau pig! The examples here are from the same students shown above:
Again, the students had to copy the sentence from the whiteboard and draw their own picture. The students are doing really well creating these sentences together as well as copying them from the board. They are putting their sight word knowledge to good use!
Here is what Rosabelle was up to today:
She made a mess of our name card on the chart and she added her own name! I'll post some student writing examples tomorrow! Rosabelle might be staying in the North Pole tonight as the kiddos were a little out of hand today.
The students copied the sentence from the whiteboard and had to draw their own picture. The first example is from one of my regular ed students. She has super handwriting and she is very detail oriented! The second example is from one of my ASD kiddos. He is a repeater and has worked so very hard last year as well as this year and he is doing so well!
The day before yesterday, Rosabelle was on the shelf. How appropriate! She was sitting beneath the palm tree and next to the luau pig! The examples here are from the same students shown above:
Again, the students had to copy the sentence from the whiteboard and draw their own picture. The students are doing really well creating these sentences together as well as copying them from the board. They are putting their sight word knowledge to good use!
Here is what Rosabelle was up to today:
She made a mess of our name card on the chart and she added her own name! I'll post some student writing examples tomorrow! Rosabelle might be staying in the North Pole tonight as the kiddos were a little out of hand today.
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Rosabelle in Hawaii?
We found Rosabelle Friday morning hanging out in our Chicka Chicka Boom Boom trees! Here are the amazing trees my paraprofessional made:
I had brought in some cardboard tubes that a neighbor gave to me and she fashioned them into palm trees! I guess Rosabelle really likes them because she was hiding out in one of them!
I had brought in some cardboard tubes that a neighbor gave to me and she fashioned them into palm trees! I guess Rosabelle really likes them because she was hiding out in one of them!
The kiddos thought it was hilarious! This morning she was sitting on the shelf with the palm tree and luau piggy. Guess she wants to head to the tropics! The Kinders wrote in their Elf Journals today. I didn't have a chance to take photos as we were in a hurry to get to our field trip! Can't wait to see what she has in store for tomorrow!
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