First I wanted to say thank you for popping by to read our classroom blog. Life can go by so fast that I wanted to provide you with just a brief summary of some things we are doing and learning at school. If you have any questions or comments feel free to email me or send me a note. I want to make this for you! So I am always welcome to feedback :)
Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See?
This week we focused on the story of Brown Bear. The students love the story and to discuss how to retell a story we made sequencing pieces to help us! Students colored in their bears, colored in the different animals that Brown Bear sees and then practiced telling the story using the sequencing strip. The students loved it and I loved seeing them practicing retelling their story and having fun at the same time :)
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| Students color in their brown bear animals. |
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| A student practices retelling the story with their sequencing strip. |
Learning about Centers
This week we have been learning about how to do math and literacy centers. We have mostly focused on keeping our voices quiet and staying on task, but while we have focused on those things, students have gotten the chance to explore lots of new stations. In math they have explored cubes, using play doh, and pattern blocks. In literacy they have learned the 3 ways to read a book, have done some weaving/lacing and started working on drawing/writing independently. We will continue this work this week as well.
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| A student builds the number 4 with play doh. |
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| Two students share a book during literacy centers. |
Directed Drawings
About once a week students participate in a directed drawing. Where I show them step by step how to draw a specific picture. It is a lot of focusing on directions and it can be challenging not to forget a step! Once we draw out the entire picture, students went through and outlined their pictures with black sharpie so that the outline stands out. Finally they were able to color in their picture, this week I let them pick how they wanted to color it in. Some chose markers, some crayons and some colored pencils. I save all of the students drawings in a portfolio to send home at the end of the year so that you can see their progress as the weeks go on!
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| A student draws his Hippo. |
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| A student outlines her picture. |
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| A student outlines her picture. |
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| A students' finished hippo. |
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| A students' finished hippo! |
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| A students finished hippo! |
Smiles,
Miss Adams
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