A Wednesday Treat!

Here are some pictures of our guest speaker, meteorologist Todd Gutner from WCSH 6. The kids were amazing listeners and Todd was fantastic with the kids! We were very lucky! ✨

Owen was the perfect size for a demonstration about air pressure!! 

Captivated audience...too cute! ❤️

Standing in front of "Stormy!"  

Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃

I am so thankful for this class! Have a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving!

The results are in!! 🇺🇸

We had a great conversation today about the voting process! The kids got to vote on a very important issue: "Do we wear pajamas on Thursday or our favorite hat." The results were overwhelmingly in favor for pajama day!!! So no need to get your child dressed on Thursday...IT'S PAJAMA DAY!! 🎉🎉

Casting our vote in our fancy voting booths!

Putting the votes in the "ballot box."

"We voted!"

I just loved reading this today! ❤️

Fall Fun! 🍁

We have had a fun couple of weeks celebrating fall! Enjoy the pictures!

"We're going on a leaf hunt!"

Our pumpkin painting party with Mrs. Topchik's class was a blast! 🎃

Apples, Patterns and Mat Man!!

We have spent some time over the past couple weeks talking about apples. The kids made connections between the cycle of a butterfly to the cycle of an apple tree. They are always impressing me! 🍎

We needed to confirm that apples do, in fact , float!

Ask your child what they learned about growing patterns and repeating patterns...

Carmella and Addy making "Mat Man!"

This is just too cute not to share! I am a lucky teacher! ❤️

Busy Week!

     We had a wonderfully busy week last week.  My busyness carried over into my weekend and therefore I ran out of time to send out a blog! I just wanted to catch you up on the latest activities we are doing in room 60!
     Last week we started our writing workshop.  This is a time when I read a specific book or poem with a theme that gives the kids ideas for writing.  I read a few poems last week with the theme of "Things I can do." We brainstormed all kinds of ideas, I modeled my own writing and then I sent them on their way to write!  At this point, I am encouraging the kids to start with a picture and label what they draw.  Some kids are ready to write whole words and others are putting initial letters next to their pictures.  Either way I am SO proud of their effort and growing confidence!
     Friday was extra exciting as we got to go on a special tour of the kitchen.  The kids were so interested in the "behind the scenes" of our school kitchen.  Mrs. Blanchard did such a great job with the tour.  I think the highlights were the freezer and special treats the kids received at the end of the tour!
     We also got to see our 2nd grade reading buddies on Friday afternoon.  It is such a great way to end the week.  I love how excited Ms. West's 2nd graders are when we arrive.  Last week the kids got to listen and read books from the 2nd grader's laptops.
     Enjoy the pictures!

Friday fun with Ms. West's 2nd grade class! 

Our exciting tour of the kitchen! 😊

It was freezing in the freezer! ❄️

Painting fall leaves 🍁

We worked on buddy reading last week. Ask your child about how we buddy read with partners.