Flashback from last year....

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V-day!

It's all about the candy hearts. I love that I can take these sweet candies and turn them into a math graphing lesson.

Also, I couldn't help but posting this.... so true!

Snowmen and Cookies

We are a year-round school; therefore, there is not a lot of time to partake in Christmas activities. Therefore, I thought we could do a winter craft and still enjoy our creations in January when we return. I found this awesome recipe online (Pinterest). You mix half Elmers glue and 1/2 Shaving Cream. I gave the kids popsicle sticks to slather on their "paint" and when they dried they look like puffy snowmen. You do not have to use very much glue and shaving cream. A little goes a long way.

Our Winter Day Celebration consisted of decorating sugar cookies. The kids had a blast using the different color icing and smothering their cookies with sprinkles and candy. 

Sequence of Events and Grab-Bag Math

My kiddos are really struggling with identifying numbers that are larger than another. Therefore, I took a math workbook page that has a game chart and the curriculum's math number cards and made  my own mini version of "War." The number cards have the dots that represent the number on the backside and my kiddos were figuring out that they could cheat and pick the number they wanted to play. Therefore, I added the popcorn bag. They have to pick a number card out of the bag and whoever gets the larger number gets to move one space on the game board. Whoever makes it to 10 first wins! The kids love it, and I love it because they are learning quickly numbers and their order.

Our focus in Language Arts is Sequence of Events. One activity I had the kids do is make of their own sequence. Such as Student 1 FIRST, had M&Ms; Next, sorted them; Last, she ate them.  Student two chose to use the orange in my lunch sack. First, she grabbed the orange. Next,  she cut the orange (she didn't really, I did). Last, she ate the orange. The kids had fun thinking up their own Sequence of Events.

I get it!!!

Unfortunately, there is a 17:1 ratio in my class. It is impossible to sit one-on-one with every student. Therefore, our school picks two "focus students" who we give the extra push throughout the year. I began meeting with one of my focus students this week after school and we worked on patterns. Something that seems so simple to you and I; however, to this little one, patterns are difficult. After about 20 minutes of practicing, he looks up at me and says, "I get it, I get it!" The words every teacher cherishes forever!

Keep Calm...

'Nuff said!

A Little Bit of Fall...

Our Fall Trees. They turned out beautiful!

The month of November, our class family really focuses on being thankful for the many things we have in our life. This week we will be making our Fall Corn with what we are thankful for.

This activity has nothing to do with Fall. However, I began implementing this activity in class and the kids love it. I use it as a center station. I provide dice and table place mats. I am fortunate enough to have carpet in my room this year, so I do allow the kids to find a "comfy" spot on the carpet where they  can work quietly.

I create worksheets with the high frequency words of the week. If they roll a one, they write the high frequency word that is for #1. If they roll  a four next, they write whatever high frequency word I have chosen, etc. The kids love it. They are having fun and I know they are learning their words. Everyone is happy! Yay!