Fun Friday!

Woo-hoo!  We finally got to go outside and play for Fun Friday :) Yes, we almost lost it while the giddy-ness (is that a word?) took over when lining up to go outside.  

Yes, I finished some of my end of the week assessments while they were playing

...but we made it!

  And boy was it fun! Check it out....

Blog Password: Fun Friday

Slow and steady wins the race!

Well, we started the Daily 5 during our literacy block this week.  I wasn't able to get to it every day, but we did manage to get it in twice!  My kiddos still need a lot of practice with using appropriate voice levels and behavior during center time.  Slowly, but surely we will get there!  I'm pretty proud of myself that I managed to snap a few pictures of your cuties during one of our Daily 5 sessions.  I hope they give a little insight as to how the program works :)

Here are Jake and Cole listening to a Pete the Cat story 

at the "listen to reading" center.

We love Pete!

Elizabeth was working hard at the word work center rolling a Pete themed dice 

and writing each letter as it came up.

Aiden was a great listener as Riley read him a story at the "Read to Someone" center.

Sienna and Madison reading some of my Dr. Seuss favorites

 at the "Read to Self" center.

At the "Work on Writing" center, Chris and Kloe were "rainbow writing" their names :)

My incredible teachers assistant, Mrs. Harverson, was a huge help in finishing up our baseline testing this week.  Now that I have all of that wonderful data, I can group my kiddos and start our guided reading tomorrow....woo-hoo!  Mrs. Harverson and I will attempt to each get one group every day during our Daily 5 time.  Wish us luck!

Blog password ~ Daily 5

Week 1 was a success!

Wow, one week down!  Were your kiddos as tired as me?  It really does take a little while to get out of summer mode and back into a school routine :)   All in all, I think the kiddos had a lot of fun at school this week.  We have been working really hard at adhering to our classroom rules and procedures.  Our new reading series is taking up most of our day, but I did manage to get our math and snack centers in every day this week.  I'm hoping to begin our Daily 5 rotations during out literacy block on Monday.

Madison, Addy, Ava and Morgan were busy 

stringing beads onto number flags during math centers.

Abigail and Elizabeth did a fantastic job filling out their all about 1 page!

Kloe & Sienna

....and of course there are always lots of smiling faces at snack time!

Riley & Aiden

If you and your child read this blog post together, 

make sure he or she whispers the secret password to me to earn a fuzzy!

Blog Password: friends