Sammy the Seal!

Last week we made some fantastic predictions while reading by looking for the clues in the cover, pictures, and words. We were word detectives and found S sounds around the classroom. We even wrote our own poem about what Sammy the Seal sees. We started planning our own Readers Theater play by sharing ideas for different settings. In math, students practiced to sort items into different groups based on size and shape. We practiced creating patterns too! In science we learned about wiggly worms and loved our "Wiggly Worm" song and dance.

Students played an S game during word study. They move their game piece one space after drawing a card that starts with the /s/ sound. The student who moves their game piece to the end of the snake first wins!

Students acted as word detectives in another word study center to find words that start with the /s/ sound

In dramatic play students dressed as a police officer and wrote a story about how they solved a problem in the community.

"Look at all the /s/ sounds I found!"

Getting cozy in the Reading Nook!

During guided reading this group read "Balloons" and used the magnets to rhyme by substituting a new beginning sound

We love reading!

Students shared their ideas of different settings

Students glued words together to create meaningful sentences about their day.

Check out the Sammy the Seal poem we wrote. We shared the magic marker to write the last word in each line.

Welcome Back!

We were excited to see the students after our first track out! We had a short fun week together. In math we practiced transitional words and created graphs. In science we watched short video clips about fish and wrote in our journals. We learned that pipe fish can camouflage! In reading we focused on beginning letter sounds, the letter S, and making predictions while we read!

Examining snails up close during science

Independent reading with our book bins

Planning what we will write about during Writers Workshop with the Magic Message

Listening to Armadillo Rodeo By Jan Brett

During Literacy Centers we are learning about the letter S!

Making words

Matching the upper and lower case letters, stamping, and writing

Sharing ideas at the Writing Center

Dramatic Play featured construction workers to help the Three Little Pigs build their houses

Watching a short video clip about sea creatures

We made a live graph. In our class there are more boys than girls