animal field trip

This is a salamander. We learned that he lives in water and his cold-blooded. He looks like a lizard in water.

He is a turtle. His shell is very fat. He has a lot of lines on his shell. He spreads germs. A turtle's shell is breakable and if it breaks the turtle will die. This turtle has a short tail. The pattern on his shell looks like tiger print. It is a box turtle.

This turtle likes to swim in water. He has a long tail. It has a beak to help swallow and pick up food. His shell is flat.

The snake is a tiger snake. It felt really cool. Its skin felt like a basketball. He sticks his tongue to smell. He eats mice and frogs.

Lisa was created by the kids using only shapes. They had to come up with at least two good sentences that link together.

How do you write a sentence?

The kids made this together to share what they know about making a sentence. They were able to pick their characters, setting, and movements. See if you can figure out which voice is your childs! Enjoy:)

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HapPy UNbIrtHdAy!

After reading and watching Alice in Wonderland together celebrated today with an UNbirthday party! Kids sat at a long table and played card games with their buddies. The long table represented the table in Alice's unbirthday party and the cards represented the card characters in the story. Students decorated their "tea cups" and drank "tea" (water) during our time together.

valentine's party

Our Valentine's Party was a wonderful time. The kids rotated stations to a craft, snack, bingo and Twister. At the end, everyone passes out their valentine's. Enjoy the pictures!

pr_____ words

Our "surprise sentence" involved pr_____ blend today. As we were brainstorming words, kids found that many words sound like they start with pr___ but actually have a vowel in between. We call these our "trick" words. Students that guess words in my sentence receive a sticker. Look at our sentence to see what we came up with today! Our brains have been working hard even with some snowy weather!

compare and contrast

Today we read and discussed two books, one fiction (Snowy Day) and one nonfiction (Snowy Weather Days). After reading the stories, students were asked to compare and constrast the books using a venn diagram. The goal of this activity for me was to get the kids thinking more about the meaning of the stories rather than comparing and contrasting visible things (i.e. they were both about snow). Ask your kids more questions when reading at home to support their comprehension skills.