Tuesday of this week one of our chrysalis was very dark. We predicted when it might emerge
It emerged that day!
Our UVM students helped us release it in the school garden.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar sequencing activity
Once a month we will record a first grade memory in special books
Speaking of books we made several class books the past few weeks.
This one has your family photos in it and will be a beloved book all year!
Handwriting practice....
and practicing writing snap words.
These are words we need to read and write in a snap.
We practiced building sentences with blank cards representing words.
This is building foundational skills for sentence dictation work.
We had a chance to hear 8th graders present their Dream School Projects to us.
We played a fun game called Number Rack Detectives.
Children were given a target number to build on their number racks.
They told their partners how many were on the top row.
Partners had to guess how many were on the bottom row without looking.
We also used unifix cubes to measure classroom items
We have one more week for our nursery rhyme unit
During sharing time we are practicing being active listeners and learning how to ask questions
We talked about zones of regulation and are learning strategies to help us when we are not in the green zone. We opened a peace corner in the classroom where kids can rest and reset.
We participated in Dot Day!
We filled our jar with puff balls by
Taking Care of Ourselves
Taking Care of Each Other
Taking Care of This Place
We celebrated with an extra afternoon recess.
Our UVM teachers were here that day and it was a great opportunity for them to get to know each other!
We are adding short chapter books to our read aloud times.
We finished
and are currently reading
The students LOVE them!
Students often ask me to take pictures to share with you.
Here are a few!
