Halloween Obstacle Course

Mrs. Ray keeps fitness exciting in gym with her spooky obstacle course.  

Math Workshop

Mathmeticians in our classroom are exploring math workshop materials.  Students are working on a variety of skills at their level, both independently or with a partner.  These activities help strengthen their number sense and keep them engaged while I teach small groups of learners on what they need next to be successful. 

Literacy Centers

Students love reading group time and having time to make choices in their literacy development.  Each day the students get to choose from:

• Read to Self
• Read to Someone
• Listening Station 
• Word Work
• Writing

They usually get to choose twice during a typical day in Language Arts unless I have them in a group at my teacher table.  

The listening station is either with a CD player or on the computer using Scholastic Book Flix.  This is a free website that is AWESOME.  Students get a fiction and nonfiction text option.  Be sure to bookmark this page, it is amazing!

Word Work has options of rhyming puzzle cards, object sorting by beginning sounds, and sound detective games.  

Writing options include:  make a book, write the room, label the room, handwriting, write sight words in rice and write holiday words around the room!

Abstract turkeys

A white sheet of paper, strips of brown, tan, light brown, beige and yellow strips of paper, an orange square, a pink square and a white rectangle = Abstract Turkey fun

A wrap up to the 5 senses

Last week we wrapped up our mini unit on the 5 Senses by closing our eyes and listening and smelling Mrs. Walter's surprise.  Students visualized places they have heard the sounds before and smelled the scent before.  They loved the popcorn surprise so they could use all 5 Senses to experience popcorn!

Halloween fun

Thank you to all of the amazing volunteers that helped make the Halloween Party possible.  The students loved the games and crafts that were made possible because of all of you!