Hooray! Hooray! It's the 100th Day!!!!!

Congratulations to all our K friends for making it to their 100th day of school!!!!!! Seriously?! 100 days already?!! To celebrate all the hard work put in by the kiddos, the K team decided to treat them with an afternoon of 100 fun.

Stations were set up around the cafeteria and the students were able to pick and choose as they pleased. Each station required some knowledge of the number 100. In one station, the students had to stamp 100 pennies to make a dollar! In another, they had to jump rope or hula hoop for 100 seconds (if they could, that is!). There was a station with basketballs, race cars, sorting mats, dominoes, and much more! But the station that caught my eye was the banner. Our students worked together to write over 100 words without the help of a teacher!!! 100 words! Amazing! We are so proud of them!

We took tons of pictures to capture all the fun that was had today. Anyone ready for a nap? :)

Mitten Mania

I think Mother Nature knew our classroom's were going to be focusing on winter and winter wear this week because she decided to drop the temperature drastically! Thanks... I guess. Our focus this past week was on reading, writing, and making Short I CVC (consonant, vowel, consonant) words. To make it a little more engaging, we also put an emphasis on an all time classic, "The Mitten" by Jan Brett. The kiddos had a blast playing comprehension games, using dry erase boards to create Short I words (real and nonsense words), and reading different stories about mittens.

A class favorite was graphing whether you typically wear gloves or mittens in cold weather. The students ALWAYS love relating school work to their own personal life! After graphing our data, we analyzed it. Each class had a different spin on analyzing and graphing the data: take a look!

Happy New Year!

We made it! Our first full week back from Winter Break is complete. The transition back into school mode can be difficult, but we are all off to a great start! I have a feeling 2013 is going to be the best year yet... What do you think?! Here's to having a fantastic new year full of growing, loving, and learning!