Monday, November 17, 2014

Our Hopes and Dreams for Kindergarten



Joel hopes to learn to write 58 words.
Lexi hopes to read more chapter books.
Lucas hopes to write 180 words
Natalie C. hopes to read all the books in the classroom.
Dylan hopes to read a lot of words.
Lily hopes to learn the names of everybody at Rowe School.
Eli hopes to write 100 words.
Fiona hopes to read bigger books.
Tommy hopes to read chapter books.
Kristopher hopes to draw 151 pictures.
Declan hopes to learn more reading superpowers.
Natalie G. hopes to read chapter books.
Rory hopes to the learn all the names of the people at our school.
Morgan hopes to read chapter books.
Ian hopes to read chapter books.
Raegan hopes to read bigger books.
Mrs. Lemay hopes to help all the Shooting Shark Stars reach their kindergarten dreams.

November 17

Last week we......

continued to read and write pattern books
wrote a collaborative class book about P.E.
started to write our own pattern books
learned a new jingle to help us remember the steps to writing a pattern book: "Think, think, think.  Sketch, sketch, sketch.  Then write.  Then write."
continued to practice using Owl Eyes and Lips the Fish to help us while reading
met a new superhero, Stretchy Snake, who helps us remember to stretch out the word
played "Guess the Voice" as our greeting
shared our disguised turkeys
reviewed what it looks like and sounds like during Reader's Workshop
completed a variety of activities to practice subitizing, the ability to recognize dot arrangements in different arrangements
discussed hopes and dreams for the rest of kindergarten

Did you know we named our class the Shooting Shark Stars? 









Monday, November 10, 2014

November 10

November is off to a great start.

Last week we.......
wrapped up our Looking Closely writing unit
started reading and writing pattern books
observed and wrote about a tree in autumn
retold the story Big Pumpkin


observed rocks during science
learned that readers use superpowers when they get stuck on a word.  
learned that we use Owl Eyes to look at the pictures for clues and Lips the Fish to look at the first letter in the word
greeted each other with the shoe greeting


started our scarecrow theme
read The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything and learned a song to go with it.
used instruments to help retell the story 
played a math game called under the rug
practiced identifying teen numbers while playing "Boo." 
created a scarecrow with pattern blocks
practiced solving and creating number stories