Catch That Gingerbread Baby and Building Gingerbread Houses!

What an absolutely beautiful morning in our classroom! The day began with our Reader's Theater Catch That Gingerbread Baby (based on Jan's Brett's Book The Gingerbread Baby). Today we had our family members join in our shared reading. Next families worked together to build their own design of a gingerbread house. So thankful for my students and their families. May you all have a beautiful holiday season!

Lets Catch That Gingerbread Baby!

Our First Kindergarten Reader's Theater

BROWN BEAR BROWN BEAR READER'S THEATER 

PRESENTED ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH

AT 8:20 A.M in our classroom

Please check in at the office upon arrival. We start our day on Fridays in the gym for Jump Start then we will come to our classroom take morning attendance and lunch count. After this we will begin our shared reading presentation! Your child's script can be found in his/her OWL Binder.

 

The Characters are:  

Children - All Students

Brown Bear - Noah and Christopher

Red Bird - Lena, Drezden and Carsen

Yellow Duck - Henry and Ying Ying

Blue Horse - Riven and Lanier

Green Frog - Draysyn, Skye and Jackson

Purple Cat - Claire and Pyxiana

White Dog - Gemma, Audrina and Serenity

Black Sheep - Anna and Adaline

Goldfish - Billie and Emmitt

Teacher - Mrs. Lieck

Reader's Theater Times for Friday ~ April 15th!

Hope to See You Friday!

8:30 - Koala Lou and Hattie and the Fox

Koala Lou

Narrator 1 ~ Madelyn, Narrator 2 ~ Mariella, and Mom ~ Mikenzie

Hattie and the Fox

Narrator ~ Jonathan, Hattie ~ Cyanna, Goose and Horse ~ Xander,

Pig ~ Emmaline, Sheep ~ Trenton

2:00 - Paper Bag Princess and Stephanie’s Ponytail

Paper Bag Princess

Narrator 1 ~ Abram, Narrator 2 ~ Tripp, Elizabeth ~ June,

Dragon ~ Carter and Ronald ~ Jonathan

Stephanie’s Ponytail

Narrator 1 ~ Kara, Narrator 2 ~ Emma, Stephanie ~ Kali,

Stephanie’s Mom ~ Vivian, Teacher ~ June, Kids ~ Everyone

Digital Learning Day 2016

Digital Learning Day 2016!

Today began with sharing our love of reading with our 4K reading buddies.  They visited our room for the first time and we were so excited to begin making their digital stories about our books we were reading to them!

 

 

The students listened to the story The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires and then they wrote about their most magnificent thing they have ever built, made, cooked or helped with.  The students created a Google Document and typed it up.  Next they used Little Bird Tales to draw a image of their "Magnificent Thing".  Finally they uploaded the image to their Google Document.

 

My Most Magnificent Thing by Vivian

 

My Most Magnificent Thing by Kali    My Most Magnificent Thing by Emma

A Great Digital Learning Day 2016!

Looking Ahead to The First Week of February 2016

GYM CLASS OUTSIDE THIS WEEK

Gym Classes on Monday and Friday will be outside for snowshoeing or skiing.  Please bring all outer wear to school so you can enjoy the fun and learning again this year!

Grandparent's Lunch Wednesday February 3rd

We look forward to having lunch with our 

Grandparents this Wednesday 

from 11:45 to 12:15 :)

Friday ~ February 12th

Homophone Hubbub Reader's Theater will perform at 8:30 am

Also on the 12th we will be celebrating Valentine's Day.  

Students in our classroom are:

Carter, Jonathan, June, Madelyn, Xander, Mariella, 

Abe, Cyanna, Emmaline, Trenton, Vivian, 

Kara, Mikenzie, Kali, Hailey, Emma and Tripp

February Write, Show and Share Schedule

Items brought for write show and share should be brought in a bag so others cannot see.  Children may bring in their Write, Show and Share item any time during their scheduled week. The children will be on a rotation schedule. The rotation is as follows beginning this Friday.

February 5	February12	February 19	February 26
Carter	Emmaline	Abram	Trenton
Tripp	Vivian	Emma	Mikenzie
June	Jonathan	Hailey	Cyanna
Madelyn	Kara	Xander	Mariella
Kali

Listening and Speaking to Each Other to Start Off the New Year!

Listening and Speaking to Each Other!

This week we are taking a close look at the Arctic and its habitat. The students broke into groups and analyzed the text features in their shared reading book Arctic Life As they discussed the different informational text features they shared what they thought and why.  It was great to walk around and observe their communication and their reasoning. 

Headbanz

To kick off Daily 5, the students asked and answered questions while building their imagination and memory skills while engaging in the literacy game, Headbanz. All students had a great time and were involved in language and fun!

Hansel, Gretel and Fred

 Why I LOVE Shared Reading!

Today we presented Hansel, Gretel and Fred to family and friends.  I find Reader's Theater (Shared Reading) to be such an important part of a classroom curriculum.  The students build confidence and their love for reading.  As we develop and look at new scripts the students practice all their reading strategies, build meaning and comprehension, work as a team and read aloud while performing.

June and Kali as Gretel

 Ben, Abram and Tripp as Hansel

Vivian and Emma as Weezie 

 Jonathan, Kara and Alexander as Gingerbread Man

Madelyn, Mariella and Hailey as Freddie Jean

 Carter and Presley as Fred

Emmaline, Mikenzie and Trenton as the Jelly Bears

HANSEL, GRETEL AND FRED!

Hansel, Gretel and Fred!

You may have heard of the story Hansel and Gretel but you have probably never heard this version.  The setting of our next Reader’s Theater, Hansel, Gretel and Fred, takes place in a deep dark forest. It is early morning, Hansel and his sister, Gretel, are walking along eating crackers and leaving a trail of crumbs behind them.

Please join us on December 18^th at 8:30 

for our next Reader’s Theater!  

Here is our cast:

Hansel – Abram, Tripp and Benjamin

Gretel – June and Kali

Weezie (the witch) – Emma, Vivian and Madelyn

Fred (a mouse) – Carter and Presley

Freddie Jean (Fred’s sister) – Mariella and Hailey

Gingerbread Man – Jonathan, Kara and Alexander

First Jelly Bear – Mikenzie

Second Jelly Bear – Emmaline and Trenton

HOW TO CATCH MONSTERS!

Today in Shared Reading the students chose their characters and began their first read through.

I love how excited they get when they are given a new script and want to dive into reading!