Week of February 22, 2016

 

What would you do if an alien came to your classroom?  Follow the link below to see what the students think and take a closer look at their artwork!

What Would You Do If an Alien Came to Your Classroom

Watch the video below to take a look at some of the other lessons and activities we did this week!

Time Goes By So Fast in One Week!

Don't forget it is Read Across America Week!

 

  Monday, Feb 29:  Dress up as your favorite Dr. Seuss Character.

 Tuesday, March 1:  Wear your favorite crazy socks to school.

 Wednesday, March 2: Come to school dressed in your wackiest outfit!

   Thursday, March 3: Bring in your favorite stuffed animal and share   

some reading time with them.

 Friday, March 4: Relax in your pajamas as a way to celebrate the end of the week!

NEW STUDENT BLOG AND OUR FIRST SLICE OF LIFE POST!

A GREAT WAY TO BEGIN THE WEEK!

Click on the link below to read our little slices of life!

https://blog.seesaw.me/mrslieck/

Happy Tuesday! Today we began a new blog just for students! 

The students were introduced to the new website/app Seesaw. Seesaw is a digital literacy tool that empowers students to share their learning with others. The students are able to scan a QR code that is unique to our Blog and then find their name and begin to independently capture their learning through photos, videos, drawing, text and more. My hope is that the students will be inspired to create their own digital portfolios. 

Every Tuesday we will be participating in the Slice of Life Classroom Challenge. This is also new and interesting to us. We have so much to share everyday with you. Please let us know what you think by commenting on our posts. Today our writings are a little glimpse at our three day weekend :) 

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!

Happy Valentine's Day 2016

Happy Valentine's Day!

Grandparents' Day 2016

Grandparents' Day ~ 

You Mean So Much To Us!

Grandparents warm your heart.  This week we had Grandparents' Day and the students were elated and overjoyed to greet their grandparents for lunch.  Watching the interactions of child and grandparent was so special.  Conversation was easily flowing and you could feel the love they had for each other.  Some of the grandparents have visited our school and classroom before but for some it was the first time.  The students were given the choice to take their grandparents on a scavenger hunt and then came back to our classroom where we had a special gift for them. 

Prior to this day the students made replicas of themselves as miniature graduates.  We made inferences based on the first part of the graduate, added details to strengthen our understanding and then revisited our previous inferences and made changes to our thinking.  We also calculated the year the students would be graduating. 

Next the students were introduced to a poem called The Best Grandparents.  They read the poem and then added color to it.  Then we made a symmetrical heart and glued everything onto a larger piece of paper. Finally they added a vivid colorful photo of themselves and the simple words "Thank You".

As the grandparents entered our classroom the students were able to show them around the classroom and share different things with them.  We ended our Grandparents' Day by reciting the poem to them and then giving them our gift.

Enjoy the reflection of this day 

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

Researching Habitats!

If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be?

This week the students chose a habitat and have been researching to learn more about what it is, where it is, along with the plants and animals that live in that habitat.

Some of the children have also begun to add an informational illustration for their research!

 We are researching the Rain Forest!

I am researching about the Desert!

We want to know more about the Wetlands!