Soaring through September

Here is a glance into what we have been up to this month!

We started the year with a search for the gingerbread man that we made as a class.  While we were in specials that tricky cookie jumped out of the oven and left us clues to follow around the school!  We finally found him after two days of searching in Mrs. Newton's office.  And then we got to eat him!  He was very tasty.

As a class, we came up with a list of rules that we can follow while we are in the classroom.  We took pictures to help us remember what the rules are and put them on a poster that we all signed.  Our rules are:

1. to pick up after ourselves

2. to use whole body listening

3. to have safe bodies

4. to have calm, quiet voices

When students do expected behavior they can earn an "alphabit" token.  Once we collect 100 in our classroom we get to have a celebration!  We keep them in this chart to keep track.  So far we have had three celebrations!

Students also created Hopes and Dreams for the school year.  We put them in hot air balloons!

To help us focus throughout the day we do GoNoodle.  It's a great way to get our wiggles out!  Sometimes we stretch, sometimes we dance, and sometimes we sing.  Every time we do a video we make our Champion grow stronger.

Most days we get to do "Work Places" which are math stations that give us the chance to practice different skills.  We have been working on making patterns and counting by ones and tens.

In the afternoon we get to do more math in small groups.  We have been working on writing our numbers from 0-5.  Here we are having some number writing fun in shaving cream!

During our writing/science time students have been learning about the 5 senses.  We have done taste tests, drawn self portraits as well as many other fun activities!  Students know that we use our 5 senses every single day.  We have been able to do some writing activities as well.  Students have helped me write their ideas by listening to the sounds in words.  We have been learning the lower case letters t, f, b, m, n, i, and u.

We have also been heading into the forest every Friday!  Students have the opportunity to observe the natural world around them, make snack over an open fire, and learn in an always changing environment.  We have had such a fun time as a class so far!