Five for Friday

Hi Teacher Friends!  It's Friday and we are participating in Doodle Bugs Teaching Five for Friday linky.

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#1  Special Classroom Visitors
We had teddy bear day this week.  It always amazes me how something so simple as bringing your favorite stuffed animal to school makes the kinderkids so-o-o-o-o happy and excited.

We sorted and graphed our bears.  I have seen this idea for graphing on several teacher sites.  A big THANK YOU goes out to all those teachers who share their great ideas with others. 

 

We measured our bears using linking cubes.   I found this idea on measuring each bear on Mrs. Pohlmeyer's Kinderpage.  Sadly, this site is closed.  :(    

I remember looking at her site for hours.  She had so many neat ideas and pictures to share.

#2 Class Favorites

We read from a variety of bear themed books this week.  My kinderkids absolutely love the Bear books by Karma Wilson.  The class can't get enough of them.

 This is a new book for me and my class.  They loved Goldie Socks and asked for me to read it again and again.

 

#3 Characters and Setting

We used the book Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson to identify the characters and setting.

Using post-it notes is super easy.  The kids can easily draw a quick picture and then add it to the chart by themselves while I help those who need it. 

#4  February!

Where did January go???  Before I left school this afternoon, I switched out the calendar and got things ready for Monday and February.  

#5  February Month Song and Poem

I found this song a long time ago on the internet.  It is sung to the tune of Frere Jacques (Brother John).   If you know the oringinal source, please leave a comment.  I would like to give credit where credit is due.

I found this poem on Victoria Smith's Kinder Korner site (www.kinderkorner.com)  and on Mrs. Pohlmeyer's Kinderpage a long time ago as well.  My kiddoes love using a pointer to track the print in this poem.

That's all for now. 

 Have a great weekend!  :)

Five for Friday Linky

Hi Teacher Friends!  Well Blogger is cooperating once again and I was able to get my pictures to load.  We are participating in the linky at Doodle Bugs Teaching.

 

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#1 Writing Samples

We are working away with our personal narratives. I am using Deanna Jump and Deedee Wills ' fabulous writing units.  I have posted before how much I enjoy using their units.  Those units have helped me so-o-o-o much with teaching writing to my kinderkids.  Here are two samples.  The first one is by a little kinder who has made so much progress!

 "I go to the lake and I like the lake.  I like the ducks.  I feed the ducks."

 "One time I went to the zoo and I saw a gorilla and it was awesome."

 I think these stories are "awesome"!

#2 Pencil Sharpener from Classroom Friendly Supplies

One word describes this pencil sharpener:  AWESOME!!!

I purchased the three pack of this sharpener after reading about this from other teacher bloggers.  I took one to my classroom, gave one to my sister for her classroom and left the third one for home use.  The word is out at my sister's school.  Kids from other classes come to her room to sharpen their pencils. (I think that is funny!)  They think it is cool!

 Just look at how well it sharpens.  The best part is that pencil point lasts all day.  The kids don't need to sharpen twice unless they break it accidentally.  My kinderkids all pinky promised not to ever point that sharp point at anyone or put it near their eye.  We talked safety first.

#3 Organizing for 2014

My favorite way to organize my lessons for the week.  Each tub holds a different subject.
I have enough stuff for each subject for two weeks.  

 

#4 Practicing those Blends

This is part of our snowman literacy pack at our TpT shop.  Those blends are so tricky for my little readers who struggle.  We are practicing and practicing.

#5 Celebrating the New Year

We are still working on a few activities for the New Year.  This was shared by one of my kinder co-workers.  We talked about resolutions and setting goals.   The kids loved adding the noise makers.  Of course we had to make a little bit of noise with those before gluing them onto our papers.  :)

" This year I want to I want to eat healthier."

I don't have a picture for this one but we went on a field trip Thursday to the next town over to watch a performance of a play.  It had to be the COLDEST field trip I've ever been on.  They unloaded us from the bus and we had to stand on the sidewalk waiting to go into the auditorium.  That north wind was blowing and blowing and blowing and boy was it COLD!  The kids and I huddled together to block the wind.  We pretended we were little penguins huddling together to stay warm. 

 

(Penguin clipart from Microsoft)

Have a great weekend friends.  Stay warm.