Hard at Work

Each day during our guided reading groups, the kids rotate through Daily 5 stations.  They are doing one of the following things:  listening to reading, reading to self, working on writing, doing word work, or reading with a buddy.  Check out these hard workers!

Happy Halloween!

All day today I was asked, "Are we going to do fun stuff today?"  I said, "I thought we did fun stuff everyday!"  I guess they were wanting some sort of a party.  Unfortunately, we don't do Halloween parties but I did try to make the day fun for them.  We had drawings throughout the day for fun prizes. 

The kids are pretty good at making connections when they read so we read The Littlest Pumpkin.  The littlest pumpkin was disappointed because he thought no one was going to pick him for Halloween.  The kids had to write about a time they were disappointed.  They did a great job!  Be sure to stop by and check them out.  They will be hanging outside our door.  As we were reading, we made some predictions along the way.  So...we had to wear our super silly prediction glasses to help us think.  Don't they look so cute! 

The Last Couple of Weeks

Did you wonder what happened to us???  I am at that point where I feel like I am always about 5 steps behind.  I promise we are working very hard in Room 4.  I thought maybe I should find a few minutes to share the fun stuff we have been doing.   Last week (or maybe even the week before) we were so lucky to be able to attend the Carmel High School Homecoming Parade.  That is always something we look forward to. The kids had a great time...and it gets them out of the classroom for a little while:)  Here are a few pictures from that fun day!