Article posted November 20, 2009 at 08:09 PM GMT0 •
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Friday on PhotoPeach
Today we had some fun making some special turkeys. Members of the Reading Room came in to hand out books that were given out to each Kindergarten student in the District, compliments of the Baldwinsville Teacher's Association. What a great surprise! We also celebrated November birthdays. Happy Birthday!
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Article posted November 19, 2009 at 08:07 PM GMT0 •
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Thursday on PhotoPeach
Today before we listened to the story Dear Juno, we taked about different ways we communicate with our grandparents and friends and family who live far away. We talked about the usual ways (the only ways I could communicate with mine) the phone and mail, but then we came up with all sorts of new ways, including email and Skype calls. Then we read the story about Juno and his grandmother.
In math we worked some more on our patterns with the pattern templates.
In the morning class we welcomed a new student!
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Article posted November 18, 2009 at 08:36 PM GMT0 •
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Wednesday on PhotoPeach
In reading today we built -ap,-at and -am words. We listened to the story A Birthday Basket For Tia. It was about a special birthday present a little girl made for her great aunt. She put in several items that held special meanings to the little girl and her aunt. See if your child can recall all of the items and what they stood for. (a book because they liked to read together, a bowl because they liked to bake cookies, a tea cup because the aunt would make tea for the girl when she was sick, a red ball because they tossed the ball around on nice days, a flower pot because they liked to grow flowers and some flowers because her aunt liked to pick them for her.)
In writing workshop we worked on "fixing up and fancying up" our final piece. In the afternoon we started something new. We have paired up with Mrs. Dwyer's first grade class to be Writing Workshop Buddies. We met for the first time today and learned some of what is to be expected of us during our time together. We'll be meeting again with them after Thanksgiving.
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Article posted November 17, 2009 at 08:32 PM GMT0 •
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Tuesday on PhotoPeach
Today in reading we played two different games. One game was a dective game where we had to find pictures given the onset and rime clue. The other game was called Trio Tally. The boys and girls were given pictures. They had to determine the beginning sound of each of the pictures and match them up. They were looking for 3 of a kind.
We listened to the big book Off We Go, about different animals going off to see Grandma. We talked about how some of us might be going to see Grandma for Thanksgiving and then we drew and wrote about what we like to do best with her.
In math, the AM class got to explore using the pattern block templates, while the afternoon had a go at creating patterns onto strips of papers using the templates.
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Article posted November 16, 2009 at 08:01 PM GMT0 •
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Monday on PhotoPeach
Today in reading we read the books Soup and I Nap. We listened to the story Emily's House and discussed who a main character is. The morning class worked on "fixing up and fancing up" a piece in writing workshop to share after Thanksgiving. The afternoon class had fun exploring pattern block templates. Congratulations to yet another student for mastering all 50 Star Words and a special thanks to those who have been doing extra chores around the house to earn money for our adopted family at Christmas.
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Article posted November 13, 2009 at 08:01 PM GMT0 •
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Friday on PhotoPeach
On Friday we listened to the story The Terrible Tragadabas. After listening to the story we made puppets and practiced retelling the story. In reading we played two different games with our star words. We played a memory game as well as the game "Find It Fast". The children layed out their cards face up and had to listen to the word they needed to find in the pile as fast as they could. This is a great game to play at home as well. In the morning we had time for game day in math.
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Article posted November 12, 2009 at 08:19 PM GMT0 •
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Thursday on PhotoPeach
Today in reading we played 2 games. One game was a rhyming game, the other was a game where we had to tell the middle sound in the word.
We also listened and discussed the story I Took My Frog To The Library.
The morning class go to play Domino Concentration
I told the boys and girls in the afternoon class how I went to Walmart yesterday and walked around for a very long time trying to remember what it was I went for. The afternoon class informed me I should have brought a list with me! So, I showed them a picture of the Oreo turkey treat we will be making right before Thanksgiving and we came up with the ingredients we needed. Then the boys and girls helped me write my list. They're getting very good at "tapping out sounds"! After we wrote my list, they broke off into partners and wrote a grocery list of what they would buy if they could get anything they wanted! Their lists were very interesting :)
Just a reminder that the afternoon class will be having P.E. tomorrow. (and again on Monday)
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Article posted November 10, 2009 at 08:03 PM GMT0 •
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In reading today one group played Quick Draw, a game where players had to give onset and rime of words. ( /v/ /ase/ vase). The other group played One Card Out, a game that had children identifying words that had the same beginning sound. We listened to the poem What Did You Put In Your Pocket and had some fun with rhyming words. We also worked on blending -ap words. In math we learned how to play Domino Concentration. The AM did not get a chance to play the game because they had Music today. They will get to play the game on Thursday.
Just a reminder that there is no school tomorrow.
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Article posted November 9, 2009 at 08:33 PM GMT0 •
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Outdoor Fun! on PhotoPeach
With temps into the 70's we just HAD to enjoy the day out on the playground!
When we weren't playing, we did manage to get a lot of work done. In reading one group read I Have You Have and the other group read We Go. We also had some time to play a Letter Recognition memory game. We listened to the story Warthogs In the Kitchen again. We discussed who the characters in the story were as well as learned about the setting in a story, or where the story takes place. After listening to the story we compared the book Warthogs with Peanut Butter and Jelly book. We created a Venn Diagram to organize our thoughts. See if you child can recall some of the ways the two stories were the same.
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