A forest of families

We have been sharing family stories and learning about relatives.  We discovered that all families are a little bit the same and a little bit different.   We made family trees that show that discovery...

Ten Black Dots

We celebrated dot day all day in room 14. We searched for dots all around in our world. We found a lot of dots! We read a story called 10 Black Dots. It inspired our creativity. We did some counting and some drawing and used our imagination to create our own story. 

International Dot Day

Today was "International Dot Day". All of the students at Stevenson School participated in some kind of dot day activity after reading "The Dot" by Peter Renoylds.

 The Dot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5mGeR4AQdM&sns=tw via @youtube 

Room 14 did dot math. We created our own story inspired by a book called 10 black dots. We also danced to the dot song and let our creativity shine on our own dot art.  We searched for dots in our world and had wonders about dots we see, like why do ladybugs have dots.? We ended up all covered in dots! It was a completely dotty day! 

Reading is a lot of Fun.

We have discovered that we can all be teachers. We enjoy reading to fuzzy buddies. We practice the right way to "quiet-read", while reading quietly our fuzzy friends.  We are thinking about the "who and what" as we check for understanding on each page or picture. 

Our own special names!

We read a story called "Chrysanthemum" by Kevin Henkes. The little mouse in the story learned that her name was special and she felt proud. We all talked about how we all have special names. Some of our names are longer, some of our names are shorter, and some are equal ...but nobody had a name as long as Crysanthemum.   We have started a challenge to see if we can find a word that has more than 13 letters. Brianna found one that was equal to Chysanthemum...comprehension. Way to go!!! 

A picture perfect day

Our first day of grade one was "picture perfect". We sang. We danced. We read. We drew. We played. We explored. We created. We had fun.   And we were so happy! 

Ending is just the beginning...

Summer time is coming to an end and new adventures are about to begin. I have been busy getting the classroom cleaned up and put back together.  As it gets closer to the  first day of school I am getting more excited to bring on new adventures, discover new things and grow as a teacher.  I can't wait to  meet a new group of kiddos, learn about their wonders and help guide them towards becoming confident, caring and curious life-long learners.  "Let the fun begin!"