A Story with the Prinicpal

Today, Mrs. Cooney came into our room and read us a story called, "Are You a Horse?" It was a very silly story, and we loved it. We also loved getting to know our principal. We also had our counselor, Mrs. Hayes, come in for our weekly counseling session. She has been talking about a cat named Chester who is dealing with bully's. First, Chester has a "cold" response towards some bully's. This means he got upset and cried. Then, he had a "hot" response. This means that he got angry and yelled mean words at them. We learned that neither of these responses are good. Mrs. Hayes had the students make Chester puppets. One puppet showed a hot response and one showed a cold one. Next week, we will be learning about a third response.

A friend holding up her Chester puppets

Mrs. Cooney reading to the class in her cool cowboy hat

Shape Collage

Today, we talked about the 3 basic shapes: squares, triangles, and circles. Each table received a huge shape made from paper. Two tables received circles. Then, I gave each student a magazine. The students searched for their table's shape in the magazines. When they found the shapes, they cut them out and glued them to the big shape. When we were finished, we had shape collages. It was a lot of fun!

Making the shape collages



Each table holding up their shape collage

Grandparent's Day!

Today, we celebrated Grandparent's Day at our school. In the morning, we made special "hugs" for our grandparents. They cut out a person's face that said, "Here is a hug for you! Happy Grandparents Day! Love, " The students signed their name and drew their face on their person. Then, we crinkled 2 strips of paper to make the arms. Lastly, we glued them on the person, and we had a hug!
In the afternoon, some of the student's grandparents came to school. We all played Alphabet Bingo. Then, we ate cookies and drank punch. Lastly, Mr. B came to our room, and the students performed some of their songs from music class for the grandparents.

Two friends holding up their "hugs"

Some of the students posing with their grandparents

Counting With Egg Cartons

Today, we used egg cartons and counters to practice our counting. I told the students a number (1-10), and the students placed that many counters into the egg carton. It was a lot of fun and great practice. You could even do this at home! Just get an empty egg carton and use some pennies as counters.

Topeka Roadrunners!

The Topeka Roadrunners came to our school today. They even brought their mascot. He gave all of the students in my class high fives. The students loved their very first assembly. The Roadrunners taught us some fun cheers and gave every student a ticket to come to the game this weekend. They were thrilled. The Roadrunners will be coming back to our school next month to read a book to every class. We can't wait!

Happy Birthday A!

Today was A's 6th birthday. I was gone in the afternoon at a meeting, so I do not have any other pictures to share today. Here is A in her birthday crown:

Happy Birthday A!

Fresh Fruits and Vegetable Program and Math Fun!

Our school is participating in the Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Program. Everyday, our school will be receiving a fruit or vegetable for a snack. I will also be teaching lessons on the importance of eating healthy. We will still have our other snacks available because some veggies might not be as popular, but I'll encourage every child to at least try it first. Today, we had apples. They were delicious!
In math, we made another graph. We graphed our birthdays and discussed which month had the most and least. We also learned a special birthday song, where they stand up when they hear their birthday month. We will know our birthdays in no time at all. We also worked on sorting in math centers again. I gave each group something different to sort. We are getting really good at sorting by color, and some groups even sorted by shapes too!

Eating the apples at snack time

Sorting in math centers



Birthday graph