Monday, October 29, 2007

White Ghost, White Ghost...

This morning we read The Little Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat.
Today we read a story, inspired by Brown Bear.. called White Ghost, White Ghost. The characters include a Brown Owl, Yellow Broom, Purple Which, and Black Bat. Students enjoyed the story and we decided that we would make smaller versions that each child could color and practice reading.

In Writer's Workshop today we continued labeling items around the classroom, doing interactive writing. Some things we labeled today: sun, markers, closet, kitchen, crayon box, linking cubes, etc.

For math, we did patterning with a variety of Halloween icons: pumpkins, witches, bats, and ghosts. We also began our culminating Pumpkin project today by doing some of the prep work. Tomorrow students will finish creating the life cycle of a pumpkin and bring home the project on Wednesday.

Tomorrow I will not be at school. I have a Healthy Play Training that all K-2 teachers at Laurelwood are able to attend.

Just a reminder -- Wednesday is Halloween! We will be having the Costume Parade at 8:25. After the parade, we will be having a small celebration (we'll be taking pictures, eating healthy snacks, and changing out of costumes).

1 comment:

LizzyRose said...

I can't wait to see the Halloween pictures!