April Fools!!!

Show and Tell: Today Annie shared her sketchbook.. She has been taking art classes and brought in her sketchbook which contains some of her srtwork, including a crab and several fish.

Reader's Workshop: Students read privately and some wrote the room while I worked with more Guided Reading groups. Those who I met with are making excellent progress and are remembering to follow under the words while they read as well as looking at the pictures for clues.

Writer's Workshop: Today I modeled writing and illustrating my first page for our farm book. Students were reminded of topics that thhey could choose to write about and selected theirs. Then they wrote their first page and illustrated it - each page will only contain one sentence or idea.

Social Studies: As we entered a new month, we have a new lifeskill to focus on. Teamwork is April's lifeskill and means "I will work with other.s" This is an excellent lifeskill for our class to work on as we prepare ourselves for the leap to first grade. We'll focus this month on working together, being kind to one another, and always trying our best.

Read Aloud: After lunch Miss Ciampa and I switched name tags and took one another's classes (pretending to be the other) for a Read Aloud in celebration of April FOol's Day. The kids seemed to have a really good time with the practical joke.

Computer Lab: Students had the chance to use several applications on the website www.starfall.com It is an excellent website that I suggest to anyone who has a computer with internet access at home. There are varying levels for students ranging from letter identification and sounds to learning to read all the way up through "I can read" activities.