Reading

We are focusing on similarities and differences between the three books, such as:
Who are the characters in each book?
What does each main character enjoy doing?
What is the main character's problem in each of the books?
How are these problems similar? How are these problems different?
How are the main characters' problems different from human children's problems?

Thanksgiving Poems and Songs

We are learning the following poem and song in class this week.
The class web page has some November songs and poems added too.

Investigating Our Names

We had to figure out...
How many letters in your first name?
How many vowels?
How many syllables?
How many letters in your last name?
How many letters in your first and last name?

Putting our Name Towers in order from fewest letters to most.

New math wordS MORE, LESS AND FEWER

The children worked with a partner to illustrate the math word we talked about today. The children loved sharing their math stories at large group time.
Last week we talked about the work DOUBLE-CHECKING at math time. This is something that children are encouraged to do when working on a math investigation.

On the Smart Board we revisited the game Button Match Up and Attribute sort

We are making a Voice Thread focusing on counting pumpkin patterns. At large group time we have been practicing counting by 5's and 10's. We made a turkey numberline counting by 5's.

The 50th Day of School!!

Picture slideshow personalized with Smilebox

Mo Willems

Who Took the Cookies from The Cookie Jar?

Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Amy Krouse Rosenthal is a person who likes to make things.

Some things she likes to make:
Children's books.
Grown-up books.
Short films.
Salads.
Connections with the universe.
Something out of nothing.
Wishes.

According to The New York Times, Amy's award-winning children's books "radiate fun the way tulips radiate spring: they are elegant and spirit-lifting." Her 16 books for children include LITTLE PEA, SPOON, THE WONDER BOOK, COOKIES: BITE-SIZE LIFE LESSONS, AND DUCK!RABBIT!.

We Started reading some of Amy's books!
We read the stories

We loved reading the Story Yes Day! This story is about a child who gets to have a YES day once a year. We wrote about what we would ask for on a YES day!

Name Chart and Vowels

We are measuring our names at math time. We made a class name chart and a chart highlighting the vowels in our name. We are noticing many different things about the vowels AEIOU and sometimes Y.

The Counting Jar

We read the story Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes. Can you guess what was in the counting jar this week?

Math Sharing

Turkey Handrprints

Will The Pumpkin Sink or Float?

Many kids were surprised to see the pumpkin float! Let's week working with a partner we wrote pumpkin poems.

L...is for Lauren