The Bates Mini Marathon

Can anyone say fun???? The kids had a fantastic time particpating in the Bates Mini-Marathon!! A big THANKS to all the parent helpers and teachers who made this day special. Everyone in KC ran around Bates school 3 times. Some kids ran around 4, 5 and I think maybe 6 laps!!! Kids were tired and very proud!!

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In a Small Small Pond

New Author Study~ Denise Fleming

We read the story In a Small Small Pond.

We painted the water with paint. The next day we added pond creatures with Cray-pas.

Check out our beautiful pond pictures!!! Click on play.

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Daily 5 Time and Secret Sentences

Read to someone.

Busy reading!

Read to self.

Nonfiction books have been very popular.

Reading a story from writing workshop!

At large group time a favorite activity has been SECRET SENTENCE time!Working together we read the words and figure out where they belong. We have been learning that a sentences begins with a capital letter and ends with a punctuation mark.

The secret sentence... Today we have music and PE.

The Secret Sentence on Tuesday...Today we have music .

The Solar System

Many students are writing books about the Solar System. During large group time we read the story The Planets and created a Facts~Questions~Respond chart below.

Writing Workshop Part 2

Writing Workshop Stories

Math Workshop

The following are some of the math station this week. We have also been going on shape walks looking for 3 D shapes. We have been looking for shapes that are spheres, cubes, cylinders and cones. Your child will be bringing home a sheet on Monday to record 3 D Shape in your home. Next week we will be starting a new math unit called Addition, Subtraction, and the Number system.

Matching 3 D Shapes

Making 3 D Shapes with Play Doh

Creating a shape and having your partner copy you shape

Matching 3 D shapes to the footprints

Finishing our pattern block books

PE this Week

The kids went outside with Ms.Fyvie to practice for the Mini-Marathon on Thursday. Thanks for all the parent helpers for this event! We will participate on Thursday from 9-9:30.

Writing Workshop Stories Part One

Everyone wants to share their writing workshop stories! This week everyone could pick one story they wanted to share from their folder. We practice reading our stories to friends. We hope you enjoy. On some of the stories you may not see all the word because we have been using Spider Legs. Ask you child what a Spider Leg is?? This is half of the class. On Monday I will post the second half.


I loved the Leprechaun stories and asked for those stories to be shared!!
We plan to send them to 1M I know Mrs. Mead's Class will LOVE them!!!!

 Ryan, Nikolai, Robert, Will, and Ashley Brennan,Steven,Kevin,Brooke,Charlotte,Sam, Sean,Diego

Pebble or Rock???

We have been talking a lot about words that are pebbles and words that are ROCKS. A word that is a pebble does not tip the scale like a rock. Rocks are strong and have muscle!!!! You can see our list below of some words that are pebbles and Rocks. We found rocks outside our classroom and decorated the rocks to make a Rock Garden of Words. We are always on the look out during read aloud time for Rock Words. At writing time, we are trying to put Rock words in our stories. Last week the word joyful was very popular. This week I am hearing many kids use the word jubilant!

Beginning, Middle, End

We finished our Nancy Carlson posters illustrating and telling the beginning, middle and end. Click on the arrow to hear students retelling their pages.

Play Practice

We have started practicing for our classroom play. We started learning the songs and movements.

S...is for Sophie

Sophie and the Special Person this Week!