The middle of WEEK TWO. I am just amazed at how fast things are moving already!  We continue to get into a routine. We are getting really good at unpacking, writers' workshop and Daily 5!  However, we continue to work on STAMINA...after lunch we have quite a few that try to "check out"!  But I have seen a big improvement over the first couple of days!  Be sure to talk with your child about the word stamina. We use that in our daily conversations!

Today we switched up our reading mini lesson! WOW the kids noticed right away that we were NOT reading for fun today!  I read My Five Senses.  They noticed that I did not have my "silly lips" on...I was reading more slowly, and I was EVEN taking notes on things I really wanted to remember.  We reviewed what reading for FUN sounded like and then we brainstormed what my purpose for reading might have been today!  It sure didn't take long for one of the pups to come up with "TO LEARN"! 

Our writing continues to improve! Look at these multiple sentences! I love the way Jacob experimented with talking in his writing! 

Funny story, I picked the kids up in the cafeteria this morning...Emily was first in line and the ENTIRE way to the classroom she told me all about her adventure to"Mr. Gade"!  We came into the classroom and it was time to write!  Emily came up to me and said, "I don't have anything to write about!"  That made me laugh!  Sweet Emily is rarely without words! 

Today was the FIRST day Ms. Woodard and I were able to sit down and do small math groups! YIPPEEE this means that math stations are starting to run smoothly!  I am SOO proud of all the kids...It definitely is NOT quiet in here but there is A LOT of learning going on!  Yesterday, our mini lesson focused on ordinal numbers.  In our small group today the students were asked when they might need to use ordinal numbers:  the days in a month, the way we finish a race and what grade we are in were all GREAT answers...We then cut out the ordinal number WORDS and glued them in our math journal in "grade" order.  One of my friends noticed kindergarten didn't have one...So we decided we would call them ZERO the HEROES!  After gluing them in we talked about what number we thought about when we heard or read the word first.  Everyone knew it was 1, but we didn't think 1 grade sounded good so we need to add the "st"!  We moved on to 2nd and 3rd...it was not long before everyone caught on we needed to add the last two letters from the word to the end of the number! HOT DIGGITY DOG we are some smart PUPPIES! Here is an EXCELLENT example of what our finished journal entry looked like today...(Thanks Sam)

Reminders: Tomorrow is Curriculum Night!  We will meet in POD 1 at 7:00.  We will sign up for Oct. 10th parent/teacher conferences! We have a power point presentation and then we will take questions! (I just hope I have some answers...please be nice!)

Have a wonderful evening! Thank you for your continued support and for sharing your little one with US!