Our comprehension focus this week is retelling.  We are reading The Napping House by Audrey Wood.  After reading the book we decided a flow map would be the best map to use to sequence the beginning middle and end of the book.  You can see that our "map" is color coded to help us remember what happened  and when!  The first person has the HARDEST job!!! He/she has to remember to tell us about the setting as well as what the first character is doing!  We had LOTS of fun!  Retelling is a VERY important part of our guided reading lessons and DRA 2 assessments.  Please help your little pup remember to retell stories that you all read at home!

Look at our LLP (Listening, Learning, Position)! Folders under our pockets, hands in our laps and bubbles in our mouths!  MODEL PUPPIES! We love them so much!!!

Oh...how we LOVE Daily 5.  At read with a partner we continue to practice reading out loud.  We really like trying out our "funny" voices!  Can you tell what voice Landon and Sam are using...And Jackson and Miss Guy? Be sure to try it at home some of our favorite voices are cowboys, pirates and of course TEACHER voice!

The girls are illustrating their poem for their poetry folder!

In the word work station we continue to work with the alphabet, the sounds the letters make and how to manipulate them into words we can read! As you can see there are a number of kids working at word work...But EVERYONE is working on something meaningful to them and on their learning level! LOOK everyone is on TASK!  We LOVE authentic learning!

Jackson wanted to share his writing station circle map!  We read A My Name is Alice! We noticed so many cool things in this book...It is sequenced in alphabetical order.  Each page is a little story about two animals that begin with the letter, their names begin with the letter AND they live somewhere that starts with the letter, as well as, SELL something that starts with the SAME letter!  We decided it might be fun to write our OWN "tongue twister" using alliteration!  This is how we are starting our process....we are brainstorming (on a circle map of course) everything we can think of that starts with the same sound as the first sound in our name! Once we are finished we will post the final product!  HOW FUN...we are excited about Friday!

Mrs. O'Hearn our guidance counselor made her first visit to the Diggity Dog Room!  The first thing she said, "NO NAME GAME IN HERE!" too many people! Lots of groans...She did get to meet our new friends though!

Mrs. O'Hearn will come to our classroom about twice a month! We always look forward to our time with her!

Yesterday!

Well, since I took the night off last night to get my fingers and toes done...I thought I should catch up! We have started our problem solving journal!  Miss Woodard and I are loving all of the great thinking that is going on!  Many of you may remember UPS check...WELL...this year we will not be REQUIRING they use this method for problem solving. However if a student chooses to use the four square method that is fine too!  Miss Woodard and I are overwhelmed with the amount of thinking we are "seeing and hearing" from our little puppies!  

Problem of the day...There are 8 children sitting on a bench. Each child has 2 eyes. How many eyes are there?

Mia's strategy was to draw a picture! Way to go MIA!

Ethan thought making a table would be a great way to find the answer! WOWZIE!

 Emily went ahead and used the UPS check!  I LOVE LOVE LOVE that she shows us repeated addition.  My friend that wanted to learn multiplication! LOOK we are getting you READY for it!!!

 This blog is to allow you to be a part of your child's first grade year!  Miss Woodard and I are loving each and every day with your children.  We realize we get to spend more time with them each day than you do!  So PLEASE take a moment each day to talk about what is going on in the classroom...and CELEBRATE all of their accomplishments.  They will only be a first grader for a short time!  Thank you for sharing them with us!  Enjoy your evening!