Friday, February 28, 2014

Our Week in Review - February 24 - 28

This week we acted like K5 friends! We had an entire week of Readers and Writers Workshop - just like they do in K5.

In Readers Workshop we began to notice characters. Each student received a post-it and placed in on a character in their story. Then, students shared with the class the character they chose and why.


Rex sharing Emily Elizabeth (AM)

Alissyn sharing Clifford (AM)
Finley sharing Froggy (AM)
Ivy sharing her character (PM)
Isla sharing her character (PM)
Jae sharing Pete the Cat (PM)
Lucy sharing her character (PM)
In Writers Workshop, we have been working on adding more to our stories. Students have began writing stories over multiple pages, just like they do in first grade! I have been so impressed with how much thought and detail they are putting into each story. I told students the next step is publishing!


Rex has been working on telling the story about him going to Discovery World with Jae. First, they drove there, then they played, then they drove home (AM).



Grace has been writing a story about her trip. First she got on an airplane, then she got to the hotel. After, she ate dinner (AM).



Lucy has been working on telling the story of her going to the car show (and the rest of her entire day) (PM).



Bella has been working on telling the story of her going to a hockey game in Chicago. First, she drove there, then she saw the hockey game with her family and cousins (PM).




We wrapped up our dental health unit this week. Students traded in their brushing charts for a new toothbrush, toothpaste, and book!





Our Mystery Readers came Friday!

Sophie's Mom was our AM Mystery Reader
Bella's Mom was our PM Mystery Reader
The letter of the week next week is Pp (hi smiley, big line down, frog jump! Little curve to middle).

The Stormonth read-a-thon begins *tomorrow!* Participation in the read-a-thon is optional. The money raised will be used to buy materials for Stormonth classrooms.  Our students will raise money by reading books and asking friends and family to sponsor them for the amount of time they read.  Your student should set a  reading goal for the month of March. The read-a-thon runs from March 1st to March 28th. Donations should be turned in March 31st. Please look for a manila envelope with all the details!

Mrs. Koscielniak and Mrs. Hogue aka Thing 1 and Thing 2
 Don't forget -- the top readers in each grade level will have their names on the morning announcements. I hope it’s YOU and not thing one or thing two!

Love,
Mrs. Koscielniak







Friday, February 21, 2014

Our Week in Review - February 17 - 21

In Writers Workshop we continued to talk about writing our ideas. Students have been doing such a great job with that!


I went on the monkey bars (Rex AM)
I went to Adam's birthday party and there were two bounce houses (Elliott AM)
My mom made pancakes (Alissyn AM)
I went to dinner (Ivy PM)
I colored (Joey PM)
I went to Ihop (Kendia PM)
We began talking about dental health this week. Students have been sorting pictures of things that make our teeth happy and sad.
Alissyn (AM)
Sophie (AM)
Lauren (PM)
Mercer (PM)
For Jj week we read "Jamberry." Then we tasted and graphed our favorite jam!


AM's Jam Graph
PM's Jam Graph
Our Mystery Readers came on Friday!

Aden's Mom was our AM Mystery Reader
Jae's Mom was our PM Mystery Reader 
Our next letter of the week is Dd (hi smiley, big line down, frog jump! Big curve to bottom)

Friday, February 28th is wear stripes day!

Have a great weekend!

Love,
Mrs. Koscielniak







Friday, February 14, 2014

Our Week in Review - February 10 - 14

Happy Valentine's Day! We had an extremely busy week in room 116 this week!

In Writers Workshop we have been working really hard on stretching and writing the sounds we hear for our labels. This week several students chose to write an entire sentence about their story!

I went to Grammy and Papa's house and went in the basement (Elliott AM)
I played with the race play mobile (Sophie AM)
I went to the move (Grace AM)
I got a haircut (Alissyn AM)
Carson has been working for 3 days on his grocery store story! He has been working on labeling all of the food he saw while he was there (Carson PM)
I watched a movie (Ava PM)
I went to Disney on Ice (Jackson PM)
In Readers Workshop we have been working on reading with our reading buddies. This week reading buddies focused on saying what they see in the pictures.

Sophie and Grace (AM)
Rex and Caedyn (AM)
Aden and Adreas (AM
Ella and Alissyn (AM)
Jae and Lucy (PM)
Annie and Lauren (PM)
Ivy and Carson (PM)
Bella and Joey (PM)
Ava and Isla (PM)
We read several books about Valentine's Day. My personal favorite it "Love Monster." After we read the story, we made our own love monsters.


I am a Love Monster! I love Hugh (Annabelle AM)
I am a Love Monster! I love my mommy and daddy (Elliott AM)
I am a Love Monster! I love to go to Noodles (Cameron AM)
I am a Love Monster! I love my family (Kendia PM)
I am a Love Monster! I love my brother Connor (Carson PM)
I am a Love Monster! I love my daddy (Amiah PM)
And on Friday we celebrated Valentine's Day!

AM's Celebration




















PM's Celebration





















Our Mystery Readers came on Friday!

Elliott's Grandma was our AM Mystery Reader
Willy's Grandma was our 2nd AM Mystery Reader (lucky us)!
Ava's Brother was our PM Mystery Reader
Our letter of the week next week is Jj (big line down, turn, little line across the top).

Enjoy your Valentine's weekend!

Love,
Mrs. Koscielniak