The Stormonth Munchkins: March 2014

Friday, March 28, 2014

Our Week in Review - March 24 - 28

On Monday we finished up our Thinks We Could Think which was a perfect transition into our Writers Workshop (talking about showing what characters are thinking)!

Kalin's thoughts AM

Sophie's thoughts (AM

Andreas's thoughts (AM)

Isla's thoughts (PM)

Lauren's thoughts (PM)

Lucy's thoughts (PM)

Jackson's thoughts (PM)

This week in Writers Workshop we learned that characters have thoughts and how to show those thoughts. Students were excited to show what their characters were thinking.

Mercer was thinking about a cupcake (PM)

Jackson and his brother were thinking about ice cream (PM)

Kalin was thinking about playing on the slide and her sister was thinking about playing with her other sister (AM)

In Readers Workshop we worked on identifying characters' problems.

We started talking about pets this week. We graphed whether or not we had a pet.

PM's Pet Graph

AM's Pet Graph

We focused on cats this week. We read "Cookie's Week" and retold the story. We also created our own class book about what we thought Cookie might do another day!

On Tuesday... Cookie painted the bathtub (Alissyn AM)

On Friday... Cookie ate soap (Finley AM)

On Saturday... Cookie went swimming (Sophie AM)

On Friday... Cookie saw a movie (Ivy PM)

On Sunday... Cookie went to the park (Amiah PM)

On Thursday... Cookie went to the library (Lucy PM)

Andreas even used a thought bubble during his Cookie drawing - yay Andreas!

On Monday... Cookie played (Andreas AM)

Our Mystery Reader made an appearance on Friday!

Darth Vader came to read to our PM class

Bella's Dad was our PM Mystery Reader!

Our letter of the week next week is Aa - hi smiley, big line slides down, another big line slides down, little line across.

Reading logs and money for the read-a-thon are due Monday.

Zoo permission slips are due Tuesday, April 8th.

Enjoy your weekend!

Love,

Mrs. Koscielniak

Friday, March 21, 2014

A Week in Review - March 17 - 21

In Readers Workshop we learned that the next step is publishing! Several friends were excited to publish and share their stories with their friends.

I went to a Party by Mya (AM)

I Went to a Movie by Isla (PM)

I am Going to Discovery World by Rex (AM)

The Car Show by Lucy (PM)

For Saint Patrick's Day we created leprechauns and shared what makes us feel lucky.

I feel lucky when there is a stay home day (Ava PM)

I feel lucky when it is my birthday (Isla PM)

I feel lucky when I'm playing in my bounce house (Bella PM)

I feel lucky when I get to go to Florida (Annie PM)

I feel lucky when I get kisses from my mommy (Finley AM)

I feel lucky when I get to play with my princesses (Annabelle AM)

I feel lucky when I get to play on the computer (Elliott AM)

I feel lucky when I get to go to school (because I like school) (Rex AM)

We Read "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish," then sorted and graphed colored goldfish crackers.

Ella graphing (AM)

Annabelle sorting her goldfish (AM)

Grace graphing her orange goldfish (AM)

Jae counting his purple goldfish (PM)

Bella sorting her goldfish (PM)

Isla graphing her purple goldfish (PM)

We read "The Foot Book" and brainstormed different opposites. Then, we drew opposites and made a class book.

Cameron's opposites (AM)

Grace's opposites (AM)

Ella's opposites (AM)

Lauren's opposites (PM)

Lucy's opposites (PM)

Joey's opposites (PM)

We also read "Oh the Thinks you can Think!" and brainstormed silly thinks that we could think. We didn't complete the project yet, so I will post pictures next week.

On Friday we wore our Dr. Seuss hats and had our Dr. Seuss Celebration! Thank you to all the parents who made snacks for our celebration!

Pink ink (juice), Wocket in My Pocket (cupcakes), One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish (jell-o), Cat's hat (kabob), Green Eggs and Ham (M&Ms with pretzels)

The picture is from the AM snacks. I forgot to take a picture of the PM snacks - sorry!

AM Dr. Seuss Celebration