Monday, October 27, 2014

Our Week in Review - October 20 - 24

This week in Readers Workshop we practiced using a whisper voice while reading.



We also started Writers Workshop this week! We learned that before we start our stories, we need to get a picture in our brains.


Anna drawing her story
Audrey writing her story
Noah using a crayon to tell his story
Josh writing his story
Audrey's story about raking leaves
Noah's story about visiting the Milwaukee Museum 
Claire's story about visiting her grandma's house
Ben M.'s story about moving
Grant's story about going on a field trip
During teacher time, students explored and labeled the inside of a pumpkin.





We met Mat Man this week! Mat Man teaches us how to draw a person. Check out his video!
Meet Mat Man!
Ben X.'s before and after (PM)
Ben M.'s before and after (PM)
Olivia's before and after (AM)
John's before and after (AM)
Watch the Mat Man Song!

On Friday our Mystery Readers came!

John's mom was our AM Mystery Reader
Daphne's mom was our PM Mystery Reader
I hope you all have a great week!

Love,
Mrs. Koscielniak




Friday, October 17, 2014

Our Week in Review - October 13 - 17

What an awesome week! We headed to the pumpkin farm on a cold, wet, foggy, day... and we LOVED every second of it! We were wet and covered in mud when we returned - FUN!

AM's Field Trip







loading up for the wet hayride 


















Just a *little* dirty











PM's Field Trip


getting lost in the corn maze















After we picked our pumpkins









Muddy and loving it!















The colors were AMAZING!


In Readers Workshop we learned how to start at the front cover and carefully turn the pages of our books.


Reagan begins reading at the front cover (AM)
Olivia turns the page from the corner (AM)
Lauraless carefully turns the page (AM)
Luke finds the corner when he turns his page (PM)
Drew turns from the top corner (PM)
Claire opens her book by turning the corner of the front cover (PM)
This week in Literacy Stations we learned about the life cycle of the pumpkin. We will finish coloring them this week.


We meet our last two shape friends this week - Danny Diamond and Ollie Oval! Please continue to work on identifying shapes while you are out and about with your child!


Danny Diamond snack

Ollie Oval snack

As many of you have heard, I became a pet owner this past weekend! I will be spending all weekend snuggling this cute little guy!

Walter, our "furever" dog!
Oh, and this guy, too...

Benji is waiting to meet his "furever" family!