Hello!
School is blowing by! I feel so welcomed, and just love my experience here in Sharon and Megan's Family Group. The kids are learning, but more importantly they have made friends. It is great to see how so many have become best friends, all the while we are all working on welcoming EVERYONE to play with each other. This has been an important learning experience for us all, and is really going over well. I love that the kids have learned this so quickly and are really a family in here. It's great!
We have been moving through our math, and we are really focusing on patterns. We are having a pattern exhibit on Monday, so we are encouraging all students to find patterns at home and bring them in to share.
This week our star student of the week is Anika, and next week it will be Michael! It is so neat that the students get a chance to bring in pictures and they are so proud as they talk about their pictures.
I hope you all enjoy hearing my little tidbits about what is going on in the room! :)
Megan
Friday, September 18, 2009
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Busy Week in our Room!
Hello all!
This week is going to be a hectic week for us all! We had yesterday off (Yay for the long weekend!:) Today should be relatively normal, but tomorrow is our first half day of the year and we are going to start Family Style Meals at 11:30-1:00. Spaghetti is on our menu! Then, tomorrow night we have the Open House from 6:00-7:30. Thursday morning we will take our school pictures at about 8:30 in the morning. By 9:30 we will be on our way to the Alaska Botanical Gardens for our all day field trip! By Friday, the kids should be ready for a normal day.
I have enabled the comments, so I hope to hear from some parents (I kind of feel as though I am talking to myself).
Also, I have taken some great photos of the children learning throughout the day and playing with their friends so I will try to upload those soon!
Megan
This week is going to be a hectic week for us all! We had yesterday off (Yay for the long weekend!:) Today should be relatively normal, but tomorrow is our first half day of the year and we are going to start Family Style Meals at 11:30-1:00. Spaghetti is on our menu! Then, tomorrow night we have the Open House from 6:00-7:30. Thursday morning we will take our school pictures at about 8:30 in the morning. By 9:30 we will be on our way to the Alaska Botanical Gardens for our all day field trip! By Friday, the kids should be ready for a normal day.
I have enabled the comments, so I hope to hear from some parents (I kind of feel as though I am talking to myself).
Also, I have taken some great photos of the children learning throughout the day and playing with their friends so I will try to upload those soon!
Megan
Monday, August 24, 2009
Literacy in the First Week!
Hello!
On Friday, I read to the kiddo's after lunch and recess. This is part of their daily schedule, to have a read aloud after recess to calm them down before doing paired reading. The children were especially interested in listening to the book, so I ended up reading three books to them.
For the paired reading time we pair all of the first graders with a kindergarten student. This allows the first grader to read to the younger. Some of the children aren't reading, so they sit together and look at the books. This is an interesting time to watch the children interact, because a lot of times the elders allow the youngers to choose the book. It seems as though the older children are just very proud to be able to help the youngers. Aside from the reading time, they also have writing workshop and literacy centers.
The first week was a lot of fun, I am very excited for the rest of the year!
Megan
On Friday, I read to the kiddo's after lunch and recess. This is part of their daily schedule, to have a read aloud after recess to calm them down before doing paired reading. The children were especially interested in listening to the book, so I ended up reading three books to them.
For the paired reading time we pair all of the first graders with a kindergarten student. This allows the first grader to read to the younger. Some of the children aren't reading, so they sit together and look at the books. This is an interesting time to watch the children interact, because a lot of times the elders allow the youngers to choose the book. It seems as though the older children are just very proud to be able to help the youngers. Aside from the reading time, they also have writing workshop and literacy centers.
The first week was a lot of fun, I am very excited for the rest of the year!
Megan
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Great Day!
Today was busy and fun! We are learning each other's names and learning the routine. Today we had gym and will have gym again tomorrow as well as music. The Kinders fit right in and made friends easily! Looking forward to a great day tomorrow!!
See you soon
Sharon
See you soon
Sharon
First day of School
Today is the first day of school, and I cannot believe that we are almost done. It has been a great day, and very fun to finally put faces to the names! The kids were very excited and quickly made friends (both new and old!) this morning. All day they have been chatty, I was impressed at how quickly the new kinder's fit right in! I look forward to a great year with the kids and families!
Megan
Megan
Friday, August 14, 2009
Welcome
Hello,
This is Sharon and Megan's blog for our k-1 class. We will be updating weekly on what is going on in our classroom. There will eventually be fun things like pictures and general information about our time in school. Feel free to ask any questions and we will get back to you as soon as possible. Thanks for visiting, and we can't wait for the school year to start!
Megan
This is Sharon and Megan's blog for our k-1 class. We will be updating weekly on what is going on in our classroom. There will eventually be fun things like pictures and general information about our time in school. Feel free to ask any questions and we will get back to you as soon as possible. Thanks for visiting, and we can't wait for the school year to start!
Megan
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