Dancing

It still wouldn't be our class without a few movement breaks!  Here we are grooving on a Friday afternoon! 

Awesome Adjectives

We were working on parts of speech and it was adjective week.  What better way to use adjectives than to describe our friends in class.  Each student got the name of another student.  They had to make a portrait of their friend and use 4 adjectives to describe them.

Columbus Day

We talked about Columbus being an explorer and what it means to explore.  The kids talked about things that they could explore and then we turned them into explorers.  If you look closely at the pictures of the boats, you may see some explorers who are familiar to you.

Great News!

I joined Adopt A Classroom because my cousin who also is a teacher told me she had been "adopted" and got to shop for school supplies.  I really didn't know what to expect but signed up at the beginning of the year. 

Amazing! Thanks to The Coach Company at the Northshore Mall, we now have a lot of money to spend for our classroom.  I don't know how to thank them enough- well besides having the kids write thank you cards! 


I will keep you updated as to what we are going to get.  I am hoping for a new piece of technology as well as a subscription to Scholastic News and a Deluxe Whisperphone for Guided Reading time.

 What is a Whisperphone you ask?  It allows the kids to read softly and hear themselves read.  The deluxe model is for me during small group instruction.  Everyone reads the book, but I can turn the dial to hear different readers.  The best part- the kids don't know which of them I am listening to.

I will keep you informed once I order all our new fantastic things for the classroom!