New year

It has been a year since I lasted posted but I am going to do my best to start blogging again.
We started school this Monday, we have had a great week getting to know each other and learning the expectations of our classroom.

I got rid of my teacher desk and I use the kidney table for my work space and small groups. 

Classroom pictures

I have been working in my room the last couple of days and it's almost ready for the children.  Here are a few pictures of things I have finished.

Here are my book boxes for daily five. 

                                           Here is my library and book baskets.  I spent a lot of time leveling all my books using scholastic.com, you put the name of the book in and it gives you the level. I then attached stickers to every book and put them in the appropriate boxes.  Each level has an ocean animal to help the children and I be able to see that the books are put back in the correct spot.

I will use this spot for my daily five posters like EEKK, and I PICK.

I changed my curtain in the front and made one out of ribbons.

Inventions

In social studies we studied inventors and thier inventions.  The children came up with a drawing in class then had to make the invention at home.

2012 Fascination Award

I'm very excited to have been nominated for
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Story Problems

We have been working in math on story problems. To finish our unit the children made up the story problems in groups then I switched their papers and they had to solve the other groups problem. When they were finished I let them come up to the board and show everyone how they solved the problems.

catch-up

I have been so bad with updating my blog this year, so sorry. Here are a few pictures of what we have been up to.

We studied three dimensional shapes by using candy.

We worked on synonyms.

Contractions

-OU sound. The kids really liked using the band aids to write the words on.

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Just wanted to share a family picture, the bluebonnets were so gorgeous this year.

Fish Tank

We started a unit on living and nonliving and having a class pet was one of the assignments so I decided to set up a fish tank again. I have had a fish tank in my classroom in years past but just didn't get one set up last year or this year.
I am so glad I set the fish tank up, the kids absolutly love it. They love to go over and just sit in front of it and watch. I seen some of the kids waving thier hands in front of the fish and I asked what they were doing and they were teaching the fish tricks, it was just the cutest thing (didn't have the heart to tell them they couldn't learn tricks).
Thanks to my awesome husband for setting up the fish tank.