Oh My, Where does the time go?

Super short post tonight.  Things seem to be flying by lately and I am not really sure where the week or weekend goes but I sure would love to get my head a little above water again.  Anyone else feel that way.  

Well enough venting I just wanted to stop by real quick and post a freebie.  My kids are working on numeral recognition and putting numerals in order.  I started making these cute little puzzles for them and they love coloring them in and putting them together (not to mention it is helping with their fine motor skills).  I am posting the link to it here so if anyone else would like to use it with their class this week please help yourself.

Check back soon, hopefully I will be more organized and can post more things.

Who knows????

Talk soon,

Leslie

Bats and Owls

Well back again with some classroom updates.  I hope each of you have had a wonderful week at school.  Mine was good just EXTREMELY busy.  The kids were only in school for three days and then we had two days of parent/teacher conferences, but the was I felt on Friday I was thinking I had been going for at least three weeks straight.  Does anyone else find that short weeks are harder than normal five day weeks or is it just me?

Well here are some pictures of some of the learning this week.

Bat made from directions in 

Deanna Jumps' Bats Math and Literacy Fun Unit

Have, Are, Can Tree Graph about Bats

  

These three pictures are what our discovery area looks like in our room.  The kids can go here and explore nocturnal animals on their own.  A favorite area in our room.

In our writing area we will work on learning to draw an owl and then writing about our owl.  The children love to show off their wonderful art skills this year.

Last is a freebie.  My kids are going to work to put together an owl puzzle.  Below is what it looks like complete.  If you click on the picture it will take you to the activity sheet.

Thanks for stopping by my blog.  I am really working on being a better blogger this year and sharing ideas.

Stop back soon,

Leslie

October and Fall Break is Over

Well my week off is coming to an end I have spent the week on house projects and catching up on sleep.  Today I am dedicating to getting ready to go back to my wonderful Room 10 kids and getting down to business.  I wanted to stop by my blog for few minutes and catch everyone up with pictures. Here are a few things we have been working on before our break. 

Here are two mini lessons that I did with the class during writing workshops.

Below is a picture of the materials that the kids use during their independent time.  The alphabet chart is from Deanna Jump and Deedee Wills writing units.

We also spent the week before our break on learning about Johnny Appleseed.  Here are a few pictures of the kids work.  I love when they work so hard the display just made me smile.

A tree graph about Johnny Appleseed.

An Apply Glyph (this is from Shari Sloane's Website).

Results of our glyph

Our Final Display

Next week is another short week for the kids.  They will be in school Monday through Wednesday.  Thursday and Friday will be Parent/Teacher conference days.

We are starting our Nocturnal Animal Theme tomorrow so check back for pictures and information on what we are working on and learning.

Talk soon,

Leslie