Sunday, September 29, 2013

What have we been up to?

We hit a BIG milestone last week, that's what!

Each day we have an independent reading time, called Read to Self, when the kids read books that are at their independent reading level quietly to themselves.  We have been working on building our stamina for this activity since the first week of school.  The first day we did this, we were able to read for 2 minutes.  This week we reached the 10 minute milestone!  We are able to read independently for 10 minutes now!  This is a huge accomplishment for the little monsters!  I couldn't be more proud of them!

Just a reminder: please be sure to return the books that are sent home each week in the homework folder.  These books are the same ones that we use for our Read to Self time at school.  Some of the books also belong to the school so it is very important to return them so you are not charged for them.

Finally, please be sure to read about the basket our classroom will be putting together for the annual Halloween Carnival put on by the PTO. Our basket theme is Arts & Crafts.  Please read here for more information!

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Welcome!

Thanks for visiting!  I'm glad you stopped by our classroom blog!  My little monsters have been learning and having fun!  Check it out!

This week we have been working on counting:

in books...

 when playing games...

 using ten frames...


 And with apples and trees.

We have also been practicing our drawing skills to prepare for writing.  This week we made people using shapes we know, like circles, rectangles, squares and triangles.  Aren't they awesome?




Be sure to check in each week!  I will try to post pictures each week (normally I will post them in the "Photo" tab) so you can see what we are doing in the classroom.  Also, be sure to click on the "Links" tabs at the top to see a list of songs we enjoy singing or click the "Classroom information" tab for links to read The Little Monster Press (our newsletter) and to see the snack calendar.  There is also a link to the Scholastic website to place your book orders online.