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Traffic Signal TLC project

Pete the Cat

Baa Baa Black Sheep

 The children actually worked for three days on these sheep to go with the Baa Baa Black Sheep rhyme.  They don't look much like sheep but they will make you smile. 

Line Art done with Mrs. Jones in art class

Pete the Cat

I absolutely love, love, love Pete the Cat.  My husband and other adult family members think I am slightly crazy when I walk around singing "I love my red shoes, I love my red shoes."  My Kinders get it!  We made Pete this week.  He was a TLC project and the children can now make circles from squares, ovals from rectangles and triangles from squares - that would require the have slightly more difficult diagonal cut.  We are also learning about holding our papers horizontally or vertically to make certain cuts.  Our Petes are wearing red shoes and are decorating the hall outside our classroom.  I can't believe I forgot to make pictures.  I will next week.  We have one Pete book in our book boxes already and will start working on another one next week.  The children are up to 6 minutes in reading stamina with almost everyone staying on task.   

We practiced drills today for lockdown, fire, tornado, and earthquake.  Just unofficial drills that involved our class.  Next week we will have real, whole school practices.  It will not any problem for my Smarties!!

Look Out World.........Here We Come!

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We've finished the second full week of school.  One of the things we started working on this week was reading color words.  The children completed two TLC projects: a traffic light and a bunch of balloons.  TLC stands for Teaching Little Children.  These are projects where the children take precut pieces and follow directions on cutting and placement to create a picture.  The children now know how to make circles from squares!  You can find out more about TLC lessons at www.tlclessons.com. A colorful bunch of balloons! The children also made a mural of Living Things.  They were very creative.  Their living things ranged from lobsters to trees to zebras. In math, we continued to do some sorting and also some measurement.  We measured using terms like heavier and lighter, shorter and longer. The teddy bear counters were sorted during Learning Centers time. Another thing that the children worked hard on was "Read To Self " time.  Every day the children read by themselves from their book boxes.  They sit in one spot and read quietly for the whole time.  Each day they build their reading stamina and they are already up to five minutes.  Mrs B and I are able to read with individual students during this time. Here are some students showing us how to do Read to Self the right way! Mya is reading at her table seat. Lane finds a quiet spot on the floor. Will reads from his book box. Kirsten tracks the print as she reads.