A Great Start to the New School Year!

We have a new faces in room 403 for the 2014-2015 school year, and they are so precious!  I wanted to share with you a few things we have been doing in just the two days we've been back in school. 

 

 

I LOVE a good book! Today, I read the book How I Spent My Summer Vacation by Mark Teague.  It is a great book about a little boy who has a very wild imagination, and it shows in his school report about what he did over summer break.  It's such a WONDERFUL book!
I really could not wait to hear how my students spent their summer.  The children completed a summer vacation writing.  Here are just a few of them...

 

 

 

 

One of my favorite authors is Kevin Henkes.  So, I couldn't wait to read a variety of his books to my children this week.  Today, I read the book Chrysanthemum. 

 

 

 

 

It is about a little mouse...wait, I'm not going to tell you about it.  Ask your child and see if he/she can tell you about this wonderful book!

We started with a character map of Chrysanthemum.

 

 

 



 

Then, we completed a craftivity of Chrysanthemum.  Although the pattern was the same for everyone, I saw creativity from all of my students!

 

 

 

 

I am SUPER proud of all of my students.  They all have a great attitude when it comes to learning!  I plan on adding some new pics at the end of the week!  Please keep encouraging your child to do his/her best!