6 simple things...

Last year, I would update each Friday with 6 simple things that would make me smile.  I'm sorry to admit it, but I have not been so diligent with that this year.  However, I want to make it a goal to start reflecting more often, as this year is quickly coming to an end. 

These kiddos hold a special place in my heart and find ways to make me smile every day! So I'd love to share a few ways they did this week....

1. Working with a great (and efficient!) team
2. Students creating leprechauns with their Irish names (example: O'Gilbert)
3. Our IB/Science experiments and students loving to use their Science Notebooks
4. Getting sweet notes from the kiddos on the back of their DMR quizzes
5. Having my students ask me if I could be their teacher again next year.
6. Gummy worms getting passed out for students who were doing their jobs during Writer's Workshop.

What made you smile this week?

Small group reading

Each day I have the opportunity to meet with small groups and work on their reading skills.  Recently, we have been working on reading carefully.  Sometimes, students mixed up easy words because we are not reading carefully.  To help the students to remember to read carefully, they get to wear special reading glasses.  The student enjoy wearing the glasses and it definitely helps their reading!

IB: The Earth Beneath our Feet

We recently started our next IB unit.  Students will be discovering things about the "Earth beneath their feet."  We have already learned about different kinds of soil and their properties.  I can't wait to see how the students enjoy the next few days in IB! Here are a few pictures from our time studying soil.

Author's Celebration

Students participate in Writer's Workshop everyday during their writing time.  They write stories about things that really happened to themselves.  About every other week, students get a chance to share their stories with each other.  It is a special time and students love the interaction.  Here are a few pictures from our last Author's Celebration.

We Are Scientists!

This week we learned we are all scientists. We learned that scientists can study liquids, the Earth, lava from volcanoes, dinosaurs, and the whole world.

Amazing Animals

Jamiya: It can get -100 degrees in a polar habitat.

Aundrea: There are deserts and there are plants that live there like cactus. Cacti don't need water for a long time.

Eduardo:

Sarahi: The forests has a lot of animals in it like frogs.

Katharine: The ocean gets darker and darker and some animals make their own lights to see.

Aidan: The owls can digs holes and they can stay there for over a day. They leave their holes at night to get their food and to cool off.

Erica: Frogs live in the rainforest.

Mya: I learned

Carlos: I learned in the mountains you have to be an animal to survive because it is not good if you look down you will fall.

Lewis: There are owls in the desert.

Kailey: Bears can’t cross the road if cars are coming because they might get hurt.