Roosters

This week we have been talking about petting zoos and the farm, so today we made roosters. The children used a pattern and traced their hands to make their roosters. They came out adorable. Here are some pictures below. I got the idea from HERE.

Ronald McDonald

Yesterday the Ronald McDonald House came and talked to the children about reading. Ronald did a fantastic job getting the children excited about reading and showing them how much fun it is to read. He danced, sang some songs, did a few magic tricks, read stories, and talked how to take care of books. The children had a great time!

Writing Center

I was so excited during centers today to see the children using the new word wall during writing center. Here is a picture of Jackson making his own word wall.  

Jobs for the week!

This week we are talking about the petting zoo with Mr. R. I love this week because on Thursday we will make biscuits and butter and on Friday Snap the goat comes to visit.

Today the children started their jobs. During carpet time we read a book on a petting zoo and we made patterns with animal sounds. Below are pictures of the jobs that we are doing this week.

Stand up animals.

Measuring farm animals. All the printables came from HERE.

Pig Shapes. Here the children have to color the shapes the correct color and then graph them. I am not sure where I printed the sheet from but found in on pinterest.

How far is it to the barn? I saw this HERE. At this job the children estimated how many cows it would take to get to the barn and then they glued to see how many it took.

New Word Wall

I decided this week that I wanted to redo my word wall. I saw a picture where a teacher squared out sections for each letter. I loved the way it looked and decided that it would make my word wall look SO much better and it really does.

Almost done!

DONE!!!

Here is a picture of the old word wall.
You can see in the pictures that I moved my listening center and put a bigger table for writing center.

Buddy Day

Today was buddy day, so the 5th grade teachers planned an adorable Valentine's craft for the children to do together. They used 4 hearts to make a mouse and then sang a song about love. The children had a fun time and enjoy spending time with the older children.

Valentine's Hearts

Today the children used empty paper towel holder to paint. I formed a heart on one end of the roll and taped it so it would not move. Then the children stamped hearts all over their papers. They came out adorable.