The students practiced making repeating patterns with pattern  blocks. They were each given a pattern written in letter form in which they h...

Our class visits the library each Friday after lunch. The students may choose up to three books to take home. After choosing their books, th...

For morning work before announcements the students may choose books from the classroom library or their book boxes to read from independentl...

As we learned about the attributes of 2D shapes the students worked in cooperative groups to show examples and non-examples of circles, tria...

Several weeks ago we visited the science lab to explore physical properties and sources of energy. The students rotated between stations to ...

In Social Studies we have been learning about positional and cardinal directions. They played "Simon Says" using cardinal directio...

The students worked in small groups to brainstorm words that began with the same letter as their name. They recorded their words on a Circle...

Before reading books together we always take a "picture walk" where the students view the front cover and all of the pictures to p...

The students recently took a taste test to see which type of apple they liked the best: red, yellow, or green. After choosing their favorite...

During math the students have been learning about bar-type graphs, picture graphs, and real object graphs. To help them understand real obje...

We recently read Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes . After reading, the students decorated their own name in bubble letters. They then counted h...

As we learned the classroom and school rules, we read David Goes to School by David Shannon . As we read, we also reviewed the parts of a bo...

To help the students make connections and to ease them into the change of a new grade and class, we read Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes . ...