Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Pigeon Museum Summer Reading field trip

Viewing the pigeons before entering museum








Listening to the lady tell of the use of pigeons as messengers during the war 





















The container that was attached to the pigeon's leg that contained the tiny paper with the message




The man who cares for all the pigeons 



Holding  pigeons




Holding pigeons

















Daily 5 center time!

Ivie is stamping her spelling words. 





Daniel and Caden are playing sight word Candy Land. 




Leona is making her wise owl craft with the long i spelling words. 




Abigail is getting her stamping supplies. 



Jaylee is cutting out her wise owl. 



Blue group is listening to their story. 



Maggie is illustrating her vocabulary words. 





Blue Group reading

Here are pictures of the Blue reading group listening to their 2 stories for the week. 





















Theo & Charles craft








STAR students

"Kind" STAR" student 



"Thankful" STAR student


"Prayerful" STAR student


Congrats Maggie, Tyson, and Caden!

Daily 5 Learning Centers

Here we are participating in Daily 5 Learning Centers. During guided leveled reading group time, the students have center work to complete. This week we were learning about "sh" and "wh". The students that completed the "Sherman" and "Whit" crafts could choose a Daily 5 center. Here are their choices each day:

1.  Work on words
2.  Read to self
3.  Listen to reading
4.  Work on writing
5.  Read to a friend



This group is playing "I have....who has...?" To practice their vocabulary words. 




Jsylee is practicing her spelling words on the Promethean board. 
Ryan is finishing his "Whit" craft. 




This group is working on their "Whit" and "Sherman". 

Jaylee is writing her "sh" spelling words. 


This group is working on their crafts. 


Leona is almost finished with her "Whit". 




Caden loves to write sentences in his journal from books in his book bin and illustrate them. 




Daniel and Tyson are playing sight word Candy Land to practice their sight words. 


Keaton is working on his craft. 


Jaylee and Ryan are practicing spelling words. 


Maggie is working on her craft. 


Here are the finished crafts. 


Sherman.......,


Whit.....,.,,

Police officer visit


We appreciate Officer Northcutt for coming and sharing with us during chapel about his very important job. The students had lots of excellent questions for him!




Here we are outside learning about the new police car. 


Here are some of the students in the back seat.  








Hold your ears for the siren!







Hold your ears, again!