Movement Breaks

It isn't easy sitting in one spot for a long period of time. We often have movement breaks which allow us to switch gears a bit. Go Noodle is always a hit. There are several movement and mindfulness activities that are fun to follow throughout our day. We also started Read to Someone this week. We reviewed all the expectations and the students were able to share some great books together. It is wonderful to see the excitement in the room as we learn to build our reading stamina.

Here are our thoughts:
I love the rollercoaster one. I like the movements. -Grayson
I like the dog one because it's fun. -Chelsea
I like dancing. -Laniah
I like the rollercoaster because I like the tunnel. -Kayley
I like reading to someone because I like to share my bird books. -Harlow
I like doing stuff on Go Noodle. -Kalem
I like the rollercoaster because it's really fun to move around. -Marcus
The puppy dance is so cute and fun and it said, "Dance puppy dance". -Ella
I like Go Noodle for fun. We move all the time. -Sophie
I like to read to my friends. We sat against the wall with some pillows and cushions. It was so fun. -Etta
I like the kitty on because they celebrate birthdays. -Mercedes
Go Noodle is fun when you are bored. It makes you have fun. -Joel
Go Noodle is so fun because it can help you get exercise. You can also get energy from it. -Noah
I like Go Noodle because it makes our mascot grow into a soccer player. -Everett
I like the cat one because the cats are wearing party hats. -Shain
I took turns reading to my partner. It was fun to read together. -Ryder

What a treat it is to spend our days together. Can you believe September is almost over? The October calendar is being sent home today. Enjoy the sunshine!
-Mrs. T :)

Hello March!

I can't believe it is already March. There is so much we have done and so much more to do. The kids are working hard at being full-time students and they have made so much progress academically and socially. I'm proud of all of the kids in Room 2.



Here are our thoughts:

Me and Ben built the coolest thing ever. We used blocks and cubes. The castle was in the middle. -Chase

I liked building with Zachary at Lego. -Desi

Builders Club

I love doing yoga because the cat one is really fun. You can put your back down and stretch out like a cat. -Arianna

Kids can code

I liked the dragon pose because I did one like it one time on cosmic kids yoga. It was the horse one. -Adria

I got three guys when I was coding. I had to put the arrows in the right spot. -Andrew

I like reading everyday. -Dominic

I like doing yoga. We learned a dragon yoga move today. I like the cat one. I showed the class how to do it. -Brooke

Yoga practice

Reading to someone with Bianca was fun. We read Elephant and Piggie.- Ben

I like doing yoga because it calms ourselves. -Bianca

I like coding because we get to show the fuzzy ball where to move with arrows. -Lily

I have a circle guy that's fuzzy, one with glasses and a rainbow and one that's turquoise. -Jack

I played Kodable at home. I like Kodable because I'm on a new planet. - Blake

I like coding because the squares get smaller and the path gets harder. -Ava

I like coding because I decided to try another level, but I realized it was a little too hard so I went back to the other level. -Theo

I like coding because you have to collect three stars at each level. -Tyson

I went to builders club. I made a Lego tower. -Marshall

Have a great weekend everyone! Maybe your child will teach you some breathing techniques, yoga poses or share their coding skills with you. Enjoy your time together.

-Mrs. T:)

Books, Books, Books

The classroom library is pretty organized at the beginning of the year. The bins are labelled and filled with lots of books. Last year the students would find books that interested them and put them in their book bins. They never really knew where to put them when they wanted to return the books. I realized that the bins were organized the way I thought they should be organized. The students really didn't know about all the great reading material we had in our room. At a meeting Ms.Code talked about how she gets students to organize the library by sorting books into bins and making the labels. So we have been working hard to sort through our library books. We have lots of bins ready to be labelled. Some examples are: School, Dogs, Bears, What if, Clifford, Sharp Teeth, Elephant and Piggie just to name a few. Thanks Grade 1s for the excellent thinking that is helping to make our library work for us.

Here are our thoughts:
I picked up some books and put them in a Clifford pile and a sharp teeth pile. -Callum
You sort books because it's cool and you can find all different kinds and make them into a pile. -Josh
I wanted to make a Sundog pile, but there were only two books so I put them with the animal pile instead. -Gavin
I liked book sorting because you get to look and find lots of books. -Naomi
I like read to self because it's fun to read. I'm reading a book about basketball. -Russell A.
I like doing read to someone. I get to read to a friend. -Jake
We have lots of books in the class. -Ethan
The animal pile was really big so we made other piles. -Sasha
Book sorting is fun because you find books that go together. We will put them in bins. -Brady
I liked book sorting, but it's a lot of work. -Levi
I sorted a lot of books. We put them in piles and people added to the piles. -Eliza
It's fun to get to sort books. We will know where all the books go. -Sierra
I can find all the books in our class library. -Zachary
I liked sorting books because I sort at home too. I sort crayons and beads. -Cady
I liked sorting books. We got lots of big piles. -Landyn
I helped put books in piles. I made a bug and insect pile. -Cody
I sorted animal books. -Russell L.
All our books in our classroom will be sorted and we can find them easily. -Anna

It is awesome that we love to spend time with our books. It is even an activity some like to do at choice time. Sorry for the blurry photos. . . the kids were working and moving and so was the photographer! I hope you enjoy a good book this weekend. Maybe you can read outside in a pile of leaves! Have a fabulous weekend.
-Mrs. T :)

Read to Someone

We launched Read to Someone this morning. The students have been practicing their good fit books and were excited to share their reading with a classmate. Wow, what a fantastic start. It was such a treat to see everyone focused on reading and listening. Keep it up grade 1s, you rock!

I hope you have a chance to share great books at home too! Happy reading.
-Mrs. T :)