Nonfiction Bears and 3rd Quarter Celebration!

The students came back from spring break rested and ready to learn!  We all agree that we are ready for the weather to feel like spring, instead of WINTER!  This week we have been having a lot of fun learning around a "bear" theme.  We have been reading many nonfiction books about bears!  We have been identifying nonfiction text features such as a table of contents, glossary, and captions under pictures.  The students have enjoyed making their own nonfiction books to share their knowledge.

In math we have been practicing our adding skills by playing some fun dice games.  We have also begun to practice subtraction.  We are learning that addition and subtraction work together.  The students have been using Teddy Grahams to solve subtraction problems!  We like this challenging work. 

In writing we have been writing our own nonfiction book about ourselves.  We have been busy brainstorming and writing rough drafts.  Next week we will practice editing and will be writing final copies.  We hope to publish our final copies using a really cool website to make a book!

We have been celebrating our success this quarter!  We had a ribbon ceremony where many of our friends were recognized as "Kindergarten Experts" (they have earned ALL 8 Kindergarten ribbons).  Continue to work with your children at home to meet our ribbon goals.  Our goal is to have a class full of Kindergarten Experts before we graduate to first grade.  We also celebrated with the first graders!  Enjoy the pictures below of our quarterly celebration!

Our schedule for next week is:
Monday-B Day
Tuesday-C Day
WednesdayD Day
Thursday-A Day
Friday-B Day