Indy Parks

Yesterday, we had a visitor come to our room from Indy Parks. Our visitor's name is Mrs. Roche and she will be coming once a month to teach us about animals.  The first animal we learned about was spiders.  I was a little nervous since I'm scared of spiders, but the kids loved it.  Here's what we learned:

Jayla: I learned not to smush spiders.
Caleb: You put rubber on a dead spider and then you can keep it as long as you want.
Sedric: Don't step on spiders!
Asia: I learned not to kill spiders.
Ava: Leave spiders outside where they belong.
Carlos: Some spiders make webs but some don't. Wolf spiders hunt for food.
Kennedy; If you want to pick up spiders you need to get a cup and a piece of paper.
Jabes: Don't pick the spiders up with your hands. 
Aidan: The things that make the webs are on the bottom of the spider.
Mya: The spider webs are sticky  so the bees will stick to it.
Jamiya: You don't have to touch spiders, you can just look at them.
Sebastian: We got to see spiders!

Patterns

We had a busy week!  Students were learning about patterns and were able to use many different manipulatives through the course of the week.  On Friday, students made noodle bracelets that had used patterns.  Below you can see pictures of students creating patterns during discovery time.

Fall Break

I hope everyone is enjoying their time off this week.  I have been busy visiting family in Chicago.  Today, I took some time to plan for my lessons and realized how much I missed my students!  I just wanted to share a favorite picture of the students enjoying their books.  Hope you all have a safe and relaxing rest of the week!

Read to Self

Students have been participating in a daily time that we call Read to Self.  Students are able to take a book that they have in their book bags and 'read' the books quietly at their tables.  Students can read the words, look at the pictures or retell the story.  These are important strategies for our students to learn and work on daily.  Here is a picture of our friend Caleb enjoying Read to Self time:

What is your favorite book to read with your student at home?