Global Play Day!

Our Play Day today was AMAZING!!!

The joy that the kids were showing was infectious and it was so wonderful to see them having fun and using their imaginations.

I saw too many examples of sharing and kindness to even count. We had play dates with other classes so that we were able to interact with different grades and children, and make some new friends!

There was also a lot of learning happening... some kids chose to make boats or musical instruments using the design process, (check out the video on Instagram!)others were using their math skills while playing Pokemon cards and several kids made fortune tellers and practiced their writing skills inside. That is not to mention all of the art skills that were being put to work!

Overall, it was a fantastic day of fun, learning and friendship. Please check out the pictures below and
also visit our Instagram account at linwood_room_1 for more!

Mrs. Stevenson

  



                               

Snow Day with our Buddies!

We had a great time with our Kindergarten Buddies today! They came to visit us in Room 1 and we began by reading the book Snow Day, by Werner Zimmerman. Today was the perfect day to share a snowy story!

We had lots of craft materials out and Miss Dowd brought lots of beautiful and interesting loose parts to explore with. She even brought some snowflake images for inspiration!

After the story we got to spend the rest of the time creating! Check out what we made and have a wonderful, snowy day!

   

                 
                                                   

                  
                 
                 
                 

How to be a Good Reader

Please check out the "how to" book that we wrote as a class! (Either click the link or copy and paste to your browser)
When writing, we thought about the things we know good readers do. We also tried to use our best writing and start with a bold and interesting beginning to grab our readers attention!

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4JIjTxExXsyQV9QT1B2MzlnbU0

The Zones

We have been learning about The Zones with Mrs. Turner. We know that our bodies can be in 4 different zones. The zones describe how we are feeling in our brains and our bodies.


All of the feelings are normal, but we know that we can do our best learning when we are in the green zone!

Today we learned about how we can get our brains and bodies back to green, from blue or yellow, by using different tools. We experimented with lots of different ones and learned what tools might work for us if we need to calm down, or if we need some more energy to do our best learning!



Sitting with a weighted lap turtle.


Trying out a wiggle cushion while recording thinking.


Using the bead bin.


Trying out some play doh


Experimenting with a chair band.


Bouncing on the exercise ball.


Trying out some fidgets.

Tradition Celebration with Room 8!

We have been working hard to complete our tradition writing and today was the day we celebrated! Room 8 came for a visit and we shared our traditions with them. We also got to hear about theirs!
After that we enjoyed a "Hot Chocolate Bar!" (like a salad bar!), with lots of yummy toppings!
We finished off our celebrations by watching a Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer video!
We had a wonderful time! It was very exciting to create a new yearly tradition with Room 8!

Rock, Paper, Scissors!!

Today we had our Rock, Paper, Scissors competition! Though we had lots of fun, the best part was all the canned goods that we raised to donate!
Both our participants and audience were great sports! Check out the fun below and ask your child who our classroom winners were!
Starting on November 23rd we will continue to collect canned goods and the Rock, Paper, Scissors "lives" will be split between our 2 representatives! They will compete against the other school winners on December 2nd, where our class will watch and cheer them on!

For some reason, the pictures won't download onto this page, so please check out our instragram feed at linwood_room_1.
Enjoy!

Halloween Story!

We wrote a Halloween story as a class!
We had choices for the characters, setting and problem.

We chose:
Character: A ghost who is scared of everything
Setting: A spooky haunted house
Problem: A witch's broom broke down

We wrote as a team, putting all our ideas together. We talked about creating a beginning that would hook our readers. We tried to use lots of interesting language and made sure our story was organized by reading it over often.

Don't forget to check out our epilogue and our SURPRISE ending!

The Story of Friendship in Halloween Town

I am going to tell you a story about a ghost who was lonely and scared of everything. 

It all began when this ghost decided to go to a spooky haunted house. He really wanted to make some 

new friends, so he decided to knock on the door. And then the door simply opened by itself!

Well, the ghost was TERRIFIED! He was about to float away but a monster poked his head out the 

door and said "I am HUNGRY..."

The ghost screamed "AUGGGGGGHHHHHH!"

"For a milkshake!" finished the monster!

"Well, said the ghost, "I know where to buy a great chocolate milkshake!"

"But I like swampberry milkshakes!" cried the monster.

"Oh, I know a place for those too!" whispered the ghost. "Would you like to go?"

"YEAH!" cried the monster while he jumped up and down and danced. 

They walked down the street to the Spooky Shop to get their milkshakes. Just outside the door

they saw a witch, crying on a chair. She was holding a broken broom. 

"What's wrong?" asked the ghost and monster.

"I was flying and a mean space alien snapped my broom. Now I won't make it to the haunted house 

party at my friend Dracula's house!" sobbed the witch.

"Don't worry!" shouted the monster "I've known Dracula for years! He's just one haunted house 

away from me!"

"We will take you there!" said the ghost.

So, they all bought extra, extra large swamp berry milkshakes and walked together to Dracula's 

house.

They all became friends and partied the night away at Dracula's house. The ghost was not afraid 

anymore, because now he had friends.

The End

Epilogue:

In case you are wondering, the witch was able to get her broom fixed at the Broom Store.

And even the mean space alien decided to become their friend. I know, because I am him!