Another Way

I didn't realize that when you click on "The Dot" link that you had to sign in. To avoid signing in you can google "Joplin Public Library" go to "KIDS" and then click "Tumble Books". Search "The Dot". They have lots of other great stories and activities too.

Many of the kids already told me that you listened to the story. Thanks for working at home with them. It really makes a HUGE difference!

The Dot

This week we will be reading "The Dot" by Peter H. Reynolds. I added a link on the side that I labeled "The Dot". You can listen and discuss the story with your child. There are also a couple of other activities and another story by Peter H. Reynolds. Have fun!

Fiesta

We finished reading "Mama's Birthday Present" from our reading series. It was about a young boy who planned a surprise party for his mom.

When the students came back from specials today I surprised them with a party.

Some high school boys came and played music for us. It was really awesome and the kids LOVED it. They thought they were really good.

We had sweet bunuelos too. It was a special treat that the characters in our story ate so we had them at our party. The kids thought they were delicious.

We listened to the band while we ate and then we just had to get up and dance.

For some reason the girls were really swinging their hair around. I guess it seems more like a party when you do that.

The boys were breakdancing and doing the worm.

Then we took pictures with the high schoolers. This is Cody.

This is Ryan. The kids thought he looked like Justin Bieber. I don't think Ryan took it as a compliment (and his friends teased him), but the kids meant it as a compliment for sure!

This is Matthew. He played the keyboard.

This is Cameron.

Then we pulled strings to try and break the pinata, like they did in our story.

We got lots of candy when it broke!

We had a great time and it was fun way to expand our vocabulary from the story and celebrate reading.

Adding with Dimes and Pennies

Today we learned how to add 2 digit numbers using dimes and pennies.

The students paired up and played store.

They took turns being the customer and the cashier.

They purchased items, added them up, and paid for them using their dimes and pennies.

It looks like they are going to be good little shoppers!

And some of them pay have a future job. We named our store "Ward*Mart" and I heard a couple of kids say, "Welcome to Ward*Mart, how may I help you" and "Thank you for shopping at Ward*Mart"

44 Presidents

We sang our "44 Presidents" rap to some other classes today. They did a great job and the other classes loved it. Our class has some moves!