Week five is done and this week has been nothing but sick peaches. I'm freaking out just a bit since they have been saying a new virus is going around here in California. Two of my peaches were out sick this week and two other peaches were feeling sick today. So I am crossing my fingers, toes, eyes... EVERYTHING that this passes and I stay healthy!!
I just love surprising people, but I'm not all for being surprised. You can ask my husband that, I like to know what's going on at all times. Anyways, I surprised my kiddos with books from their favorite series Piggie and Gerald. All week long they have been reading/retelling these books. I love the face of my little peach in blue. They were so excited and I just had to capture their reaction!
Monday was Back to School Night and all but 1 of my parents showed up. Anyways, we went over some important documents for the school and the schedule for the week (P.E., Science, Music days). Each year my co-worker heads all the document talk and I jump in when needed. This year I wanted to give my peaches parents some additional resources. I found Literacy at Home, In the Car Activities and 3 Key Ideas for Parents about the Common Core. All these resources were free and if you'd like to download them just click on the resource above. All are awesome resources and I enjoyed sharing them with my families. I also gave them a picture of their peach from the first day of school.
Our mobile library aka Bookmobile comes every Wednesday. Our librarian told us about this new way to listen to books and brought these Playaway Bookpacks in on Wednesday. I wanted to use it for our listening center and my peaches LOVE it! They always want to be the first at this center and with the only five books they love it and will listen to these stories repeatedly. It's like a little iPod that has the stories on it. I hope they keep making these because my poor peaches do not know how to work a CD player but give them this little techy player and they are good to go! Can't wait to get another one next Wednesday!
We have been writing up a storm in my room. Last week in in second grade we read the story Julius and I got this cute writing activity from Cari-Wiser-Wise Words. She is simply amazing! If you are using Houghton Mifflin you've got to buy her products! They are all Common Core aligned and all have a nice writing piece and other fun supportive worksheets. It has definitely turned my little second graders into writers. My first graders were working on cause and effect with the book Charles Tiger. We also did a fun little Lost and Found! activity I found on Pinterest. We also did superhero writing about a superpower they would want to have and a cute picture to go with it too! All of my peaches are such amazing writers and illustrators. I feel so lucky to be teaching such a creative bunch!
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