Our Class Library

I have bought MANY books for our classroom library.  I want my students to love reading and exploring books when they leave my classroom at the end of the year!  I introduced them to our library today and turned them loose to browse for "good fit" books for themselves.  They were so involved in their treasures I had to snap a few photos!

 They found the same book and are "buddy reading."  I love it!!

 Sharks are always a favorite topic in our classroom.

 Reading and searching for bugs in their habitat.

 One of the collections I showed the class was "Danny" the dog books.  Looked like someone was interested in Danny!

 Nothing better, books and friends!

 Imagine!

 You just have to see this page!

 Reading Corner Crowd

We had indoor recess today due to rain so I snapped a few more photos for you.

 Pattern Block Spaceship

Teamwork

 Connecting Cubes

 Playdough

 They wanted to read more during recess.  You have to love it!

My Students This Year

This is my class!  They are doing such a great job so far this year.  I am excited to get to know each one of them better.  Some still have not turned in their photo permission form so they are not on the blog yet.

First Day of Read-to-Self

Beginning our "Read-to-Self" work station.  We will build our reading stamina daily.  Today we read for 3 minutes.  We came back and checked in to see how it went.  We all agreed that the class followed all the proper procedures and tomorrow they set a goal of 5 minutes.  We will begin graphing this data as we set and reach our goals.

Beginning of a New Year!

Here is what our classroom looks like in case you missed Open House on Wednesday.

 Laptops, ipads, projectors, speakers, whiteboards, oh my!

 Secret Stories Wall

The Rules