To kick off a reading contest we have at my school, we are having a door decorating contest. This is a sample of my display. I hope to win for kindergarten. Unfortunately, I may win by default because of lack of participation by my teammates. So sad:(

I found this poem while reading blogs (wish I could give credit, but can't remember-will write it down next time) I added some clip art and my own spin of adding rhyming words to the mix. while the rhyming part was a little tough, they did a great job!

Another dental health activity was writing about the steps for brushing our teeth.As a prewriting activity the students created a Flow Map showing how they brush their teeth. I added a piece to make it look like a toothbrush.

I am soooo PROUD to report that my class are now PUBLISHED authors and illustrators!! We just received our books this week. I am awed by what a terrific job they did. Although they are all my favorites, I choose a few to post to give you an idea of the book. Another teacher and I did this project at my school. If you might be interested in doing this in your classroom, we used a company called Student Treasures. You can find information at studentreasures.com. Publishing the book was free, but to order it cost parents $20 and $10 for teachers.
Surprisingly, over half of my class ordered a book. Teacher receives a copy for the class for free. The project took a lot of time and was somewhat stressful, but well worth it to see the pride and excitement in my students! Feel free to ask if you have any questions:)

We have been working on writing dialogue using a word bubble and using quotation marks. Ever wonder what a healthy tooth might say to a sick tooth?? Or maybe what a dentist might say to teeth?? Well, here you go. 

Here is more President's Day activities we did. I was amazed at how much the students retained and could tell me about Washington and Lincoln!

 We created a Double Bubble Map comparing Washington and Lincoln which they used to create their writing. Pictures of map and writing coming soon. I am hoping to post these to TpT soon:)

 This also helped them to fill in the writing above.

 

 Some samples of the kid's work. They used two Circle Maps we created to help fill these out.

 Wildly                              

Wonderful

Worms!!

For the week that we worked on the letter Ww, my students learned about worms. What better way to learn than to take care of a real live worm! This is my favorite science project of the year. We still have a few crawling around in their cage habitat. Three weeks later, we have even found a few crawling around in our supply baskets!! At least we have found the few that got lost:)




When I figure out how to block faces, I will post more of the adorable pictures of my students caring for their new friends.