Shake, Rattle, and Roll!

I hope everyone had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year! I was so eager to see the kids after Christmas break and hear about all the excitement that had happened while we were out. It sounds like everyone had a great holiday! Over the past two weeks, we have been learning about place value, tens, and ones. They have really grasped the concept of place value and have enjoyed the extra activities we have been doing. They built two digit numbers using tens rods and one cubes with a partner this week.

One of my favorite things is to allow the students to teach their classmates. Since the students have been so focused on mastering this skill, they had the opportunity to lead the class in counting their base ten blocks.

We also played "Shake, Rattle, and Roll" with dice. Each student had their own die and was able to roll the die to make a two digit number. Then they could draw the number using tens rods and ones block and write an expanded form addition sentence for the number. The kids loved getting to use dice!

I also wanted to thank everyone for helping out with "Reader of the Week!" The bulletin board is finished! Look at all those amazing readers! 

Readers of the week- Barron and Paityn

Barron and Paityn are our last readers of the week!! Thank you for helping make this successful! Paityn read That's Good! That's Bad! She did such a great job! She likes this book because Santa's pants split when we sits down! Ha! 

Barron read Pete the Cat, Pete's BIG Lunch. This is a very popular series with beginning readers and Barron always loved reading Pete the Cat books. He likes this book because Pete makes a huge sandwhich and has to share with his friends. 

Today was a special day because we had our Christmas party! Thank you to everyone who helped out and made it a success!! We were also visited by a very special guest. 

I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas! 

Reader of the week- Landon

This week Landon was the reader of the week and he read a new book that no one in the class (including me) has read before, Jeremy Draws a Monster. This is a super cute book about a little boy who draws a monster, then has to draw everything that the monster asks for. Landon did a GREAT job! 

Big Buddies- December

We were so excited to see our Big Buddies today! We made cards for soldiers who can't be with their families this Christmas. The kids worked so hard to write encouraging notes and beautiful pictures.