Green Screen Fun!

This week during ERBs we have had some fun doing a little bit of acting. The children were put into groups and given different stories they wanted to act out. Each group was able to pick out the story of their choice. They were given time in class to decide what kind of background they wanted, who wanted to be what character, and some groups even made props to go along with their stories. The children worked really hard all week on this fun project.

The videos are not perfect, but for the first time using this app , I think it turned out great!

I hope you enjoy these fun videos :)

New School Year!

I am so excited to start this new school year. I have 13 wonderful students that will be joining my classroom on Wednesday. I can not wait to get to know all of them. I can't wait for Wednesday!

Easter Party and Egg Drop

We had such a great time at the Chambliss Children's home for our Easter party. It is always so encouraging to see the students hang out with the precious preschoolers. The students had a great time eating a snack with them and then playing games with them. Their favorite part was of course helping the preschoolers find the hidden eggs. Here are a few pictures from the day.

We also had the egg drop a couple of weeks ago. The students had to use what they have learned in Science and use their creative side to come up with a contraption to keep an egg safe dropping from 3 stories. The students were very creative in their projects. Here are a few pictures from the day.

 The Egg Drop Survivors

 Everyone cheering 

Soda Pop Reports

The students did a great job on their Soda Pop Reports. All of the students learned so much from hearing the different reports. Here are a few photos of the students and their Soda Bottles. 

They did such a good job!

Chapel

Today was my favorite day of the week, Wednesday! Wednesdays are my favorite part of the week because of chapel. This week was my turn for chapel. I was very excited to have Mrs. Jada Daves speak to the students today. A couple of weeks before chapel I asked the students what kind of song they would like to sing. I had many different answers some were pop songs and others were songs that we have sang before in chapel. One song came up called Jesus Loves Me by Go Fish. I googled the song and we listened to it. As soon as the song was over I knew we should sing that song.

We practiced many times during the past few weeks. They were dancing around in their seats while singing this song. I knew they would love this song since it was so up beat. When they got up on the stage this morning all the students looked so scared! Almost all of them got stage fright while up there. They did a great job singing the song though. I am so blessed to have such a sweet class. Here are a few pictures from chapel today.

Getting read to sing. 

Leading the pledges and saying the prayer. 

                              Helping Mrs. Daves today. Each ball stood for a different letter.
                                           B- Best , A- Attitude, L- Learn, L- Laugh.

I am so thankful to teach in a christian environment. I love being able to worship God everyday with my students.

Happy Wednesday!

Reading Buddies

One of my favorite activities that we do on Day 2 is reading buddies. Our class and Mrs.Ateca's Kindergarten class get together and read. The students love seeing their reading buddies each week. This past week we were able to help Mrs. Ateca's class do their clothes pin wreaths. Everyone worked really hard and had a great time working together. Here are a few pictures from our fun time. 

Foundations and Framework

There are many great aspects about the new reading program, but my favorite is the intellectual art. After  the students are finished reading their book for the unit they get the opportunity to expand on their learning. The students are given a sheet of butcher paper and encouraged to put what they have learned from the unit on the sheet. The students are able to think about what they have learned and how they can put it on paper. During the intellectual art day the students learn to work together and divide out task for each student to do. It is always encouraging to walk around the room and see each group working together to make a master piece of what they just learned.

On the butcher paper the students are to include the visual tool that we have been working on, the vocabulary words, their favorite part of the book, how the book connects to them, and any kind of drawings they would like to add.

When they are done with their art work the students present the piece to the rest of the class. The group that is presenting tells the rest of the class about the book that they have been reading.

We just finished our Main Idea reading unit. The students worked very hard on their intellectual art. Here are the 3 different groups with their intellectual art.

The students love intellectual art day. They love to share with the class what they have learned from their reading. 

Foundations and Framework has added so much to our school this year. 

Have a  great day!

Ms. Robinson