Friday, September 27, 2013

Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile!

Fabulous Friday
Academic Choice
 

Word Study
Team Vowel is reviewing letter formation, sounds and motion
 What words start with C?
"B, bat, b- b- b-"
                 "C, cat, c- c- c- "            
What words begin with A?
 Team Vowel practices their letter formation

Team Consonant explores word families

Strawberry Creek Buddies
 Laurel and Strawberry meet up for buddy fun every other week.  This week we shared some favorite books.

Finding a Noun around our Town
Some nouns students found during our "noun hunt"

Laurel Creek is Making Hearts Race
 Students get their heart rates up by running, and doing pushups 

Reading Through Writers' Eyes
Students use their books as Mentor Texts, finding: senses, onomatopoeias, and emotions
                                                  

 Learning From One Another
Students share their work during different stages of the writing process in hopes of teaching and to gain positive and constructive feedback from/for their peers








Science Through the Seasons
Learning about seasonal changes from the perspective of goats
Students learn about the cardinal directions

Mathematicians Caught in the Act
Second Graders look at attributes by studying an alien nation called Yekktis

 
 First Graders use addition and subtraction strategies while playing FIVE IN A ROW

 Autumn Moon Festival
Tyler's mom, Cindy taught us about the Autumn Moon Festival.  Stories and moon cakes were shared.
Moon Cakes 
 Mmmm! 

Math Madness!
Families joined us to learn and play math games
                    

What a Good Looking Crew!
Laurel Creek practices their smiles for Picture Day


"See YOU next week!"

We hope you all have a great weekend. 

Math Games


We had a great time playing MATH GAMES with our families this morning at Fabulous Friday!  In hopes your family would like to continue the game playing at home, here are some reminders.  Happy playing, Mathematicians!  
                               Best,
                          Nancy and Cate


Five in a Row



Collect 20 


Compare and Double Compare


Fortune Teller


10s and 20s GO FISH!


Thursday, September 19, 2013

FALL INTO THE SEASON

Hot off the Press... Laurel Creek NEWS!
Monday mornings begin with a bit of journal writing in Laurel Creek.  Students are invited to share their weekend adventures with the class.


"Good Morning, my friend!"
Students and teachers greet each other every morning.


Morning Message
Students work to solve the "mystery words."


Number Staircases
Creating staircases of quantities in rainbow colors.





Falling in Love With Reading
Laurel Creekians can't seem to get enough of books!



"It's Nice to SEA you again!"
Crab greetings with high five feet.




Tuesdays in the Park
Laurel and Blackberry Creeks rendez-vous in Strawberry Park every Tuesday for fun in the sun!


Mystery Bags
Using counting strategies to count large quantities of objects.
 Jesse made organized rows of ten.

 Malcolm made groups of tens.

 Mackenzie made a group of twenty with three left over.


"What is Math?"
TBS second graders ponder...




Personal Goals
Every morning Creekians set personal goals for themselves to focus on.


Making the World More Beautiful
Laurel Creek is brainstorming ways to help our community.


Scientific Reflections
Students reflected on the ways in which THEY were scientists when observing the crow.




Nature Walk
Laurel Creek observed signs of Autumn



 (We decided to help Mother Nature by picking up trash we found).

 "A squirrel's Nest"


Peace Table
Students come up with ways in a safe space to make, find and keep peace within ourselves and our community.



Cultural Studies
We launched our study of geography by exploring what we know about land and water.