Willie!

Willie loves my students! He gets so excited when the bell rings and it's time to start the day! 

We love Willie, too!

SLANT!

YAY! SLANT box time! It's like early Christmas!  S.L.A.N.T. (sending love across the nation to teachers)!

I met the awesome Becky this month! Check out her blog here!

I gotta say, the theme this month was tough but Becky nailed it! I love EVERYTHING she sent and can't wait to use the reading resources in my room! 

Flat Stanley!

Oh I really, really love this book. For my class it's the first chapter book some of them have ever read. It's a short book, funny and full of great vocabulary and tie ins.

We just started the book but I wanted to get some writing practice in and knew my students would be creative in writing about what would happen if they woke up flat.

I LOVED reading these!

Superstar!!!!!

Ok - this made my day, not gonna lie! I hope it makes the day of my kiddo's parents, too! 
We made the homepage of DonorsChoose.org! I don't know how long it'll be up but I found it this morning and knew I had to show y'all a screenshot.

ELD Smarties!

In ELD today we are finishing up our unit on Pilgrims and they are beyond ready for their test tomorrow. So ready in fact, and so fantastic, that we decided to create our own tests for the rest of 2nd grade! 

The kids were given very little direction but they had a lot of PK (prior knowledge) about tests so they were off and running! The tests look fabulous!

These kids are amazing!

A Little Pick Me Up

So we practiced finding the subject and predicate in sentences by creating a cute little pick me up for a friend who is dealing with some health issues.  The kids loved coming up with examples of strength and bravery and their drawings are priceless.

Best of all? They ROCK at subject and predicate - I predict A's for everyone Friday!

Want Some Pizza? Yeah? Then Don't be a Turkey - ACE Your A/R!

So we have a little monthly competition in our class. It's really just a competition with themselves. If students get 80-100% on AR - on a book at their level - they can add a feather to their turkey. By Thanksgiving if they have 4 feathers they get a certificate for a free pizza! 

Last month one little smarty got 2 certificates! Who will get one this month...?