Field Trip: Farm to Table

We had an AMAZING field trip today! The Farm to Table program was so organized, the kids were hands on, made some great projects and learned great new facts! Here are some pictures. Everything from milking a cow, making paper to frosty tag!

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving from my family to yours! 

Hip hip hooray! It's the 50th Day!

Root Beer Floats!

This one said I give it a thumbs up! 

Sock hop!!!

Celebrate Election Day with PBS KIDS

Visualizing

In Readers Workshop we have been talking about another reading strategy called visualizing. Good readers visualize while they read, it helps develop good reading comprehension. Watch this video to learn what visualizing is from our class.

First video: Making Connections

Our first video of the year (a few weeks late.) We have been learning about making connections while we read,  in this video we focused on making text to self connections,
see how reading looks in our classroom:

Label Lesson

One of my favorite lessons in beginning Writing Workshop it learning about labeling. We learn to label pictures and use strategies such as looking at the beginning sounds to read the labels. 

Labeling a pumpkin

Mrs. Giglio

A pumpkin farm

Some great writing 

And of course...ME!