Friday, October 30, 2015

100 Book Club for October


Our 100 Book Club had a great kick start on Talk Like a Pirate Day.  We got to celebrate these friends for reading in October and making it to the...

25 BOOK Benchmark-


  
Chase & Julianne

50 BOOK Benchmark - 



Paul

75 Book Benchmark-


Paul

Great readers are made on the laps of grown-ups!  Keep reading!

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Special Guest Reader

This afternoon, we were treated to a special guest.  Ella, from my class last year, came to visit.  She brought a special book to share with us.  Ella did a great job reading and everyone LOVED her visit!  We can't wait for her to come back again.










Explorer of the Week!!

This morning on the morning news, Ella was named as the Explorer of the Week for Kindergarten!  It has been a while since someone from our class was named Explorer of the Week, so we were VERY excited!  Congratulations Ella!  We can't wait to see your picture on the wall when we go down to the gym.


Monday, October 19, 2015

Student of the Week!

Each Friday, a student is named as the CWES Explorer of the week.  This student is chosen from all of the CWES students who have been "Caught Being Good" throughout the week.  His or her name is announced on the Friday edition of Explorer-TV.  This week, the CWES Explorer of the Week for kindergarten was Paul!  


Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Shared Journal Time!

We have been working really hard to learn the procedures for Shared Journal!  We are learning how to tell and listen to a story, how to ask and answer questions and how to talk about the story that we heard.  This is a lot to learn, so we started out with just one person sharing a story each day.
Take a look at some of us sharing for the first time.







We are learning to be good listeners.  We have to listen so that we will know what to draw and write about!

 After we hear a story, we get to ask questions about it.




 Once we know all about the story, we draw and write about it  in our journals.






This week, our last friend got to share a story and be written about by the class!  Now that everyone has been written about at least one time, we are ready for two friends to share each day.