Five for Friday with doodle bugs!

I am linking up with doodle bugs for her Five for Friday! So happy the weekend is almost here and Spring Break will be in one more week! Woot Woot! Here is my week in pictures.....

I am so excited!!! I just ordered this and it should be on my door step when I get home today. DeeDee Wills recommended it and I am sure it will be a keeper!

We are talking about transportation in our reading selections this week. I had the kids use my web brainstorming page to think of the various types of transportation they have used or could think of after reading our books. They then had to choose when to focus on. We will be writing more extensive passages next week about their selections and sharing them with the class.

I know St. Pats has passed but I still had many of the materials I made for the Unit to share with the kids! We practiced our digraphs by matching the pictures with their corresponding digraph and then writing them out. We also matched ten frames with numbers and wrote the tallies.  The other station pictured here is the use of prepositions. The kids had to pull a card, match the letter from 'leprechaun', and then follow the directions. For instance, they had to draw a shamrock under the rainbow.

We continued our Seuss Unit and read "Fox in Socks" and "Horton Hears a Who". The kids cut out Horton, wrote his saying and then we added the speck of dust to it. They turned out cute =) I am going to have more chances to do these fine motor activities next year when we are going all day/every day.

My biggest project I completed was the extension activities I create for our reading program that we use in class. I have one more to go and I feel like I have run a marathon. They are very time consuming to make but they really engage the kiddos and it is enjoyable too.

Have a wonderful weekend!!

Five for Friday: March 14th Linky Party

I am linking up with doodle bugs for her weekly linky party. Here is my week in pictures!

We were animal detectives this week as we researched various animals and their habitats. The kids used my template to come up with various animals to draw and then write each corresponding habitat on the line. We then used these to help us answer our detective question words. The kids did a great job!

We continued our Dr. Seuss studies and read several of his books.  This is from "Oh, The Places You Will Go!". They added their names to the title, used wall paper to make their colorful balloons and then answered the writing prompt of what they wanted to be when they grew up!

We also read "The Cat in the Hat" and wrote about what we would do if Thing One and Thing Two arrived at our house. I was laughing so hard at some of their responses but impressed with their writing. I had a hard time choosing which ones I was going to post =)

  

This is some of the morning work stations that I have created for my kinders. We practiced some shamrock rhyming and word family activities. Also, we are starting long 'i' words and future verb tenses! Can you believe it?! If you are interested in any of these activities, you can find them in my TpT shop =)

Domikiddos TpT Shop

My boys having their daily wrestling match. It's hard to get out with another snow day this week! So glad it is only a couple of more weeks until Spring Break! If only the weather would cooperate!

Have a great weekend!

It's finally Friday and the sun is shining!!

It's been a long week....we had conferences on Tuesday night which makes the week seem that much longer... but the sun is shining and we are almost at 50 degrees. I actually have my classroom window open to smell the fresh air. It's glorious!! I am teaming up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for her Five For Friday and feel so thankful that she does this every week. I love reading about everyone's week.

I am so glad that I finished my literacy pack for our reading program before the weekend. We are going to be learning about adjectives, long 'a' sounds, and opinion writing. My Kindergarteners have a lot to learn before we finish the year yet!

                                                 

We have been talking about animals in our Unit Study with the focus on pets this week. The kids had to use the brainstorming web to generate ideas about pets they would like or have in their homes. They then chose one to make an animal card and write a fact about in their journals.

We have been doing a lot with rhyming and word families. I like these boards from Learning Resources that were specifically made for word families. The kids look at them as little puzzles and think they are fun games. Win Win!

It's that time of year....Seuss celebrations! We read "One Fish Two Fish" and "The Lorax" this week. The kids had a blast using their hand prints to make the trees and pom poms for the truffula trees before writing how they could help the Earth (writing prompt page is on seusstastic blogspot).

My middle son, who is in second grade, was treated to dinner with mom all by himself. With two other brothers, he was in his glory having all of the focus on him for a change. His choice was Longhorn's with a trip to target and ice cream from McDonald's to cap it off! We have to watch those middle kiddos, don't we? =)

Have a great weekend!!

Five for Friday (Feb. 28th Linky Party)

Thanks to Doodle Bugs Teaching for hosting this weekly linky party. I am always so excited to read about everyone's activities from the week. So here are mine....

We had our annual talent show at our school. It is absolutely my favorite day of the year....even beating the last day =) It is a time that the kids get to shine doing something they enjoy. This group did the famous "What does the fox say" song. It was so cute!

We got our room ready for our Dr. Seuss unit by making these cat in the hat mobiles. Hopefully, the snowmen we had hanging will go bury their heads and allow spring to come out. This winter seems like it is going on forever and the forecast is calling for a delivery of another foot of snow here in Ohio on Monday morning. AHHHHHH!

In our reading program right now, we are learning about Animals. I had my kinders doing some research on an animal that they would like to learn more about. I gathered a bunch of books from the library and then they used the materials to make a brainstorming web about their animal. They wrote the name in the center and then attributes in the surrounding circles.

So excited for this sale! I was able to purchase the items on my wish list at a nice discount! My teacher shop is all on sale as well and I just added my Shamrock Literacy and Math Differentiated pack. Check it out and get a discount before the clock strikes midnight!

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Kim-Dominak

I just signed up for a half marathon in May. I am tickled to be running this one because it runs through Ohio State and I am a HUGE Buckeye Fan...my Alma Mater!

Have a great weekend!!