Winter Workshop

       Thanks to the efforts of many volunteer parents (and a really great group of kindergartners), a super time was had by all on Tuesday before the Winter Break.  Here are some pictures of students admiring the felt bookmarks they made. The bookmarks were one of several crafts including bird feeders, picture frames, and sachets that the children completed to take home in their giving bag. The workshop was a wonderful culmination of  December's sharing theme of "handmade and homemade"!  A warm thank you to all who helped make it happen.

Corduroy

Chrysanthamum

We've been talking about how "old favorite" books tell the stories that live in your head and your heart.  They are the ones that are so good you want to hear them again and again until you know them so well you can tell them from memory.  Knowing a book by heart introduces emergent readers to bigger words and longer texts- it's an important step in learning to read!

The Carrot Seed

We're getting ready for winter!

When we returned to school after Thanksgiving the entire class said they were excited for winter weather!  Jan Brett's The Mitten was just the book to get us thinking about fun in the snow and kick off the new Readers Workshop unit on "old favorites".  Here's a look at the class retelling the story using their paper mitten and animals.