Our Wonderful Week!

Our first full (five day) week flew by!  On Monday and Tuesday, we read Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and enjoyed the song and short video.  We made a delicious coconut tree snack with graham cracker “trunks,” granny smith apple “leaves,” and raisin “coconuts.” 

On Friday, the morning classes had a great time playing red light, green light in the gym with Mrs. Zieger’s class.  We practiced running, walking, and even crawling during this game!  On Friday afternoon, the PM class had gym in our classroom.  We moved to a new song – A Walking We Will Go from Greg and Steve.  It was lots of fun walking, stomping, skipping, hopping, sliding, and even tip-toeing!  At the end of the day, we got to go to the special celebration assembly where we sang Happy Birthday to the birthday kiddos, watched awards being given out, and even received a SPECIAL treat (chex mix and juice boxes!)  At the end, we had an all-school karaoke to a few songs.
This week, we also started a new behavior chart in our classroom.  Students will start the day on blue (Being safe, respectful, and responsible.)  They can move up to purple if they are really going above and beyond (helping others without being asked, etc.)  If they make bad choices, they can move down to orange (Uh, oh! Make better choices!), yellow (think about it.) or red (call/contact home.)  We have used this for two days and have already seen an improvement in some behaviors.  If the students end the day on purple, they receive a sparkly sticker on their clothespin.  When they receive 5 sparkles, their pin will be moved to a special board showcasing their amazing behavior. 
 

Next week, we will be working on recognizing and writing our names, singing the alphabet, and we will even meet our first Letter People letter – Mr. N!