The Students Are Here!

Well, yesterday the students started in our class...and we were so excited to get started!  We have such a wonderful group of students to work with this year and we are looking forward to all the fun we are going to have while learning this year!

Today we review addition sentences.  The students played a fun game called "Insect Addition," where they had to draw cards to determine their addends (the two numbers they were adding together) and then they counted to find the sum.  We were pleased with how much they remembered from last year!

More Insect Addition!

Anastasia was the first student who got to try out the Ipods this year.  She did a great job practicing addition facts!

Carson earned the chance to wear our "Smart Beads" today!  Whenever the students demonstrate good thinking skills, they get a chance to wear the Smart Beads.  Carson earned his for telling his classmates all about characters in stories.  Way to go, Carson!  We are proud of you!

Our math center is starting to take shape!  Here you can see our anchor chart for addition.  This is displayed in the room so that we can refer to it during our chapter of study and during center activities.

This is how our reading center turned out.  We just love it!  We still have a moon chair to add and we are on the lookout for a bright red rug to really make the area seem finished.  We think the students are going to really enjoy reading in this area!

Our math word wall is finished and we added two words to it today!  It was exciting!

Reading word wall is all finished too...and we added 3 words to it today!

The students are working in teams this year.  We have added buckets for each team that have supplies that they might need (pencils, highlighters, glue sticks, scissors, etc.) so that they can work efficiently and no time is wasted searching for materials.  Another timesaver are the baskets at the end of the tables. They store our dry erase boards and our clipboards so that they are within easy reach any time we need them. 

We have had a good few days...keep checking back to see what we are up to!  Feel free to leave comments if you like...we love to know who is checking in on us! :)