better day and Jan Brett

We have been reading Jan Brett’s awesome books, The Mitten and The Hat.  The kids of course had already read these but were happy to hear them again. 

We did this fun little compare/contrast sheet that I found on someone’s blog. 

We did this sequencing activity.

We made big Venn diagram to go along with the one we came up with as a class.

Our reading specialists  wanted us to start doing more poetry.  So we are doing a poem a week in our poetry journals.  The kids loved the one we did today about snowballs from Deanna Jump’s Snowman unit.  This is really going to help with fluency!

We graphed when we went to sleep on New Year’s Eve.  I was really surprised how late some of them stayed up!! (way later than this old lady!!!)  Ha!

This is my door.  In years past, I would always buy new cutouts for every month.  Well, I decided to save that $50 this year and just do one for the whole year. Boring, I know!!!  LOL  I love this saying.  Oh, our school colors are red and black, hence the non matching sign with my name on it.  Yeah, it bugs me every time I look at it.  You would think I would have changed it by now.  Nope.

and guess what came in today?!?!  My Erin Condren planner!!!!  it was like Christmas morning all over again!!!!!!  (My husband thinks I’m weird, getting excited over a planner!)

 

OH!  No tears today from Miss Cries-a-lot!!!!!  Yipppeeeeeeee