Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Fine Motor



6B practiced writing their names properly during our fine motor time. We discussed that there are three lines that help guide us as we write. The top, middle, and bottom lines help us to make sure that our letters are in the proper place. Letters that are either too high or too low are referred to as "floaters" and "sinkers". Also, we discussed the concept of writing from left to right. We always start on the left when writing and reading.

Each child's name was dotted and then inserted into a plastic sleeve. This way, we were able to trace the proper formation of each letter using the dots as a guide. After tracing, the dry-erase marker was easily removed with a tissue and we were able to try again.

Great job 6B. I can't wait to check our sign-in sheet tomorrow. Practice makes perfect, and mistakes are OK! :)

Monday, September 12, 2011

Character Partnership



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We met with 9-1 last Thursday for our first character partnership. The students worked together to identify important traits of good character, which worked perfectly with our current Discovery unit on friendship.

Check out the video above to see our partnership in action.
Thank you to Ms. Gentry and the 9-1 boys. We are looking forward to meeting with you again!

Friday, September 9, 2011

What a wonderful day. We are so excited for our hometown team to play this weekend. We even did a RAVENS cheer on the playground!
Enjoy your weekend 6B! I can't wait to see everyone on Monday morning.

Parents' Night


Thank you 6B parents, for a wonderful evening! I hope you found the time in our classroom to be informative. If you would like a copy of last night's PowerPoint please let me know.


The Love Notes were a huge hit this morning! Many of the children smiled and giggled over your messages. Most children chose to save the note and will be taking it home today in their backpack :)

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

6B Silhouettes

Above, are the 6B silhouettes. Can you recognize the members of our class?

Monday, September 5, 2011

Celebrating Summer Reading

We had a wonderful time making connections to our summer reading book "A Birthday for Bear" by Bonny Becker. Before snack, we read and discussed the book as a class. Next we celebrated by eating cupcakes topped with gummy bears!
Later we discussed and then illustrated what we like to do on our own birthdays.
The last surprise of the day was that each student received a red balloon to take home (just like the birthday bear in our story)!

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Our First Day Together


What an incredible first day! The hours flew by while we enjoyed a flurry of activities! Take a look at all of the excitement!