We have built and constructed and made so much progress on Samford Hall.  Check out the pictures on our classroom web page.  You can get to it by going to the AEEC web page and clicking on classrooms.  After that, just click on my name and take a look.   

Centers

We have been working hard on several projects.  In addition to working on our USA fact books, we have also been turning the Home Living Center into a Chinese restaurant.  The children are so excited about this.  We have been busy making menus, money, a sign, order pads and food.  Also, don’t forget about our construction project…Samford Hall.

Shared Reading

Our focus book was From Head to Toe by Eric Carle.  The children in this story visit a zoo and do the things they see the animals doing.  For this story, we talked about setting, characters, questions and some simple sight words that kept appearing on each page.  The children are learning so fast!!!   

Theme

We made so much progress with our theme this week.  Our building is coming along!  We even have some of the walls up!!!  In addition, we made a KWL chart on what we knew and wanted to know about Samford Hall.

We will be using the internet and conducting an interview to do our research.  The interview will be done during our upcoming field trip.

Shared Journals

We are still working hard on the negotiation process.  The children are doing such a good job of persuading their friends.  They are able to state reasons for choosing a particular story.  We have also been working on the discussion forum so that they can state their ideas without my interference.

Important Dates and Notes:

·        We need individual animal cracker boxes to make cameras. 

·        Book Fair – Oct. 31 – Nov 4

·        PTA – Nov 7 6:00 p.m.

·        Chick-Fil-A Night – Nov 10

·        No School – Nov 11

·        Tailgate Day – Nov 17

·        Thanksgiving Holidays – Nov 23

Just look at the monkeys!!