Teddy Bear Day!

To reward working hard together in F7, we celebrated by inviting our favorite stuffed animals in! 

We measured, tallied, read, wrote, & more about our fuzzy friends!

Counting Up

We are learning many addition strategies to help us learn our facts!  To reinforce the "Counting On" strategy, we went outside to enjoy a gorgeous day and practice our math.

Gail Gibbons

For the month of October, we have been studying the nonfiction author, Gail Gibbons.  We have been learning many new facts!  Here is a mural that we made after we read The Pumpkin Book.  Students did a great job retelling key details.

Kevin Henkes Author Study

Our author study for the month of September was on Kevin Henkes. Here is our hallway display featuring Wemberly Worried:

Daily 5 Routines

Students have been working hard during Daily 5 independent activities.

Word Work:

Work on Writing:

Listen to Reading:

Read to Self:

While those students work silently, it makes it easier to work hard during small group reading:

Football Friday!

Our New Albany Eagles Football players returned the week of homecoming to read to the class.  They also gave the students trading cards to learn more about each player.  

Junior Achievement

We really enjoyed our five Junior Achievement classes.  

Here was probably our favorite activity: 

The student got to use directions on a map to "drive" around the city.

We also received diplomas and graduated!