The Bat Facts

BBBBB Bats! Our schema grew and grew for bats as we read, sang, listened, and watched all about bats. We wrote and drew about the new things we have learned in the video below.

Digital Pen Pals

Last week our class received a special email from another kindergarten class in Circle Pines, MN. They want to be our friends! Thanks to a grant from Education Minnesota, we will be digital friends with these kindergartners for the year. In the spring, we will get to meet our new friends in person. We look forward to sharing our digital pen pal journey with you as well! We sent our buddies this video to introduce ourselves.
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Fair Haven Farms

It's been a few weeks, but we sure had a great time at Fair Haven Farms. We saw the signs on fall in action! We loved the tasty fruit, colorful leaves, pumpkin picking, and more! A shout out to the volunteers who took awesome videos and pics. Enjoy!

Our Strong Schema

During Readers' Workshop we have learned about "schema"-- all the information in our brain...the "stuff" we already know a lot about. Our "schemas" are all different because of our varying experiences in life. We wrote and drew about areas where we have a strong schema. Check our our smart thinking in the video below.

Our Forever Books

We loved sharing our "Forever Books" with the class. Our book buddies helped us re-read our special books and we wrote and drew about our thinking on these loved books.

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Signs of Fall

Signs of fall are surrounding us! We have noticed them on the playground, outside our window, at Fair Haven farms, and more. We made a predictable chart about signs of fall and focused on the words I and SEE. Then we used the app "Drawing Pad" to help us draw our ideas. 

Our Book Thinking

Strong readers THINK while reading! We have been learning the importance of sharing our thinking with partners and on sticky notes. The video below shows the reading thinking we did on Friday. Apologies for the quick/poor quality iPad photos....the thinking is the important part! :)