We like decorating our houses. We like to watch people scare us in their costumes. We get to eat lots of candy for a very long time. We get to march in a Halloween parade. The best part is having a class party for Halloween!
Friday, October 31, 2008
Group 3: What is the best part of Halloween?
Group 2: What is your favorite thing about Halloween?
Group 1: What is the best part of Halloween?
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Questions for the dinner table. 10/30/08
- What was the new center Mr.T put in literacy centers this morning?
- What is a word family?
- Can you explain the book you made during math today?
- What book did the counselor read to the class?
- What grade did you play with on the playground during recess?
- Did you draw a picture of your Halloween costume?
- Name one thing that was a challenge for you and one that that was a success for you today.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Questions for the dinner table. 10/29/08
- What were the games you played in the math carnival today?
- What did you do in computer lab?
- Who was the mystery reader today?
- Did you earn a badge in badge work today?
Zach's art work: "The Beach"
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Questions for the dinner table. 10/28/08
- How many scarecrows are you making for the scarecrow competition?
- What scarecrow are you working on?
- What is enemy pie?
- How many bunches of 10 do you have in calendar math?
- How many ones do you have in calendar math?
- How many days have you been in school?
- Did you start the All About Me class book today?
- Who is on the first page?
- What was the title of the Halloween story Mr.T read today?
Monday, October 27, 2008
Questions for the dinner table. 10/27/08
- Did you enjoy Cinderella the opera?
- What specials did you go to today?
- Who was your favorite character in the opera?
- What did you learn in music class?
- Who did you sit next to on the bus ride to the opera?
Friday, October 24, 2008
Questions for the dinner table. 10/24/08
- Who won math bowl today?
- What did you blog about in literacy centers?
- What did you do in calendar math?
- How many days are left until Halloween?
- What is Mr.T going to be for Halloween?
- Can you tell me one addition math story and one subtraction math story?
- Who volunteered for literacy centers today?
- Did you meet with your 4th grade buddies? What did you do with them?
- What was the best part of your week?
Group 4: What do you want to do this weekend?
Group 3: What do you want to do this weekend?
Group 2: What do you want to do this weekend?
Group 1: What do you want to do this weekend?
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Questions for the dinner table. 10/22/08
- Can you explain your computer lab lesson?
- What are tricky teens?
- What book did the librarian read today?
- What happened during the drill today?
- Who was the mystery reader?
- What part of the community did you study today?
- Has everyone been star student?
- What did you do in literacy centers?
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Dana's model of Jamestown Elementary School
Questions for the dinner table. 10/21/08
- What were your two specials in the afternoon?
- Can you explain badge work?
- What was your morning work assignment?
- Name at least three badge centers you went to today.
- Who were the two new characters you read about in Wayside School?
- What is so special about the 19th story?
- How many days have you been in school?
Kelly's Ocean artwork
Monday, October 20, 2008
Questions for the dinner table. 10/20/08
- What was the initiative in morning meeting?
- Who volunteered for literacy centers?
- Did you meet with Mr.T for guided reading today?
- What did you do in your guided reading group?
- What is the title of your guided reading book?
- Who will be the last start student tomorrow?
- What happens after everyone has been star student?
- What are you collecting on the blacktop?
- What was the interactive story about?
- What did you do on your nature walk in the afternoon?
- What are ordinal numbers?
Friday, October 17, 2008
Questions for the dinner table. 10/17/08
- What did you blog about today?
- Who read Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude to the class today?
- What did you use the Smartboard for today?
- Did you have open centers?
- Who volunteered to help in literacy centers today?
- Did you like the Halloween word search?
- Did you complete the ending sounds sort in literacy centers today?
- What was the new activity Mrs. Kuehn put in open centers today?
- Tell me one thing that was a success for you and one thing that was a challenge for you today.
Group 4: What do you want the world to know about kindergarten?
We have a prize box that looks like a treasure chest. We like literacy centers. We like open centers. We like magic school bus and peep and the big wide world. We have a Smartboard. We like to go outside for recess. We like lunch. We like reading. We like doing math activities in the hallway. We learn to be friendly to each other. We like swinging on the monkey bars. We have new friends in kindergarten. We like the blacktop. We like stories on the Smartboard. We like cutting out pictures. We like coloring. We like painting.
Group 3: What do you want the world to know about our classroom?
We have literacy centers. We have a Smartboard. We have two teachers. We have a movie after lunch. We meet with our buddies in 4th grade. We have a playground. We like our teachers. We have open centers. We have snack. We know how to read. We think our classroom is cool. We have a lot of kids in our class. We are learning how to write. We are learning how to spell. We have a TV in our classroom. We know each others names. We earn badges!
Group 2: What do you want the world to know about our classroom?
We like math. We like the computer lab. We like story time. Do you like it? Our school is called
Group 1. What do you want the world to know about our classroom?
We have 23 people in our class. We know our ABC’s. We have a black top we play and do jump rope. We have two playgrounds. We have 4th grade buddies. We have two teachers. On Wednesday and Friday Ms. Brown comes to our class. We have a bathroom in our school. We have a tv in our room. We like to play with legos. We like to do yoga.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Literacy Centers
Questions for the dinner table.
- What was your favorite part of the read aloud Stellaluna?
- What were the four literacy centers you had today?
- What did you learn from Ms. K's(the counselor) lesson?
- What are the two letters you worked on in hand writing without tears today?
- Was there a star student today?
- Did you play a literacy game in the hallway with Mr.T today? If yes, what did you do?
- Tell me one thing that was a success for you and one thing that was a challenge for you today.
I will try to add questions for the dinner table on a daily basis.
Mr.T