Monday's snapshot

we began the day by learning to write the letter Ii correctly.

and we are working on our Halloween classroom book that will be coming home soon!

I found this on Mrs. Miner's Monkey Business blog a couple of years ago and do it every year.

The kids like seeing themselves as Frankenstein :)

Miss Brittany found a sweet baby lizard at the school and stopped by for the students to check him out!

we spent our lesson time learning about Columbus and his importance.

we made a ship handprint painting for art.

first, the students painted clouds at the top of their papers.

then blue water at the bottom.

next they added a brown handprint for the ship...

and added some sails and a title.

in limited centers, the students worked on jack-o-lantern glyphs which is a great activity for following directions.

this is another activity I like to do with my class each October. 

there are lots to choose from on the internet but this year I used Mathwire's jack-o-lantern glyph.

the students listened to Excuse Me...Are You a Witch? in the library...

then got to design their very own witch stockings!

last week the students listened to Red Dancing Shoes and started working on making a boot and learning to lace. they got to finish that up today.

WEAR YELLOW WEDNESDAY FOR OUR CLOTHING STUDY!!!