Although summer is over, we can still reminisce about the good times that we had. You can see what fun some of the staff here at school had by reading the book. Lots of staff got to travel–several traveled abroad! There were also new babies, birthdays, and festivals. Take a look and see what a great time we had this summer!
Here is a link to the book: We Had A Great Summer!
This week we are talking all about what teachers at our school like to do for fun. There is a WIDE variety of different things they like to do, from eating Colombian food to going down water slides.
Our students loved seeing their teachers engaged in lots of different activities and we hope you do too!
Here is a link to the book: What Do Teachers Do For Fun
We are following the Unique theme this week and focusing on learning about Native Americans. All of the pictures (found using google images) and information relate to Native Americans from long ago. On each page there is a piece of information about Native Americans. After the information is read to the students, we asked them, “what are we learning about?” The repetitive line answers, “The life of a Native American.” We hope you enjoy!
Here is a link to the book: The Life of a Native American
Dr. Seuss’ Birthday was last week so we’re a little late to the party, but better late than never, right? We had written a book last year which we loved, so we decided to use it again this year (repetition is always a good thing!). The book takes a look at some of the different books Dr. Seuss has written along with some of the staff at our school enjoying them. Cara formatted it to be a rhyming book so it seemed more Seuss like. We hope you enjoy it!
Here is a link to the book: Let Me Take a Closer Look,I Would Like to Read That Book
Oh my goodness! We have had SO much fun creating this book. It really is a must-see. We haven’t done an Oscars theme before and thought that it would be fun to talk about movies and awards. But the BEST part was dressing our students up to act the parts of some of the movies that have won Oscars in the past. And boy did our students love it! Some of the movies featured in our book are Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, Shrek, The Music Man, and Aladdin, to name a few. Joy was definitely the creative mind for the book this week. The repetitive line was “an Oscar winner” and was heard after the first line on the page named a movie that had won. Not only did the students get a kick out of seeing their friends in a book, but the adults were crazy about the pictures too! You have GOT to check it out!
Here is a link to the book: An Oscar Winner
In lieu of President’s day, we wanted to focus on something patriotic, so we chose to talk about the colors of our country. Each object we talk about has the colors red, white, and blue on it and has something to do with our country. After reading the line on the page, we asked our students, “what are those colors?” and the repetitive line would answer, “colors of my country.” Some of our students labeled the colors they saw on their own. Take a look at the colors of our country, and happy belated President’s day!
Here is a link to the book: Colors of my Country
Love is in the air! We are celebrating Valentine’s day this week. We have brought back a Valentine’s day book that was written for a group in previous years but continues to be applicable today. We always like to be able to re-introduce a familiar book to our students. The book covers some of the things that you might see or hear on Valentine’s day. After the first line is read aloud, we asked our students, “when do we do/see/hear this?” to which the repetitive line answers, “on Valentine’s day.” When reading about how people say “I love you,” some of our students were able to imitate the sign for “I love you.” We hope you have a lovely Valentine’s day!
Here is a link to the book: On Valentine’s Day
Brrrrr! It’s cold out there! It’s actually feeling like winter in Florida this week so the topic feels appropriate to talk about. Our book talks about some things that are associated with winter, such as cold weather, snowy days, and warm clothing. For this book, the line read aloud by Cara was the beginning of a sentence that was completed by the students using the voice output device. The repetitive line could also answer a “why” question. During the book, we brought around our snowflake umbrella so that our students could experience the closest thing they could get to a snowy day in Florida 🙂 Stay warm and enjoy the book!
Here is a link to the book: Winter is Here
We’re back to school after the break and it’s a new year! There are so many different traditions that people have for New Years, so we wrote about a few of them in the book for this week. Boy, are some of them interesting! After reading about each tradition, we asked the students, “why do they do this?” The voice output device was programmed with the repetitive line, “it’s new years around the world.” It is so interesting to read about all the different things that people do for New Year’s Eve. We hope you enjoy the book for this week, and Happy New Year!
Here is a link to the book: It’s New Year’s Around the World
Since there are only 2 days of school next week, we decided to have Thanksgiving as our topic this week. For the book, the students are asking a question as the repetitive line. The question is, “where is the turkey?”. The book follows the turkey who is hiding in different places. Prepositions are used for the different locations. While reading the book, we had a stuffed turkey which we would hide around the room based on the prepositions being targeted on each page (i.e., put the turkey behind you, put the turkey under the table, etc.). You’ll have to read the book to find out where the turkey was found. Enjoy, and have a very happy Thanksgiving!
Here is a link to the book: Where is the Turkey?