How many books have we made so far this year?
How many do you have in your Book Treasure Box?
June 11
My Friends
On the last day of school we had a Farewell Picnic.
Each child got an autograph book with their photo on it to pass around
to get their friend's phone numbers so they can play together over the summer!
June 6 My Homework Memories
We read a book made from all the Family Homework collected this year.
We laughed when we saw how we wrote our names in September!
It was fun talking about all the things we did this year!
June 5 We read a big book called
Mrs. Wishy-Washy
then we made an easy-to-read little book called Oh No!
Most of the pages have the same word pattern:
"The ___ is in the ___."
June 3
Who Is Sleeping?
The word pattern is: The ____ is sleeping. Sleep tight, ____.
Then, when the sun comes up, the rooster wakes up everybody on the farm!
May 30
River Otters
We made an easy book about the characteristics of river otters.
They are fun to watch at the
Brandywine Zoo!
May 30
Summer Fun
We talked about the activities you can do during the summer
then made an easy-to-read book.
The word pattern is: I can ___ in the summer.
May 20 We learned about the "-ot" word family this week then
made and read an easy book called
Lots of Spots.
The word pattern is: A ____ has spots. Lots and lots.
Spots on animals help them to hide. Spots on people are called freckles!
May 9
My Trip to The Museum
We made an easy-to-read book about what we saw at
The Delaware Museum of Natural History.
The word pattern is: I saw a ______.
May 6 We made an easy-to-read book called
My Mommy.
We talked about all the things our moms do for us every day!
May 5 The first exhibit we will see at the
Museum is the Giant Squid.
We will walk in the front door and look up!
Mrs. Jones showed us some photos of their arms, tentacles and eggs.
She made an easy factual book about Giant Squid for us to read.
We learned that one of their eyes is as big as our head!
May 2 We read a book called
Chickens Aren't the Only Ones then
made an easy repetitive book called
Who Lays Eggs?
The word pattern is: A _____ lays eggs.
April 29 Mrs. Jones passed around her shell collection then
we read an easy book about some of the
SHELLS we'll see at the museum.
The word pattern is: This shell looks like a ______.
April 28 We talked about the things we can do to help our planet
then we made an easy book called
Earth Day.
The word pattern is: I can _____.
April 25
Dinosaur Day
Mrs. Jones created a book for us to read about
some of our Dinosaur Day activities.
April 23
My Dinosaur Book
We made this easy-to-read book at one of our Dinosaur Day stations.
We used a word ring to fill in the blanks in the book.
April 22
Dinosaur Defenses
We made a book about how different dinosaurs defended themselves.
The word pattern is: It had ____.
April 21 We made a book about
Baby Duckbills.
It tells how the mother lays her eggs then cares for her babies.
We tried to figure out new words by using the strategies we know.
April 15 We read
It is Spring with Miss Ganley.
We highlighted the words "pops" "up" and "out."
April 14
Birds
We made an easy factual book about bird characteristics.
We highlighted the words "can" and "have."
April 8
Go, Penguins, Go!
We made a book about directions with the word pattern:
Penguins go _____.
April 7 We looked at pictures in books of birds eating their food
then we made and read our own book called
What Do Birds Eat?
The word pattern is: This bird eats _____.
April 1 Mrs. Jones made a book about
Animals for us to read.
"Snakes can fly." "Dogs say, Meow!" What is going on here?
We loved the surprise ending!
a pair of slippers
March 31 We made a book about
Pairs with the substitute.
The word pattern is: I see a pair of _______.
March 11 and 13 We watched a video called
The Adventures of Wiggly Tooth
and learned how to take care of our teeth and why we need to see our dentist.
We made an easy-to-read book called
My Tooth Care Book.
We have been searching for words and punctuation in
Nursery Rhyme Books during the second trimester testing.
Little Boy Blue Little Miss Muffet Little Jack Horner To Market
March 3 Mrs. Jones read
The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss.
Then we made an easy-to-read book called
My Feet.
The word pattern is: My feet can ____.
We loved the surprise ending!
Feb 29 We made and read an easy book called
Wash Your Hands.
Washing our hands is one way we can keep from spreading our germs.
The word pattern is: Wash your hands after you ____.
Feb 12 We learned to read then decorated a little book called
Be Mine, Valentine which is actually a valentine for our parents!
Feb 11 We read a book called
How Do You Count to 100? on our 100th day.
We can count by 1's, 2's, 5's, 10's, 20's, 25's and 50's!
We used our hundreds chart to count all the different ways!
Feb 8 Mrs. Jones created a book for us to make about
My Flashlight.
We drew our flashlight, measured the length with unifix cubes,
measured the circumference at both ends and balanced it on a scale.
Then we got to "flashwrite" our names on
our bathroom walls and ceiling!
Feb 1-4 We made a book about the teen numbers called
Valen-Teens.
Mrs. Carney helped us color the correct amount of hearts on each page.
We liked saying "valen-teens" and "valen-tines!"
Jan 28 We made a nonfiction book called
A Mother Bear's Story.
"She" takes the place of "The bear."
Jan 25 - My Book About Short Uu
Jan 22
Bears, Bears, Bears
The word pattern is: There are bears in _____.
We found the word "bears" 17 times!
Jan 18 - My Book of Things that begin with Qq
Jan 15 We made an easy book called
The Snowy Day.
We talked about the
lifeskill of "organization" and how you can
go out to play faster if you get everything ready ahead of time.
Every page has a question on it: Where is my _______?
We looked for the question marks
and practiced reading
The Words of the Week "where" and "my."
It was fun looking for the picture clues on each page
that led up to the surprise ending!
Jan 14
What Can I Do in the Snow?
The word pattern is: I can ____ in the snow.
Jan 11 - My Book of Things that begin with Yy
Jan 8 We made an easy, repeating book called
The Snowman.
We practiced the
Words of the Week, "see" and "my" and the color words.
The word pattern is: See my (color word) (piece of clothing).
Jan 7 We read a book about the clothing you wear
In the Winter.
We found and highlighted the
Words of the Week,
you and yes, and the words Do and do, in different colors.
We discovered the same words were highlighted on each page ...in a pattern!
The word pattern is: Do you wear ____ in the winter? Yes, I do!
It has a surprise ending!
Jan 4 We made a little book called
Happy New Year!
The word pattern is: Some people _____.
Jan 3
What Is It?
The word pattern is: Is it a ____?
Dec 19 We made a book to help us retell the story of
The Polar Express.
We used the picture clues to help us read the words.
Dec 17 We made an easy to read book called
Christmas Lights.
We reviewed the color words we have been learning.
The word pattern is: I see a _____ light.
Dec 14 - We made a coupon book for our Parents.
If we whine when they cash in a coupon
they get to make us do it again without whining.
Dec 10 We made a book about
Gifts of Love.
You don't need money for these gifts! We talked about the ways you can
share your love with your parents and grandparents during the holidays.
The word pattern is: I can give a _____.
Dec 3 We made an easy funny book called
I Like Dogs.
The word pattern is: I like _____ dogs.
We loved the surprise ending!
Nov 30 We made an easy-to-read book called
The Christmas Tree.
We highlighted "Here" and the
Word of the Week "are" and "the"
in different colors...and discovered a color pattern on each page!
We used the picture clues to help us read the words we didn't know.
Nov 24 We made an easy book called
Fall Leaves.
The word pattern is: I like ____ leaves.
Nov 16 We made a book called
Float or Sink in Mrs. Jones' group.
It was fun to guess first then put different things in a bowl of water!
We got our own bowl and baggie of things to float and sink at home!
Nov 9 We had so much fun making a book called
My Leaf!
We picked a leaf from our Nature Collection.
Then we did experiments with it and recorded our answers in our book.
Our favorite was counting how many pennies it took to sink our leaf!
Click here to make a copy of the book
and try the experiments with another leaf!
Use your imagination and try other coins to do your experiments
or use legos or paperclips to measure your leaf.
Nov 2
Fall
We circled each fall color word with a colored pencil:
orange, red, yellow, brown and white.
We found "In fall" at the beginning of every sentence!
Oct 26:
HOT
The word pattern is: The ________ is hot. Don't touch it!
We highlighted one of the Words of the Week: hot
and the word "The" at the beginning of a sentence.
We learned that water cools a burn.
Oct 22:
Ghosts
We practiced looking at each picture for clues to figure out the words.
Oct 19
My Book About Bats
We made and read this easy to read nonfiction book.
We practiced looking at each picture for clues to figure out the words.
Oct 15 We read The
Big-Eared Bat and learned how they use
echolocation to catch insects and why they have such big ears!
Then we highlighted some
Words of the Week.
Oct 12
My Fire Safety Book
We learned what to do if there is a fire.
We practiced looking at the pictures to figure out what the words might say.
Oct 5
My Shape Book
We learned that "rhombus" is another name for the diamond shape.
9/21 Feelings
We read about different emotions then highlighted the word "I."
We discovered it was almost in the same place on each page.
We enjoyed the little brother's surprise ending!
9/17 On Constitution Day we learned about
Symbols of the USA.
Mrs. Jones created a book for us to read and color.
We found
Pennsylvania on the map, then talked about
our flag,
The Bald Eagle,
The Liberty Bell, and
The Statue of Liberty.
9/13 Brown Bear, Brown Bear
We colored all the animals the same color as in the book.
We read it together then read it to a friend.
We will make a Fold-a-Book for some of the
Words of the Week.
