Fall is in the air!

We have been learning about the season of fall and have been doing some great work! We have been thinking like scientists and working on asking good questions about how things change in the fall. Last week we made a fall circle map and used the vocabulary in our fall writing.

Congratulations to Liam, our Star Writer of the month! We loved his picture and sentence, "In the fall I like to carve pumpkins."

We also decorated our classroom to match the season. 

Writing Silly Stories

I just had to share what our class created yesterday during Writing. We have been working on characters, action, and setting in stories and have been working together to write our own. We selected a dog for the character, having a party for the action, and a castle for the setting. Here is what we made! The kids loved it! Ask  your child to tell you about this story and it's characters at home!

A New Member of the K5 Team

After just two weeks our classroom has already begun to feel like a "family." As you may know, our class sizes were larger than usual at 28! Because enrollment was so high, Mrs. Andrews has decided to hire another teacher. The new teacher's name is Jackie Fretz and she is going to be a perfect fit at Greenbrier! Although this is wonderful, it does mean that five of my sweet friends will have to be placed in her class and I will have to say goodbye! I have truly enjoyed getting to know EVERY child in my class this year so it is bittersweet to have them go to the new class. However, I know this is what is best for everyone; we will have 23 students and Mrs. Fretz's class will be awesome! 

Last week we also completed our first writing assignment to hang in the hallway. We wrote our names and made a self portrait. Congratulations to Cole for being our star writer of the month! His name starts with a capital letter and all the letter are formed correctly. Way to go, Cole!