Off to a good start

Welcome back! Students and teachers in Mrs. P's class are excited to begin another school year! We have kicked off the 2011-2012 year by revealing our classroom theme: the 2012 Summer Olympics! Throughout the first week, students have been busy identifying who partipates in the Olympics, when and where this summer's games will take place, as well as the purpose these games serve in bringing the world together for some fun! We have also been hard at work learning new words associated with the Olympics, which will begin to build our list of sight words for the 2011-2012 school year. Look for your child's words next week!

Olympic Theme Words:
 * athlete
 * Olympics
 * summer
 * sports
 * London

Blue List:
 * grow
 * never
 * today
 * laugh
 * about

Green List:
 * the
 * to
 * and
 * for
 * you

Yellow List
 * there
 * what
 * who
 * went
 * must

In addition to all of this hard work, we have also been embarking on a new daily project called DEAR: Drop Everything And Read! For fifteen minutes at the end of each day, students and teachers read a book of their choice before departing home for the day. Students are encouraged to bring in a favorite book for the week to enjoy, though there are a number of great ones for them to choose from here as well!

Students show-off their choice DEAR time reads.

Students making Olympic lanyards in SPOT group, photo cards showcasing some of their favorite things and special skills!

Our classroom Olympians hard at work.

Mrs. P introducing students' new Olympic sight words.