We have officially been back from winter break for a week now. Last week we jumped right back into things learning about three letter s-blends, contractions, and character and setting.
The kids had a blast learning about contractions. It may or may not be because they were surgeons!! Yes-we did the
Contraction Surgery from the wonderful Cara Carroll over at The First Grade Parade. The kids LOVED.IT! It's amazing what the power of a Band-Aid can do for student motivation. You would have thought I had given them a million bucks! Needless to say I will be doing this one every year.
I had seen a snowflake snowman decoration for a door on
Pinterest and was dying to do it with my kids. They had it as part of their morning work our first Monday back. Bad decision. I forgot how little they know about folding and not knowing how to actually cut paper to make it look like a snowflake. Definitely one I should have explained the afternoon before. Oh well-we live and learn right. Sad part is this is something I already knew and just totally spaced. I guess my brain was still on winter break. Despite my mistakes, they turned out amazing and I'm SO proud of our little door snowman made out of their unique little snowflakes.
We also talked about the new year and resolutions. I always love hearing their resolutions because they always get it or they don't. Some of my kiddos were completely on track and others were clear in left field picking dandelions. After our discussion, they each had to pick their own resolution and write about it. I must admit that I had some of the most honest and interesting resolutions this year. Here are two of my favorites-the second one hit the nail literally on. the. head.
