The Very Busy Spider

We made "a very busy kindergarten" web while retelling the story, "The Very Busy Spider." Look close to see the blue yarn we used for the web:)

Morning Message

As part of our morning routine, we have a morning message. This is a great way to incorporate phonics skills, high frequency words, the use of turn and talk, and much more. Students eagerly participate and like to share how they knew what was missing in the message. A child in our class asked if he could write the message one morning. We were excited to see what he would write! He now "trains" other friends how to write the message.

Eric Carle Author Study

The class enjoyed listening and responding to : Do you want to be my Friend? To practice our retelling skills, students chose an animal from the book and drew the picture. Then, we put the animals in order and retold the story. We enjoyed learning that this book is one of Eric Carle's favorite books that he wrote because it is about friendship. Even though this book doesn't have many words, it took Eric Carle two years to complete the book. Did you know this book only has 8 words???

Eric Carle Author Study

This week we read The Very Hungry Caterpillar by: Eric Carle. In Readers and Writers Workshop, we focused on retelling by incorporating the story vocabulary. We also retold the story by using props and puppets.