Giving Thanks!

Hello, everyone!

I want to extend my thanks to everyone that is a part of our classroom community. I am truly grateful for all of your love and support! 

Parent-Teacher conferences were a success! It is very nice meeting and hearing from every family. As always, please do not hesitate to reach out to me when you have questions or comments.

Last week, we celebrated Thanksgiving with lots of read aloud and discussions on how we are thankful for the people and things around us. It has been our classroom tradition to create a Thankful Tree (or wreath). We also made pumpkin bread to eat at Sunset meeting. We made enough to share with the other EC classrooms and take some home. We also read about Native Americans and their cultures. We read beautiful stories about them and discussed about family, happiness, contentment and other wonderful traits highlighted by the indigenous cultures.

Room 101 is always open! =)

Thank you, parents and families for meeting us at the Parent-Teacher conferences.

Chopping mushroom for our Broccoli and Mushroom soup

More chopping

At work

Julieta created a beautiful structure with the Rainbow work.

Oona quantified numbers with the Red and Blue rods.

Olivia and Ariana graded the Brown prisms

Sebastian practiced letter recognition with the Alphabet chart

Solomon mad a list of words using the Moveable Alphabet

Maya gave Frances a lesson on the Multiplication with Bead Bars

RJ honed his fine motor skills with a stringing work

Sophia concentrated on her writing journal.

Amelia and Haylie played the Memory Game (number identification and quantification).

Santi has been interested with paper extensions.

Thankful Tree 2016

Thankful Wreath 2017

Thankful Tree 2018

Our kindergarteners wrote about what they are thankful for.

Maya explored the Fraction skittles.

Whisking the eggs for our pumpkin bread.

That's a lot of batter!

Ariana and RJ matched pictures and objects (community helpers).

Mark Anthony and Maddox completed the 45 layout!

Our finished pumpkin bread! Happy Thanksgiving!

Our Community

Last week, our class spent a lot of time building and making our community stronger. We continue to share activities that help us learn and respect about each other especially during Morning and Sunset meetings. At these times, we share news about our lives or reflect on our day. It is very comforting to see our children hug and sway around to music they sing along with when we gather. Our days at school can be hectic and full of transitions but we make it a point to slow down and appreciate each other.

Our students also exercised their right to vote. We read the book, "Duck for President" by Doreen Cronin. As we discussed the book as a group, we also decided to vote between Farmer Brown or Duck as president. In our classroom, Duck won! 

Another big celebration we had was the Diwali celebration. Arthi, a Suder parent read about this Indian holiday. She also shared how her family celebrates Diwali. Arthi shared pictures and some artifacts to our class. We also made Dum Aloo (potato curry) to enjoy at Sunset meeting. We lit our classroom diyas and made a rangoli. The children had such an amazing time!

Lastly, we had a field trip to watch the play, "Fredrick" by Leo Lionni at the Chicago Children's Theatre. The children could not stop dancing and singing along with the mice characters! 

This week is Parent-Teacher conferences. I am eager to see you on Wednesday! If you have not signed up yet, please go to the Suder website to pick a time slot. 

See you at school!

Always,

Ms. Guerrero

We learn new poems and songs every week that promote community building and positive relationships with each other. Here, the children are sharing a "secret" to their partner. We talk about how the secret should be something that will make the other person feel great and positive.

We learn new poems and songs every week that promote community building and positive relationships with each other. Here, the children are sharing a "secret" to their partner. We talk about how the secret should be something that will make the other person feel great and positive.

We learn new poems and songs every week that promote community building and positive relationships with each other. Here, the children are sharing a "secret" to their partner. We talk about how the secret should be something that will make the other person feel great and positive.

They give each other a quick hug after each share! =)

Please welcome, RJ to our class!

Oona practiced her buttoning skills.

Haylie transferred beads using a small tong.

Caleb made sure not to spill his water pouring work.

RJ transferred liquid to 2 containers.

Frances tried our marble painting.

Solomon showed off his work.

Voting in session

Time to tally the votes.....

Duck won!

Kindergarteners practiced peer talking with their peanut butter and jelly partners.

Room 102 came to our class at kinder time to observe a presentation on the 45 layout.  

Thank you, Arthi for coming to our classroom!

Our children enjoyed pictures Arthi brought with her.

Santi peeled a potato for our Dum Aloo. We used potatoes we bought from a visiting former Suder parent turned farmer.

More food prep...

Stefan read about Diwali in the library.

diyas and flower rangoli

Dum Aloo

Our classroom rangoli. 

Winter worked on the sound boxes and created CVC words. She "created" this new work all by herself.

Winter and Maya completed the 45 layout in the hallway.

Lea explored the Land-Air-Water work.

"5 little elephants balancing...." Walking in a line to practice coordination, balance and equilibrium.

Yay! We finally made a line of all the elephants in our room. =)

Fredrick play at the Children's Theatre

Maya and Winter started the Addition strip board so they can complete their addition booklet.

Calm classroom breathing exercise.

Isabella traced her hand and created a beautiful flower art with it.

Mark Anthony honed his focus and concentration while doing a pouring work.

Create and imagine

Create and imagine