We huffed and we puffed!

This week we are still working on our fairy tale unit. Our story was the Three Little Pigs! The kids really enjoyed this and many of them had already heard the stories! We are using some of the activities in my fairy tale unit aligned to the Common Core!

We read the following stories this week and compared and contrasted them. We also talked about the point of view in each story!

Original Version of the Three Little Pigs

The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig

The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs

I decided to include a science/math activity yesterday into the mix! I wanted to the kids to realize that the stories really couldn't happen! So I put some different objects in a bag and the kids had to see how far they could blow them. They used yard sticks to measure the distance. In the end we talked about how there was no way the wolf could really blow a house down! 

We also talked about contractions for our word structure for the week. I found the CUTEST unit from Christie at First Grade Fever! My kids really had a BLAST being surgeons and cutting up some contractions! 

Click here to check it out!

We also made this anchor chart to review what contractions are! 

Today I am at home in my p.j.'s because....

it is snowing! We are suppose to get 12 inches of snow. We haven't had any snow in almost two years, which is SUPER sad! Growing up in Kansas we had snow on the ground all winter but it just hasn't been like that in a long time. My school district actually canceled school yesterday before the kids even left. That was nice not having to get up early and look for our school to scroll across the t.v. We were only in school Tuesday/Wednesday this week and last week the kids were gone from Thursday-Monday! I feel like we haven't had a good full week of school in forever! Of course I brought everything home because I don't think we will be back tomorrow either and I have training on Monday so I have a sub! I will be working on our March plans that me and my teammate hashed out this week. I will also be working on this...

I will let you know when it is up! Also my b-day is on Monday (the BIG 25!!!) so of course I will be having a HUGE sale! 

A new excuse for you...

I'll righty bloggy friends, we are fully back in the swing of things. We were able to accomplish A LOT today! I have been blog stocking Abby at Inspired Apple. She always has great ideas and it seems like we are on the same schedule. Every time I check her blog she is doing the same thing we are...how convient!

First we have been working on contractions. Today we did an activity that Abby posted about, contraction friends and made a contraction chart. (I think she called them people?) Here is how they turned out:

Click here to check out her blog and get the patterns. Thanks Abby! :)

Also this week we talked about our 2012 school goals and our "one little word." Holly over at Crisscross Applesauce made some cute worksheets that go along with both of these. My kids really enjoyed making their goals. Who knew they would be so honest!

Click here to go to Holly's blog and get her freebies! Thanks Holly, you rock!

Last but not least we compared and contrasted two different items in our story this week. We just used a simple Venn Diagram. I think sometimes the oldies are the besties. I let the kids color them and then I am able to put them up in our reading area.

So... I think the 4 miles yesterday caught up with me just now. My legs are finally sore. I guess that is a good thing. I have heard a great new excuse today. I had a student that was being disrespectful and I asked him why he was being disrespectful. His response was because of video games! I was like VIDEO GAMES!! I couldn't believe that came out of this mouth. I didn't know if I was totally shocked or I was angry!!??!!??

*****I will post the winner of my giveaway in the morning!!***************