We Went on a BEAR HUNT!!!

Last week we had so much fun with gingerbread stories. This week we surrounded ourselves with bears! We read and re-read the story, "We're Going on a Bear Hunt". We acted it out, created art work, and used it in our word study sentences. We almost hate to put our bear hunt props away!We worked with partners to create a story map of our bear hunt!

On Friday we read two stories about a bear named Corduroy and made our own Cordoroy bears....we added buttons and pockets, just like in the stories we read. 

We also brought our bears/stuffed animals to school and let them spend the night in our classroom!

We measured our bears with cubes....this snake was really long! 

When we came to school on Thursday, this is what we found them doing!!!! We had fun drawing our animals and writing about them and what they did! 

Report cards went home in folders on Wednesday. 

We worked on a new coping skill this week, and the kids had a great time talking about different situations they could use it for. The coping skill was called change your plan. This would be a great one to rehearse at home since plans often change and our children need to have a coping skill to help them with that. The picture I drew shows what happens when we can't go out to recess. It is similar to one we learned last year called change your thinking, but I think this is a little more concrete for our students.  

We welcomed a new student to our classroom this week - we are now a wonderful group of 14! 
Next week will be a four day week - and surely a busy and exciting one. Don't forget that we will serve breakfast to our class on Thursday morning! We will have plenty to eat for everyone! This is something we love to do for our students. And the students at Loon Lake may wear their pajamas to school that day as well!  We will be cozy and full that morning!
*** I also want to wish you all a wonderful holiday season and winter break. I am excited to see my children who live out of state. When we return in January we will be reading all about snowmen and winter!