All little of this... a little of that :)

We started off the week with a special treat from Wyatt's family. I knew it was going to be a good one!!

We sorted complete and incomplete sentences, looking to see if they had a noun (who or what) and verb (action word).

Got this freebie here.

We have also been practicing our "Read to Someone" stamina for the Daily 5. We learned to sit EEKK (elbow, elbow, knee, knee) and whisper. We did it for 10 successful minutes today!!

Look at those buddies with their perfect little popcorn ball hands, makes my heart soar!! :)

We have had little trouble with this...

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As someone who is nearly 4 months pregnant and still battling with constant nausea, let me tell you seeing the picking doesn't help. I gag each morning brushing my teeth, my stomach does a big ole' flip when they bring their hands to their mouth!! YUCK!! I simply say, get a kleenex and hand sanitizer, so they are busted but not embarrassed hopefully.

The poor lunchroom teachers tell me each day that our class is the worst behaved. This does not make their dear teacher very happy. In fact, for the last few days all my students lost a point for fooling around and clipped down just from lunch. We are going to keep encouraging and practicing, but when Mrs. Lind blows the whistle at them and they are so loud that they don't hear her. That's a bit of a problem. 

I am going to make a chart, like the one pictured above for us to review each day until we have it. Please discuss table manners with your child. We see yelling, leaving messes, kids wandering, and talking in such loud voices that I can hear the conversations in my classroom! If your child says they are behaving, that's fantastic... unless of course they are telling tales :) If you know your kiddo has the expectations down ask them to remind their friends to be respectful as well.

We have had a much better week in the classroom. I have moved some desks around again for the fourth time. I tell them that there are only so many ways to do it and they have to have a little self control, too. All in all it has started out to be a great week. I hope the more I can encourage those positive behaviors, the more they will catch on that it's a good feeling to do the right thing!