I’ve had lots of requests to share more about how I foster inquiry in our classroom, so I’m here to share some information about our current inquiry, animals in winter! We started with inquiry brainstorm time. We do these when we wrap up our last inquiry and we are looking for new topics to investigate….
Hi friends! I’m back to share some photos of what we have been up to in our classroom this week! 1. SENTENCE JENGA I have a high group of kiddos this year where most of my kids know all of their letters and sounds (even the JKs) and are working on sight words and reading…
Hi guys! How are you all doing? I’m taking a little break from report card writing to share with you some things from this week included a free printable that was requested by multiple people on Instagram! Here we go 🙂 1. SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDER ADDITION This was such a fun, easy prep activity for…
Hi friends! Are you excited for the long weekend as I am? Here is a quick recap of some of the things that have been happening in our classroom! 1. DINOSAUR INQUIRY Our kids love dinosaurs and but they weren’t really wondering anything that we could research about them. We finally got a few questions…
Hi guys! Taking a break from report card writing to share some activities from our classroom from this week! I hope you can find one to try in your classroom! 1. MAGNETIC LETTER SIGHT WORD SEARCH I saw this idea originally on Instagram (posted by @invitation_to_play, she is great and you should follow her if…
This is my third year raising caterpillars in the classroom! It is always such a neat experience for the kids. Here are some of my favourite activities/ways I encourage observation and wonderings. PRE-ARRIVAL: This year we read the book Katy Duck Is a Caterpillar to activate our schema about spring. It is a fiction text…
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