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Happy Mother's Day!!

Jonelle Bell — Sun, 13 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT

We are in the middle of our poetry writing unit. We wrote these amazing poems about our moms this week. I am so proud of my kindergarten poets! Happy Mother's Day to the moms of Room 131! Thanks for sharing your incredible children with me!! Read More.....(read more)

Kindergarten Field Day

Jonelle Bell — Sat, 12 May 2012 12:10:00 GMT

The weather was perfect! We ran, jumped and danced our way through field day. Thank you Mrs. Gulick for organizing this amazing Day!! Read More......(read more)

reading during recess

Jonelle Bell — Fri, 11 May 2012 03:08:00 GMT

So many of my kindergarten friends are reading during recess... I love this time of the year in Kindergarten!! Read More......(read more)

day and night

Jonelle Bell — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:59:00 GMT

some pictures of our day and night science unit... {click on the image above to download} our day and night mural day and night lists in our science notebooks artwork and science notebook pages from our owl study... Read More......(read more)

giant story problems

Jonelle Bell — Thu, 10 May 2012 01:12:00 GMT

My students followed 4 steps to answer these giant story problems. 1. read and find important information 2. draw a picture to show the story problem 3. write an equation to answer the story problem 4. write an answer to the question So proud of their...(read more)

our trip to the pond

Jonelle Bell — Tue, 08 May 2012 01:41:00 GMT

This picture slideshow generated with Smilebox Read More......(read more)

starting a nonfiction writing unit

Jonelle Bell — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 03:39:00 GMT

I have a collection of nonfiction books in my classroom. I start my nonfiction writing unit by helping everyone find books about topics they want to become "experts" about. If I do not have what they need in my classroom collection, we head to the library....(read more)

our amazing musical...

Jonelle Bell — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 02:21:00 GMT

The Bear Went Over the Mountain Another photo slideshow by Smilebox Read More......(read more)

sings of spring

Jonelle Bell — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 03:05:00 GMT

flowers blooming birds singing rainy days and wiggly teeth... signs of spring in kindergarten I sooooooo wanted to pull this tooth:) Read More......(read more)

Nonfiction Writing Experts

Jonelle Bell — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 02:57:00 GMT

During our nonfiction writing unit Sam became a space expert. Here he is with his collection of space books... Nicholas became a snake expert. Here he is with his collection of snake books... Read More......(read more)

nonfiction writing - labeled picture

Jonelle Bell — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 23:21:00 GMT

During our nonfiction writing unit I created this writing goals chart... As I introduced nonfiction writing features, they were added to the chart. Every day my students picked which feature they were going to include in their writing that day. Here is...(read more)

nonfiction writing - things talking

Jonelle Bell — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 23:13:00 GMT

nonfiction writing - fun fonts

Jonelle Bell — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 23:03:00 GMT

nonfiction writing features-illustrations

Jonelle Bell — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:20:00 GMT

nonfiction writing features-fun facts

Jonelle Bell — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 01:38:00 GMT