Our first week together as a whole group has been "purrr-fect"! We've been blessed with an energetic, warm-hearted group of students, and they've been an easy bunch of kids to fall in love with!
But we've had one extra "student" join us this week ... Pete the Cat! This feisty feline has a way of overcoming a challenge by always finding the positive! What an important message for the children to hear as they begin a new school year!
After reading Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes, we couldn't resist making our own version! We brainstormed what Pete might step in, and students set to work completing their own page for our class book!
They are so proud of their work!
We also enjoyed reading Pete the Cat: The Wheels on the Bus, because we found a way to change the rhyme using our names! We focused on using the first sound in our names to make our own silly verses.
This student's name begins with the letter S, so his bus says "sumpity sump"!
Then we made our own buses, added the first letter of our name, and personalized our poems!
Aren't these buses incredible?
These projects gave Mrs. Beliveau an opportunity to get to know the boys and girls better. She got an extra peek at the children's abilities to follow directions, cut, print and glue, as well as several other work habits, such as perseverance, problem-solving and time management.
What a fabulous start to an amazing year!
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes book is inspired by A Classroom on Cloud Nine.
The Wheels on the Bus names activity is inspired by Deanna Jump's Names Unit: Literacy and Math Fun With Names.
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