Ms. Gullo's Kindergarten Blog

Friday, November 18, 2011

Our Talking Story Book

Check out our class take on Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle's great classic story.

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Thanks for an awesome year!

39 Balloons for 39 Years! Love it!!

This PACK is ready for First Grade!!!

It has been a great year!

Getting ready for planting!

The students pull weeds and clear the ground.

Bunny sighting!

We spied a bunny by our garden beds.

Writing Folder Recap!

"I wrote something interesting!" says Jackson.

Writing Folder Recap!

"I wrote a lot!" says Nyah.

Writing Folder Recap!

"I spelled it that way?" says Lily.

Can you spot the similarities and differences?

The students observe the behavior of guppies and goldfish.

"I hear it!"

Camille listens to the sea in the giant shell.

Calendar Book activities!

Declan and Lilah are recording parts of the calendar on to the projected screen.

Fish Tales!

Jeanetter drew this cool picture of our goldfish tank.

We love Mrs. D!

Thanks for volunteering in our class.

Goldfish Study

These fish are very active!

Guppy Study.

Wow....Look how small!

Let's Ski!

Olympic Day fun as Lilah, Camille, Zoey and Julianna show their teamwork.

Poetry Slam!

Lil slammers Nora, Nyah Camille, Lilah, Alec and Zoey are excited to perform.

We are Math Journaling!

$We are Math Journaling!$
Students work independently in their math journals.

King's Unite!!!!

It was very kingly in Kindergarten!

Queen's Rule!

It was a very queenly day in Kindergarten!

Jamming to the Happy Song!

It's I for Instruments on the ABC Countdown.

Lunch Outside!

Continuing the ABC Countdown!

White Oak Tree in the Spring!

Springtime class photo op.

Happy Mother's Day!

Our plants are going home.

Root systems

Our flower seedlings have such different root systems.

Volunteers are special!!

Lilah shares a story with Reading Grandma Mary.

Poetry Break!!

"We can say our poems by memory."

Hat Day!

Check this out!

Ice Cream Day!

YUM!!!!!

Game 4

It's BINGO! Thanks, Alice!

Game Day 3

Let's "Connect Four" Ayden and Alec!

Game Day 2

We love a mystery! Thanks, Jeanette!

Game Day 1

Naomi explains the game, "Bugs in the Kitchen" to excited participants.

Look what's growing!!

Marigolds, nasturtiums, sunflowers and morning glorys are sprouting stems and leaves.

What is inside of a seed?

The students split a bean seed to observe the baby plant inside.

Look at my bubble!

Judea exhibits her bubble on Bubble Day.

Royalty unite on Castle Day!

The students turned their habitats into castles for dramatic play.

It's Dog Stories Day!

Check out our mask!

Real/Nonsense Word Work!

Naomi and Declan are figuring out which words are real words.

Word Family Work!

Gabe, Tyler and Ayden are at their workstation hard at work.

Worm Egg!!

As we look through the soil, worm eggs are beginning to appear.

It's Rex Flexinator!

He helps Superflex so you can be flexible and go with the flow.

Blueprint Workmat!

Students work together to complete a blueprint on text details and main topic.

Camp Fire Stories!

Students listen to "camper" Ms. Gullo read a special story at the book fair.

Let's be a detective!

In Mr. Packer's Thinking Skills session, Lilah is listening to the clues to see if she can find the correct animal.

Design Challenge Information!

Each team of six selected their own Product Manager and began to discuss their ideas.

Prototype Drawings!

Each team created a series of drawings of what their habitat might look like.

Team 1 Habitat Project!

Check out the solar panel!

Team 2 Habitat Project!

Check out the recycle bin!

Team 3 Habitat Project!

Check out the roof top garden!

Nightcrawlers!

Mali and Julianna observe the structure and behavior of these cool worms.

Cool Q. Cumber!

This Thinkable helps us stay calm!

Busy Reader time!

The students read to each other at the beginning of the morning.

Busy Reader time!

The students used the first 8 minutes of the morning to share a story or read to themselves.

Spelling Bee Participants!

Lily and Jackson were awesome at the Spelling Bee. Lilah was a great support.

Spelling Bee!

Everyone takes their places. Let the spelling begin!!

Science Notebook entry!

Alice makes a diagram and records some thoughts in her notebook

A worm story!

Lily is writing a fiction story about her worm!

Story sharing with BUSY READERS!

Each morning, the students gather to read a story or listen to someone read.

Worms, Worms, Worms!

It's station day worm art!

It's Worm study--Animals Two by Two science

Lots of cool things to see in our science center.

Worm habitat

We have everything set up at the science center!

Check this out!

A worm is slowly moving to find some dirt.

Wiggly worms!

Students looked up information on composting worms from books and the internet.

Opinion writing

Judea shares her writing piece with the class.

Opinion writing

Julianna shares her writing piece with the class.

Listening to readers!

Students spends 10 minutes each morning reading their Bu Readers to interested classmates.

Building a balloon rocket!

Red Table work together to construct their balloon rocket.

Balloon Rocket Reflection

Naomi R. draws and writes about the balloon rocket investigation.

Balloon Rocket Reflection

Julianna draws her tables balloon rocket.

Balloon Rocket Reflection

Nyah shows her drawing of her tables balloon rocket construction.

TWINS X 2!

Girls unite on Twin Day.

TWIN DAY CUTIES!

Alec and Declan are showing their twin power!

Smart Parts Poster

Justin and Liam Presentation

Justin and Liam sing about using your smart parts!

Don't Spill the Beans!

Jackson and Naomi shake, spill and write the equation.

SUPER tuber!!!

Wow Alice!! Where did you get that potato???

YIkes!!!

Alice is attempting to weigh her potato.

How much does it weigh?

Gabriel counts how many teddy bears his potato weighs.

Growing tubers!

Let's see what will happen. Stay tuned!!!

What is a bagpipe?

Bagpiper, Patrick Lynch demonstrates how a bagpipe make sounds.

Crash!

Tyler, Naomi, Alice, Jeanette and Lilah watch what happens.

Watch out!

Ayden, Declan, Naomi, Mali and Gabriel set the scene in motion.

Collision!!!

Jackson, Zoey, Lily and Alec take turns rolling the ball down their ramp.

Ramp construction under way!

Nyah, Judea, Julianna and Camille are building their ramp.

Blueprint "We Do."

Students worked together to write and draw to describe the relationship between the text and illustrations.

Pajamas and Publishing!

Stuffed animal and bedtime dolls wait with their owners writing folders. What story will they choose?

Pajamas and Publishing!

Each student read over their stories.

Pajamas and Publishing!!

Each student chose the story of their choice for publishing.

Double ramp testing

Jeanette, Naomi, Lilah and Alice watch as Tyler tests out their ramp.

Double ramp testing

Judea, Julianna, Camille and Nyah test out their double ramp.

double ramp set up

Mali,Declan, Naomi, Gabe and Ayden show great team work while building their double ramp.

Double ramp testing!

Jackson, Lily, Zoey and Alec pose with their double ramp!

Science Notebook reflections

Jeanette sketches her ideas and thoughts about her ramp investigations.

Science Notebook reflecitons

Alice records her drawings and thoughts on her investigations.

Ramps part 1!

Judea, Camille, Nyah and Julianna watch as the car moves down the ramp.

Ramps part 2!

Alec, Zoey, Lily observe as Jackson loads the ball on the ramp.

Ramps part 3!

Alice , Lilah, Naomi, Tyler and Jeanette test out their ramp.

Ramps part 4!

Ayden, Naomi, Gabriel, Declan discuss if their ball will go faster or slower. Mali thinks, "MmmI wonder what will happen?"

One big push!

Lily and Jeanette investigate pushing the ball slow and fast.

Marble works investigation.

Zoey, Jeanette and Ayden see if their marble will go down the ramp they built.

Marble works investigations

Gabriel is testing out his ramp.

"We Do" blueprint.

The students work to complete blueprint using the text "Knuffle Bunny" to draw and write about illustration and author's words.

Friendship Club

Dr. Bell Bey checks in with students to see their writing and illustrations after their story and discussion on being bossy.

What does the Pigeon say about Irving School?

Declan has a great answer for the Pigeon!

"Family Game Night Class Basket"

Thanks to all of you for your donations.

Fabric Investigation!

Lilah, Jeanette, Alice and Tyler examine different types of fabric.

Fabric Investigation!

tyler and Alice take a closer look at fabric pieces.

Opinion Writing!

Alice states her opinion on whether she likes dogs or cats.

My Neighborhood!

Zoey draws her neighborhood.

Hi Mo Willems!

The students began their author study this week.

Happy Valentine's Day!

A message from the heart!

Can you follow these directions?

It is "how to" make a heart! Check out the steps you need.

It's the 100th day of Kindergarten!

Hip Hip Hurray!!

100th Day Sign In!

We are all here on the 100th day.

100 Heart Stamps!

The students are stamping 10 hearts on each ten frame.

100 Cups!

Zoey and Lilah are building with 100 cups.

100 Fruit Loop Necklace

The students are busy counting by groups of 10's.

Text Illustrations of key details.

The students worked on illustrating the words of the text "Animals in Winter."

Neighborhood Scape!

Mr. Franklin worked with the students on a project using paper, negative space and shapes to make a house. The students added a block sidewalk.

Learn from a Mentor Text poster.

In Writer's Workshop, the students are learning what is important in writing a "how to" story.

Don't be a Rock Brain!!!

Rock Brain makes people get stuck on one thing.

This is Glassman!

In our lessons on self regulation, Glassman makes people have huge upset reactions to small situations.

Our "I Care" Tree!

Room 110 cares about many people and things including the world and nature.

Welcome Japanese Students!

Japanese students and former Irving students visit our class

100 Item Hearts Project!

Wow--great ideas and great counting.

How to make chapstick.

Judea is writing about what she knows about making chapstick. Wow--check out those spaces between words!

How to ski.

Gabriel writes and draws to teach how to ski from his personal experience.

How do you change the shape of wood?

Judea and Nyah are using sandpaper to see what happens.

Counting by 10's!

Jeanette and Julianna are counting their straws.

It's Raining 2D/3D Cats and Dogs!!

2D-3D Project

Mali is putting the details into her project.

This is my creation!

Nyahis working hard on her project.

Cool project!

This is how it can look.

Using 2D and 3D Shapes

Mr. Franklin draws a prototype of what the project might look like.

Photo Op!

Our class has a photo with one of the actors from "Elixir of Love."

Look at that!!

That's my raft!

What is happening??

Jeanette and Alice are testing out their idea.

Sink/Float Investigation

The members of Blue Table work on creating and testing their rafts.

Our beautiful butterflies!

Lily, Alec, Jackson show off their creations.

Careful work!

Zoey works on creating her butterfly.

Symmetry and Art part 2

Mr. Franklin shows the students how to fold the paper.

Symmetry and Art

Mr. Franklin's lesson explores the concept of symmetry

Writer's Workshop Posters

Our Writer's Workshop posters help students to focus on important writing points.

Our Landscape Gallery

The students art looks pretty cool!

Landscape lines

Mr. Franklin showed the students how to use curved, straight, slant and parallel lines to produce a landscape.

Artist at work!

Gabriel is working on his landscape using three different types of lines.

Snowy Day Blueprint

Jackson, Alice, Naomi R. and Zoey work on the illustrations for our event sequencing "we do" blueprint.

Blueprint work completed!

The students worked together to complete our "we do" work on sequencing main events in a story.

Author visit!

Author Rachel Ruiz poses with our class during her visit to read and talk about her book, "Penny Meets POTUS."

Hooray for teeth!

Ms. Novotny shows the students how to brush their teeth.

Say Hello to Rock Brain.

Dr. Bell Bey explains to the students that Rock Brain wants you to not be a problem solver and not change your thinking. Don't be a Rock Brain!!!

Gullo Gallery-Art Start 2017

Check out our class gallery showcasing the creations based on the lessons from our artist in residence, Jonathan Franklin.

Welcome to winter!

Student created snowman windsocks are really cool!

Workstation Fun!

Naomi R., Zoey and Jackson work on their predictable vowel poster.

It's Super Flex!!

Super Flex helps us to become good problem solvers and self regulate our behavior.

Capacity

Tyler, Mali, Naomi R., Zoey and Declan are experimenting with various containers and how much they can hold.

Balance Scales

Naomi D. and Ayden are deciding which side is heavier.

Wishing you all the best!

Nyah's picture expresses the joy and laughter of our children. They are the hope of the future!

Check this out!

Naomi D. and her mom share their kinara during their presentation about Kwanzaa.

Book Buddy Party!

Kindergarten student Ayden and 5th grader, Mahkari work on their iMovie during our Book Buddy get together.

Our Complimen-Tree!

The students wrote something special about a peer in class.

Configuring area.

Naomi R. is works on adding shapes to a confined area during Mr. Packer's Thinking Skills lesson.

Light the Candles!

The students observe the unifying use of lights in winter celebrations.

Hanukkah Presentation.

Lily and Jeanette look on as their mom speaks to the students on the story of Hanukkah. Check out all those menorahs and dreidels.

Hanukkah Presentation.

Lily's and Jeanette's mom reads an inspiring story to the students during her Hanukkah presentation.

Check this out!!

Wow! Alice's story is really long! She is describing her Gingerbread Woman!

Literacy bag time!

Lily enjoys her independent reading time.

Literacy bag time!

Zoey chills in a quiet spot to read independently.

Second Step Lesson--Communication is key!

Ms. Grogan uses Puppy and Snail in her lesson on feelings.

It's a Gingerbread friend!

Students had a great time rolling, cutting, decorating, baking and sharing the cookies they made.

Wow!

Julianna checks to see that the cookies are ready for baking.

Let's create!

Mali is carefully decorating her gingerbread man.

Revising my story!

Lilah attaches a scroll to add more to her holiday story.

Writer's Workshop--Holiday special!

Alec writes about looking at the lights around his window

Check this out!

The students created 2D and 3D structures.

Look at my shapes!

Tyler used the Geoboard to create these 2 D shapes.

Author visit!

Author and illustrator Matthew Cordell poses with the class and one of his many illustrations.

Greetings from the Great Bear Wilderness!

What a great trip!!!

What's for lunch??

A hungry peacock eyes Lily's lunch.

Dramatic play!

Dr. Nyah makes sure everything is okay!

Dramatic play!

It's Dr. Tyler checking on his patient at the Hamill Play Zoo.

A classroom experience.

Our volunteer, Ms. H. speaks to the class about bear facts.

Check this out!

Naomi D. examines a grizzly bear paw.

Bear Caves!

The students show off their bear cave habitats.

Looking at our stories!

Our young writers reread their stories and choose their best work!

Thinking about shapes!

"Use 3 shapes to complete this thought--The lamp is in the room. Alice shows her shape placement and thinking.

Thinking about shapes!

Use 3 shapes and create a house. Camille uses her thinking to create her version of a house and explaining her thinking.

Elbow chatting about key details.

The students partner up to chat about the key details in the story.

Blueprint work.

Jackson is recording a key detail from the story.

Elkonin Box practice.

The students practice segmenting and blending 3-4 sound words.

Our Harvest!

The students had a great time harvesting sweet potatoes and white potatoes. They also harvested tomatoes, radishes, egg plant and seed pods.

Our White Oak adopted Tree.

The students observed many changes in late November.

Writer's Workshop partners!

Writer's Workshop partners Lilah and Tyler share their true stories with each other.

What are elkonin boxes?

The students are segmenting and blending sounds using elkonin boxes.

Working with elkonin boxes.

Zoey, Naomi and Declan are pulling down each cube to to match the sounds in a 4 letter word.

Go! Run! Go!

Students are holding up their signs and cheering their friends, siblings and book buddies on during the Turkey Trot.

Listening for clues!

The students are listening carefully a Mr. Packer reads his his thinking story.

Calendar Work!

Jeanette is adding some finishing touches to our daily calendar board.

Mexican Dancers!

The students enjoyed the music and dance from different regions in Mexico.

VOTE!

The students learned about the election process.

Duck for President!

The students pondered the question--What makes a good leader?

Halloween 2016

Guess who???

Flying bats! Look out!!

Making origami flying bats was loads of fun at our Halloween celebration.

Our Nature Scrapbook!

The students worked collaboratively to collect and organize their findings.

Greetings from the Morton Arboretum!

Our class poses for a photo op among the pumpkins and haystacks at the arboretum entrance. It was a great way to end our day.

Let's make a scientist circle!

Our docent, Ms. Judy asks the students to form a scientist circle to investigate the parts of a tree.

Let's be a tree!

The students pretend they are a tree lifting up to catch the suns light on their leaves.

Sorting tree parts

The students look for items on their hike and place them on the sorting mats.

Tree compost

Ms. Judy show the students how a fallen tree become compost.

How old was this tree?

Tyler and Nyah look at the eye of the tree trunk to tell how old it is.

It's not so SPOOKY!!

Ms. Gullo reads a story about a skeleton with a problem.

Let's make a smart guess!

Social detectives use their eyes, brain and ears to make smart guesses.

Be a Social Detective!

When we do what is expected, people have good thoughts about us!

Check out our Egg Drop vehicles!!

Zoey, Alec, Lilah, Camille, Lily, Jeanette and Declan present their construction on how to keep the egg from breaking. Did it work??

Who are the famous women of soccer?

Lily's academic fair entry focused on these talented women.

Sea Turtles

Jeanette's academic fair entry was all about saving sea turtles.

What do dinosaurs eat?

Alec's academic fair entry was full of great information.

Thinking outside of the box!

Alice uses letters and dots in her picture of an apartment.

Making applesauce!

Declan takes his turn at peeling apples for applesauce.

Apple Sink or Float?

Lots of thought and predictions about which apple will sink or float.

Go, TEAM, Go!

Our Fun Run poster was proudly displayed on the fence of the playground.

Team Gullo with the Irving Eagle.

Our class took time out for a photo op on a beautiful morning.

Run! Run! Run!

Declan, Naomi and Naomi are in the home stretch!

Let's Investigate!

The class observes tree parts of the White Oak tree.

This is cool!

"I can see the veins of this leaf," said Alec.

Labeling our Tree Scape

Alice is working on labeling parts of the felt apple tree.

Author Visit!

Author Lori Degman, shares with students how she gets an idea for a story.

"We Do" Blueprint

Students worked to produce their pictures and writing with me as part of our study of the text "Peter's Chair."

Our Class Tree!

The students sit under the White Oak Tree that will be the subject of their science unit on Trees and Weather.

Sentence Building

Naomi is working to create a sentence using words and pictures.

Let's Rainbow Write!

Alice and Gabe are making sure they retain they their sight words by using the colors of the rainbow!

Walking our Words!

Declan and Mali are waiting their turn as Camille walks her words.

Reader's Response

Naomi, Zoey and Jackson are responding in writing to a story they have read.

Lexia during literacy workstation time.

Julianna and Tyler are listening and responding during their classroom lLexia time.

It's time for Lexia Core 5!

The students were excited to begin. All quiet in the computer lab!!

Hello Book Buddies!!

Meet our Book Buddies from Ms. Balicki's 5th grade class.

"Hidden Partners"

I found a 1 and 4 cube set in my 5 cubes. 1 and 4 are a way to say 5.

A egg in a pan!

"Thinking outside of the box" on using a black dot as part of your picture. Well done, Gabe!

Helping with the Blueprint Workmat.

Jeanette and Camile are working on adding events to our Blueprint Workmat.

Blueprint Workmat summative (We do)

The students did a great job of helping me write and draw about the characters, setting and events.

What is this??

This Paper Wasp nest is pretty cool!!!!

Made from Clay!

Jeanette shaped the clay into girl!

Birthday Candles Activity

Camille and Lily take turns adjusting the count of the candles as they roll the die.

"We Do" Blueprint Workmat

The students assist me in providing illustrations and writing to tell about the characters, setting and main events in the text , "Duck on a Bike."

Prediction Chart

The students make predictions about story content.

Pattern block create/count/write

Zoey used 9 blocks in her picture.

Second Step Lesson

We are using our skills for learning!

HI Mat Man!

Mat Man has all the types of lines that writers need to make letters.

Let's have an "elbow chat!"

The students are "elbow chatting" about the character and setting of the story.

Reading to yourself.

Naomi and Zoey are reading the story on their own.

Reading to others.

Lilah and Camille share a story with each other.

Our "We Do" Blueprint Workmat.

The students assisted me in providing illustrations and writing to tell about the characters, setting and events in the text "Chrysanthemum."

I am a writer!

Gabriel writes and illustrates how he lines up for school by our Kindergarten door. He is the first one in line!

Wow! That's Teamwork!

Declan, Alec and Ayden work together to create a geoboard masterpiece during Choice Time activities.

"Got It!"

Tyler snd Naomi are counting the dots during their game of "Got It."

Art Table Masters!

Naomi, Alice and Lilah are deciding what materials to use during their Choice Time activities.

Here we go!!!

I was so glad to meet all of you!

Hi everyone! We are in Kindergarten!

The students are wearing their first day crowns.

We are TOTALLY cool!

Join the fun and learning!

It's time for Kindergarten!

Ms. Gullo and "David" are looking forward to an exciting year of learning and fun.

Goodbye Kindergarten! Hello to First Grade!

Have a great summer!

Reading Bubble 2016!

The students listen to a story in our very own class reading bubble.

We are planting seeds!

The students are are planting carrots seeds in our class garden bed.

Conservatory Field Trip!

Ms. Jeanetter and Ms. Kathy speak to the students about drip tip leaves.

Good Luck book buddies!

We wish our book buddies the best as they go off to the middle school.

Worm Bin

The students are having fun observing red wiggler worms creating compost.

Worms, Worms, Worms!

Can you see their segmented bodies?

It's Unicorn Day

The class poses with their unicorn masks.

Life Cycle of a Plant Project.

Lilly chose to make a poster about the life cycle of a flower.

Worm Presentation

Ms. Henry speaks to the students on how worms helped the Earth.

I can see it!

Katherine looks through the magnifier at a worm and its compost.

Traveling seeds!

Amir experiments with making a wind to make the seeds move.

The Queens Rule!

The girls look their regalest on Queen Day.

All Hail to the Kings!

The boys of Room 110 celebrate King Day.

Opening Ceremony for Olympic Day

Ms. Hiolski and the recorder band open the 2016 Irving Olympic Day

It Takes Teamwork!!

The students try out skiing on Olympic Day.

Look what is growing in our Class Garden Box!

The students continue to nurture their indoor garden.

Check this out!!

The seeds are growing with no soil.

Weeding 101!

The students are getting our outdoor bed ready.

It's D for Dad Day!

We wrote a special note to our dad.

More 3D structures.

"I made this 3D structure." said Jackson. "I think it's cool."

Music outside!

Ms. Hiolski works on dance and movement in the lovely outdoors.

Library time with Ms. Noonan!

We love our teacher librarian!

Look what's growing in Room 110!

Sprouting seeds sit in the window. The students are growing nasturtiums, sunflowers, morning glorys and marigolds.

My plant is growing!

Juliet is keeping track of her plant growth by drawing a picture every few days.

Root Systems

Can you spot the similarities and differences?

Checkout my drawing!

Hattie did this drawing to compare 2 root systems.

Parts of a plant.

Can you see the baby plant, coat and seed food.

Little Slammer Audrey with baby sitter, Yola!

Audrey and Yola recite a poem in Polish.

Little Slammer Quinn!

Quinn recites her poem at the Poetry Slam.

May the FORCE be with you on Mother's Day!!

Room 110 poses under the Stars Wars logo which was part of the Teacher's Appreciation Luncheon theme.

We Love Mom!

Coupons and special words for our mom on Mother's Day.

What a view!

It's was beautiful day for our field trip to the planetarium.

Astronaut Nayana at your service!

Nayana has fun posing in the astronaut cut out.

Let's find those moon rocks!

Quinn's dad directs lunar rover traffic as Hattie, Omar, Jackson and Amir speed away.

We are standing on the moon!

Zion, Vincent and Jackson are space pioneers.

My hair is flying!

Vincent ins standing on the wind tunnel at the planetarium.

Moonscape!

Can you spot the craters and seas?

Moonscape reflection

Aidan created his drawing based on the moonscape his group created.

Moonscape experiment findings

Red table is busy at work sketching and writing about their moonscape.

Ready for Lift Off!

Our jet packs and helmets are on......we are ready for a space adventure!

Principals for a Day!

Principals for the Day Payton Hope and Lanie Walker read a story to the class.

Maze Library Trip

Ms. Sarah shares a story during our field trip to the library.

"Far out" Let's Read!

Ms. Gullo shares a groovy story at the Book Fair Read In.

WOW! It is out of this world!!

Let's reuse, recycle and create.

An Earth Day message.

The students created their "earth man" and wrote about what they can do to help save our earth.

Can you see the stars?

The students used their star gazers to see star patterns.

Telling time with the sun!

Our sundials are helping us tell what time of day it is.

Shadows changing places!

Omar is the object of our experiment as we track his shadow over time.

Let's create a sun!

Audrey's mom assists Zadie and Quinn on station day.

Let's get ready to spell! Go Lauren and Zadie!!

Student reps take their places for the Irving Annual Spelling Bee!

Building 2D!

Wow! These rockets are really cool!

Check out my pose!

Abe is posing with his shadow.

3D Shape Exploration

The students used marshmallows and toothpicks to construct these marvels.

Creating in 2D!

This rocket is cool!

I made a rectangular prism!

Lilly shows her structure.

What do you think is the most important number in the world?

Mr. Packer engages students during his thinking and problem solving lesson.

We love our Reading Grandma!!

Reading Grandma Mary is listening to Amir read.

WOW! Sue is REALLY big!!

Vincent and Zion compare their size to Sue's on our field trip.

Crazy Hair Day!

Who are these kids?????

Pajama Day!

We just woke up and came right to school.

It's PI Day!

Let's eat some apple pie.

We are builders!!

Jackson, Zion, Amir and Juliet work together to construct a giant 3D structure.

Bagpiping on a Windy Day!

Irving School came out to the blacktop to hear some Irish music.

Let's hear a tune!!!!

Mr. Lynch played his bagpipe. It was very loud!

How do you put this thing together?

Mr. Lynch shows the students how its done.

What is a bagpipe?

Mr. Lynch talked to the students about the bagpipe as a musical instrument.

It's a letter rainbow!

Ella and Zadie create the colors of the rainbow.

Hi Jonah Winter! He is talking about his latest book.

Jonah Winter speaks to students about his interest in Hillary Clinton as a woman in a field of men who want to be the next president.

Blueprint "We Do" for Sheila Rae the Brave.

Check out the blueprint and the students illustrations below. Great idea, Audrey!!

Summative work for the sequence of a characters actions.

The students are thinking and writing about the text "Sheila Rea the Brave."

Thinking in Shapes Part 2

Ella is looking for the shapes that will make the king.

Word Play

The student are enjoying the clues to build the words.

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

The students celebrated the life and writing of Theodore Geisel.

What would you do if Thing 1 and Thing 2 came to your house?

Check out our written responses!

It's the OPERA!

Opera for the Young's "Magic Flute" cast along with the student cast from Irving School.

Prince Tamino and his Magic Flute

The students really enjoyed this production of the famous Mozart opera.

Developing reading stamina.

Zion is practicing his reading in a cozy spot.

"Thinking in Shapes"

Ella is placing the shapes to show her thinking. "Show me a sunset in the desert," said Mr. Packer.

African Cultural Presentation

Ms. Allen shows us the many countries in Africa.

Instruments made in Africa

Ms. Allen is showing us how to use the instruments.

African masks and cloth.

A hands on experience for our kindergarten class.

Thinking in Shapes part 2.

"Oh, my lamp is different than yours," said Jackson.

Thinking in Shapes. I turned on the LAMP in my room.

"This is my lamp, said Lauren.

Thinking in Shapes

Here are the shapes we will use. Listen to the sentence.

Water as a gas.

What is happening to the water line on the miniboard?

"We Do" Blueprint of story elements in "Knuffle Bunny."

Audrey, Zion and Amire worked hard to illustrate the story elements in "Knuffle Bunny."

"You Do" Blueprint on "Knuffle Bunny"

The class in working on their Blueprint about understanding an illustration.

Water As Ice

What is the fastest way to melt it? What is your strategy?

Ice Melting Strategy

"We are putting it under the hot water," said Abe.

Ice Melting Strategy

"We are rubbing it with our hands," said Ella. "The bag is warming up."

Happy 100th Day!!

It's the 100th Day--Let's shout Hip Hip Hurray!

100 item food grid--yum!

Jackson's mom makes sure we have all the foods.

100 Fruit Loops--What???

Lily's mom watches over the necklace making.

Look what I made!!

"Here's my 100 fruit loop necklace," said Quinn

Force and Motion

Ella, Quinn and Zadie are building a ramp.

Busy Reader Time

Students share a page or share a story.

Happy Birthday Mr. Hodge!

Wow! There are a lot of Mr. Hodges. Our class is helping him to celebrate.

Look at this bubble!!!

Utopia made this bubble and it stuck on her wand!!

Force and Motion

Ella, Zadie and Hattie are checking their structure.

Check this out!!

Zion is building his stairway by studying the model.

Ms. Bell Bey introduces "Body Snatcher."

Hey--We won't let you distract us from learning!!!

Did the Groundhog see his shadow?

NO! Could it be an early spring????

Welcome Japanese Students!

The students had lots of fun learning about Japanese culture, language and the arts.

Sink/Float

Our boats are ready!

Sink/Float

Wow! Look at this boat.

Sink/Float

"I think my boat will hold lots of marbles in it." said Katherine.

Experimenting with Water.

Amir and Lauren are having lots of fun!

Let's build--Incline Planes!

"I think the marble will go down fast," said Abe.

Dancing the night away!

Audrey and her mom have fun at Disco Dance Night.

It was a night for dancing!

Friday Night Disco Dance Night at Irving.

Blue Print Workmat "You Do."

Amir told about the how the illustration helps us to understand the story.

Climbing Water Snowflakes

The water climbed into the coffee filter and the marker colors mixed with the water

Where did the red come from?

The celery was in the water overnight. Let's compare!

Climbing Water.

How did the water get up there??

Buiding a Snowman.

Nayana is rolling the dice twice and adding the numbers in her head!

Happy Birthday Dr. King!

We continue to work toward nonviolence to promote change.

The Wonders of Water.

We never knew that a drop of water was so interesting!!!

Tiny Water Droplets

Let's try to push them together. What will happen?

A Cool Experiment

Abe is working carefully to put water into the pipette.

Cool Snack!

"I am put lots of buttons on my snowman snack," said Vincent.

It's a Healthy Snowman Snack!

Let's make fruit look more appealing!

Let's Take Care of Our Teeth!

Miss Victoria shows students good brushing technique.

Brrrrrrr....It is cold outside!

Winter is finally here.

Welcome Snowshoe Hare!

The snowshoe hare is visiting from the Field Museum.

It's a Snowman Wind Sock Family!

The students created their snowman by cutting very carefully.

Bears Snores On Blueprint Workmat

The students are adding what they know to our "We Do" on sequencing events in a story.

Shared reading and discussion.

The students are reading and elbow chatting about the story.

Lexia Core 5 work.

Lauren is working on vocabulary development.

It's Basketbal 101 in our PE class.

We are working on our dribbling skills.

Let's give a cheer to the new year!!!

Kindergarten students and their Book Buddies celebrate the coming of 2016.

iMovie Making!

Anna and Quinn are deciding what will go into their movie.

Sharing snacks!

After completing our iMovie, we shared some snacks with our Book Buddies.

Gingerbread Writing Project

The students designed a gingerbread person and then described them.

Teen Number Globes

Each student circled the group of tens on their globe and told how many were left to form the teen number.

Watch them spin!

Amir and Vincent are practicing spinning the dreidels. They are going the play the Dreidel Game.

Let's read it together!

Lilly, Omar and Zadie share a story.

Lexia Core 5

Students are working on their lessons.

Gingerbread Friends!

Lots of love went into baking these sweet treats.

Gingerbread works of art!

This tray is ready for baking.

The masters at work!

Katherine and Ella are choosing each detail.

A creation in the making!

"I will put the eyes right here," said Hattie.

A gingerbread star

"I am going to make a really cool star," said Quinn.

Roll a Word Family!

Nayana, Abe, Zadie and Quinn are rolling the dice to segment and blend words.

It's a Main Events Quilt Part 2!

Amir, Audrey Ella and Lauren love chatting about what happens in a story.

It's Hibernation Day!

Time for a long winter's snooze!

Bear Paw Snacks!

We can't wait to eat them!

A Cozy Hibernation Spot!

Shhh.....Lauren is hibernating!

Brookfield Zoo Field Trip

Can you say Great Bear Wilderness??!!

Black Bear Paw

Lilly, her dad and Omar examine the black bear paw.

Animal care.

Doctors Juliet and Ella check out how to take care of an animal.

A friendly snake

Zion and Jackson get up close and personal with a corn snake at Hamill Play Zoo

Main Events Quilt

Amir, Ella, Audrey and Lauren chat and record the main events in their story.

A bear habitat.

This bear is ready for his long winter's nap.

Using our elkonin boxes.

Amir, Omar and Aidan are segmenting and blending using their elkonin boxes.

These are elkonin boxes!

The students can isolate and imprint the beginning, middle and ending sounds in a CVC word,

Look at our Dioramas!

Student small groups chose an event to showcase from the text "Peter's Chair."

Happy 50th Day!

We are cool and at Irving School!

Sock Hop!!

Zion and Quinn are taking a spin around the hall at the Kindergarten Sock Hop to celebrate the 50th Day of School.

Wow! That's one big carrot!

Jackson shows the carrot he picked on a weekend trip to Wisconsin.

Hi Super Flex!

Super Flex is the super hero of great behavior. I want to be like him!!

A salute to some special veterans.

Here's a big shout out to Ms. Gullo's nephew and niece. Thanks for your service!

Look at Me!

Audrey and Amir are using their arms, legs and breathing on the climbing net in Mr. Hancock's gym class.

Class leaf sort 2015!

The students sorted the leaves by color and labeled each group.

Thinking outside of the box!

Look at Audrey's picture containing the letter K. "It's a person doing the splits."

Sweet potato harvest!

The students were excited to dig these up in our class garden bed.

We are digging for sweet potatoes!

The students used the trowels to find the potatoes.

Cool roots!

We found lots of sweet potatoes under the ground.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Ms. Gulo's Kindergarten-Halloween 2015.

Donate new mittens!!!!

Student council reps Quinn and Jackson spoke about Student Council's first project.

Bats, Spiders and Skeletons Oh My!!

Our week long study was informative and fun!

Bats in the Cave!

The students get active by playing "Bats in the Cave" during Mr. Hancock's gym class.

We have one of these in us!!!

Audrey, Hattie, Jackson and Quinn built the skeleton at choice time.

Wow! It's a ribbon!!!

Vincent turns the crank of the apple peeling machine. "I am working to make the ribbons." he said.

Making applesauce part 2.

Lilly cuts the flesh into small pieces using her special plastic knife.

What is your prediction??

Will the apple or apples sink or float?

Check out our predictions!!!

Lilly and Zion's predictions.

The Irving Eagle lends his support!

Ms. Gullo's class got their picture taken with the Irving Eagle.

Let's Run!!!

The kindergarten students take a turn around the turf. Go! Go!

Book Buddies in action!

This week, kinders and 5th grade buddies shared a Halloween story and illustrated and labeled their favorite part.

It's Apple Mania!!!

The students spent the week learning about the apple and its parts.

Can you see the star?

Looing closely at the inside of an apple.

Are you a Social Detective?

"When we do what is expected, people have good thoughts about us!"

"Thinking outside of the box."

Jackson used his black dot to create a snowflake in a winter scene.

The Who, What, Where, When and Why of Castles.

"Princess" Audrey stands by her project at the Academic Fair.

How do you do surgery?

"Dr." Ella stands by her project at the Academic Fair.

Check out our egg drop vehicles!

Ella, Zadie, Aidan, Jackson, Quinn and Hattie show their egg drop vehicles. How did they do??

Hello Mr. Skunk!

The students are learning about common nocturnal animals in our town.

Shape Creations

Lauren and Nayana create a masterpiece using the magnetic shape board.

Blueprint Workmat "We Do."

Students and teacher work togather recording story elements for the text "How Do We Go To School?"

Writer's Workshop response.

Omar writes and illustrates about what he likes to do in the fall. Halloween is on his mind!!

What is a this??

The reckenrek helps students develop visual patterns and strategies for solving math problems.

Elbow chatting about story content.

The students are chatting about the story, "How Rocket Learns to Read."

Workstation independent reading.

Abe is at his workstation reading.

Froggy, Froggy Where's your home?

Omar, Lilly and Lauren are looking for lowercase letters.

Stamp your words!

Zadie, Audrey, Ella, Amir and Quinn are using the stamp pads to stamp their sight words.

Let's Walk our Words!

Abe, Aidan and Jackson are practicing their sight words.

It's Mat Man!!

Mat Man's features are made with straight lines, curvedl lines and slant lines.

Sentence Buiding!

Vincent and Lauren are creating a sentence using their sight words and pictures.

Letter Jump

Audrey and Jackson are looking for the correct letters.

Zones of Regulation

We are learning to regulate our own behavior.

Friends and Family Journal Writing

Juliet loves her friends!

Family and Friends Journal Writing

Audrey journals about an important event --the twins baptism!!!

It's Time for Friendship Club!

Ms. Bell Beyts chats with students about the topics she will cover.

"Chillin" on the equipment.

Jackson, Zadie, Nayana, Utopia and Omar are taking a break outside.

Outside recess.

Abe is up high!

Let the year begin!

Welcome!

Kindergarten is Fun!

What a great week!

Choice time activity

Audrey is reading to her stuffed animal friends.

Engineering 101

Vincent, Abe and Omar are figuring out how to make the gears move.

Journal Picture

"I drew a picture about lunchtime," said Omar.

Hello! It is time for school!

Join the fun and learning.

We TOTALLY ROCK!

Can't wait to see you!

August 2015 Garden Bed.

Wow! It is amazing!

Edamame Pods.

Go ahead and pick some. They are very yummy!

Wildflower Garden

Lots and lotsof beautiful flowers!

A Happy Butterfly

A warm summer day.

Garden Bed--June 15th

Look what's growing!!!

Our Garden Bed.

June 4th--potatoes, edamame, kale, swiss chard. Nasturtium and marigolds are our plant protectors.

Let's plant!

Amari is helping to plant the potatoes.

Worm Compost

Atessa and Xavier are spreading the worm compost to give our soil lots of vitamins.

Getting our garden soil ready.

The students are smoothing out the soil in preparation for planting.

It's Chickens!

We learned about the benefits of raising chickens in our backyard. Thanks to Kanohi and her family for the invitation.

Chalk Art Masterpiece!

Clara is works on her chalk drawing on the kindergarten patio.

Hey, Ms. Gullo!

Evan showcases his chalk art.

Good Luck Book Buddies!

We wish our book buddies good luck at Julian Middle School.

Reading Bubble!

It's our last day. Let's ZIP ZOOM into the reading bubble and hear some stories.

End of the Year Picnic photo op!

Lovely day, an awesome class, a super fun venue.

Wonderful Worms!!!

Ms. Henry shows the students lots of red wigglers in the compost.

Worm sizes.

"I think I see a teenager worm," said Amari.

T is for Talent!

Josie is demonstrating her karate kicks for the class.

Queen Day

All hail the queens!

Olympic Day Action!

"We need team work to make the skiis move," said Ashton.

Root Systems

How do roots help a plant?

How do seeds travel?

"I am making the milkweed seed blow all over," said Ailsa.

Oak Park Conservatory Trip

Our docent, Jeanette is showing us a big stem. Why do plants need stems?

Mint Harvest

"There is a lot of mint here," said Jeremy.

Salsa Garden Planting

Evan is planting a banana pepper.

Our Indoor Class Garden

Things are beginning to happen here!

Can seeds grow without soil?

The seeds are on a watery sponge. What will happen?

Lego Museum

This is very cool!

It's Lego Day!

We have many ideas for building structures.

Poetry Break! Poetry Break!

Lily and Lizette are ready to travel!

"Little Slammers!"

Ailsa, Tate and Asa are ready to say their poem.

All Hail the Kings!

The kings are standing proud.

What a creation!!!

It's the Falcon Rocket Space Station designed and constructed by Josie, Jeremy, Ellie, Lily, Tate and Ashton.

It's Costume/Dress Up Day!

Check us out!!!!

Let's Dance!

Ethan and Ellie are taking a spin around the dance floor.

Let's play "HISS!"

This board game is really fun." said Juancarlos. "I am building the snake." said Jeremy.

What are seeds?

Evelyn, Tiago, Tate and Ashton are examining the tray. "Is that a seed?" asked Ashton.

A Nasturtium Plant

"Wow, these leaves look like wagon wheels." said Jeremy.

A Marigold Plant

"The leaves look like tiny circles," said Ashton.

A Sunflower Plant

"The leaves look like ovals," said Amari.

A Morning Glory plant

"The leaves look like butterfly wings," said Atessa.

A world of possibilities!

What a great way to reuse and recycle. What will this become???

Rocket and launch pad.

Magnatile building by Juancarlos and Tiago.

Go Irving School!

Mr. Hodge, students and parents ride the float during the Ethnic Festival Parade.

Our potato plants are growing!

The potatoes from Super Tuber Day has taken root. They will be planted in our outdoor garden bed.

A Planet Explorer at your service!

I am astronaut Amari.

Can you spot the craters and seas?

"This looks just like the moon's surface," said Josie.

What are air plants?

Jeremy did a project for the Academic Fair.

Why do roses have thorns?

Ailsa did a project for the Academic Fair.

Egg Drop Participants.

Evan, Tate, Ethan, Evelyn, Ailsa and Jeremy show off their Egg Drop vehicles.s.

An Earth Day Wish!

"I can help the Earth by picking up garbage," said Atessa.

Happy Arbor Day!

We planted a cherry tree.

We were in the SPELLING BEE!

Juancarlos and Jeremy were excited to participate.

Get ready to SPELL!

The students are waiting for the Spelling Bee to begin.

Beauty and Ms. Gullo's class.

The "Beauty and the Beast" opera was great!

We are learning detectives!

We are looking, listening and thinking about clues to find the mystery picture in Mr. Packer's Problem Solving session.

Look what I created!!!!

Evan loves building with Wedgits!

making SMART guesses.

Social detectives use their eyes, ears and brains.

Working cooperatively is the name of this game!

"We put this space puzzle together!" said Amari, Evan and Tiago.

3D construction

"My 3D structure has many faces and vertices." said Ethan.

It's Geometry!

"Look how many shapes I made." said Juancarlos.

Kindergarten Constellations!

"My constellation is called "the candle." said Evelyn.

It's time for spring break!

Ms. Gullo and Ms. Aguilar's classses get together for reading and math work!

The SUN is our favorite star!

We are learning about the sun.

Wind Tunnels!

Lily, Josie and Tate are creating a cylinder tunnel using the wind.

Twins Day!

Check out these twins!

Lively Music!

Mr. Lynch is playing his bag pipes on a lovely spring day.

Examining a Bag Pipe

Mr. Lynch is showing us the parts of the bag pipe.

It's Super Tuber Day!

"I am measuring my potato." said Clara.

It's a cube!

"I made a 3D shape." said Xavier.

Exploring Shapes

"I think I am going to make a 2D square." said Evan

Welcome Spring!!

Snowdrops in my neighborhood!

Shadow Play

"I am blocking the light," said Evan.

What makes a shadow?

"My hand is blocking the light," said Evelyn.

Exploring 2D and 3D Shapes

Jeremy and Amari are building with straws and pipe cleaners.

Busy Readers!

Students are reading independently or sharing stories with friends.

What can you do in the Spring?

"I am going to play soccer with my brothers," said Lily.

A great field trip!

The students enjoyed the singing and costumes.

Think Spring!

Evan brought his butterfly to share!

It's Precipitation!!

Water droplets are forming on the top of the plastic.

Observing Evaporation

"We put a finger line of water on our boards and it is going away, said Evan and Tate.

FUN FAIR TIME!!!!

What a great way to spend a Saturday!!

Play a game with me!

Ailsa spun the game wheel at the Fun Fair.

BRRRRRRR!!!!

Tate is ready to battle the elements!

Water As Ice.

What is happening to the ice??

A photo op with Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln visited our class to chat about his life.

Abraham Lincoln

A drawing of Abraham Lincoln by Jeremy.

Visual Integration

Lily is building using unifix cubes and a model.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Look at this bone!

Atessa's dad, Mr. Chris is showing us a leg bone.

Bones, Bones, Bones!

Amari is inspecting a spinal column or backbone.

Inclines and ramps.

Jeremy is constructing a ramp for his marble to go down.

Happy 100th Day!

It's the 100th Day. Let's shout Hip Hip Hooray!!!

A 100 Day necklace

"My necklace has 100 Fruit Loops on it," said Clara.

100 food grid

"It's 10 groups of 10 foods," said Evelyn.

If I had 100 dollars.......

Josie is thinking about what she would buy.

BMX Bike Champ visits Irving!

Lily poses with classmates and her poster from Matt.

How many marbles will it take?

Evan is adding marbles to his boat

Sink or Float???

What happens when you drop an object into the water?

Investigating Water

Atessa, Xavier and Lily are experimenting with the water tools.

Water Tornado

"Wow, this is really cool!" said Lizette as she and Josie and Ailsa take turns creating the tornado.

Exploring incline planes

Clara is building a ramp for the marble.

Welcome Japanese foreign language students!

Stories, conversation, origami, culture.

Readng about the Zodiac.

Japanese foreign language student, Joe reads a story to the class.

Another discovery about water!

The water is climbing into the spaces and turning the paper towel red.

Look.....The celery is turning red!!!

The water is also climbing into the spaces of the celery plant.

Looking for sh, th, ch and wh!

"We are playing the Digraph Game," said Tiago.

We have a cool do!

Mr. Degman and Tate model their cool do!

The wonders of a drop of water.

What do you know about water?

Investigating Water!

"Wow, the water drops stick together," said Clara.

Martin Luther King Jr.

DREAM BIG--nonviolence to promote change.

Hello Snowman windsocks!

It's winter!

A Snowshoe Hare

How does he adapt to his environment in the winter?

Let's cheer for the new year!

Kindergarten and 5th graders celebrating their time together.

Book Buddy get together!

"Katherine is showing me how to make a movie trailer," said Josie.

Lifting our voices in song!

Winter Concert 2014.

Evan and his mom speak about Hanukkah.

"This is my special menorah," said Evan.

A special menorah!

"This is my Noah's Ark menorah," said Jeremy.

It's a Gingerbread family!

"It's made by me, said Tiago.

It's the Amazing Spiderman Gingerbread Man!

This is fancy decorating work courtesy of Amari!

Gingerbread decorating.

"I am putting lots of sprinkles on my gingerbread mitten, said Lily.

Hi Kids!

It's Mr. Juan from the World's Smallest Circus.

Look at this!!

Jaylen is spinning a plate during the World's Smallest Circus performance.

This is a Word Pie! Yum. Yum.

Making CVC words.

We are in the Great Bear Wilderness!

Our field trip to Brookfield Zoo.

That Polar Bear skin is cool!

Juancarlos and Evan check out polar bear fur with docent Jim.

How big is a grizzly bear?

Wow! The students lay end to end to show how many kids tall a grizzly bear is.

It's Lizette the vet at the Hamill Play Zoo.

Dr. Lizette is giving her bear cub some medicine.

It's Doc Ethan here!

Ethan tries out his vet skills at the Hamill Play Zoo.

The music is great!

Ailsa, Evelyn and Atessa danced the night away at the Frosty Fun Friday Jam.

Bear Paw Snacks

We made them ourselves!

We made bear paws!!

"This tastes beary yummy," said Ailsa.

A Hibernation Day Picnic

Enjoying lunch with friends.

"Go Book Buddies, Go!"

We braved the cold to cheer them on.

Turkey Trot 2014

"Run, Run Run!"

A Brown Bear's Habitat

It's almost time to sleep!!!!

Black Bear skull and jaw bone.

Wow! Look at those teeth!!

Sharing the love of birdwatching-a family tradition.

Tate and his Dad show the class some of the birds they watch on their nature walks.

Birdwatching 101

"You need these," said Tate and his Dad.

We have strong arms!

Lily and Josie use their arm strength to climb the rope.

What great form!

"I am running and jumping over the obstacle," said Evan.

It's the 50th Day of School!

We are soooo cool!!!!

It's a 50 treat food grid!

Yum! Yum!

It's Halloween!

Can you guess who we are ??

Leaf Sort!

We sorted and labeled the leaves by color.

Author Eileen Christelow strikes a pose with Room 110.

She read from her latest book and showed us how to draw a monkey.

"Ten Black Dots"

Read by Mr. Packer.

What can you make around your black dot?

"I drew an airplane using my black dot as the engine," said Jeremy.

Handwashing is so important!

Nurse Jamie speaks to the class about keeping hands clean.

Can you see that?

The black light helps us to see how well we washed our hands.

FUN RUN! FUN FUN!

Striking a pose with the Irving Eagle!!

What is this????

Lily is holding an Italian cucuzza squash. It is very long and skinny!

Should you eat lots of these doughnuts?

Ms. K from the Children's Clinic spoke to us about eating the right foods for strong teeth.

The apple peeling machine.

"It looks like a big ribbon," said Ailsa.

Preparing the apples.

"I am cutting the apples into small pieces," said Atessa.

We care about our friends!

"This is my illustration of friends having fun," said Clara.

A visit to Maze Library.

Ms. Jessica is reading a story to us.

Dissecting an Apple.

We observe the seeds, flesh, stem, core, skin and blossom. Can you see the star??

Labeling parts of an Apple Tree.

An apple is a fruit that grows on trees.

Working on beginning sounds.

Xavier is working hard to match the pictures to their beginning sound.

Be a Social Detective!

When we do what is expected, people have good thoughts about us.

Let's make our hands and fingers strong!

We love writing!!!!

Taking advantage of the great weather!!

"I love to climb," said Jeremy.

Egg Carton Math

"I am counting pennies," said Tiago.

Who is in your Family?

"This is my family," said Lily.

What is this???

The reckenrek is a visual model for strategic reasoning in solving math problems.

Pattern Block Design

"I made a mermaid," said Clara.

Say Hello to Mat Man!

He will help us with body schema.

Number Boards

""I can count to tell the number of things," said Jeremy.

Writer's Workshop

We are busy drawing and writing.

OPENING DAY drawing courtesy of Tate.

"The first day of school was pretty nice," said Tate.

Hello! It is time for SCHOOL!!!

Join the fun and learning!

We Totally ROCK!

Can't wait to see you!

Our garden is growing!

Check out the progress in one month's time.

Let's celebrate our success!

A final picture on a perfect day! Happy summer!

Good Luck Ms. Jack!

Wishing you a happy reitrement!

We Zipped and Zoomed into our Reading Bubble!

Ready, Set, Listening to stories.

It was out of this world!

Ms. Gullo shared some last day stories.

Creating a Pizza Wheel!

We made an herb garden from a paper bag and planted pizza spice seeds!

Homemade oven boxes!

During our field trip to Constructive Chaos, we made ovens for our s'mores and watched them "cook" by the heat of the sun

Our garden bed is planted!!

Let's watch it grow!!

In goes the potatoes!

Potatoes grow in a mound.

Let's make it smooth!

Anayla, Jayden, Daniel, Emily and Philippe use their garden tools to smooth the soil.

Preparing the soil for planting.

The students are seeing what needs to be done.

Hey! This guy was pretty funny!

Colin's dad, Sean Flannery, performing at the Irving PTO fundraiser.

Super Heroes---Unite!!

Room 110 has many kinds of super heroes.

R is for Rainbows!!

We researched the order of colors and created our own interpretation drawings.

Q is for Queen!

All hail to the queens of Room 110!

Olympic Speed Skater

Emery Lehman speaks to the student body at Irving School on Olympic Day.

N is for Nurse Jamie!

It's Nurse Jamie Day!

M is for Mask!

Guess who???

K is for King!!

Hail to the kings of Room 110!

Junior Fire Fighters!!

Thanks, Fire Fighter Lafleur!

A visit from a Fire Fighter

Fire Fighter La Fleur speaks to the students about fire safety.

Our Class Garden

Look what's growing!!

A Pattern Block Flower

Can you find the hexagon, trapezoid and rhombus blocks?

Poetry Slam

It's "Lil Slammers" Emily, Ben and Reid!

H is for Hat Day!

Look at our cool hats!

What is inside of a seed?

Can you see the baby plant?

Shape Design

"Use 3 shapes and make a butterfly," said Mr. Packer.

D is for Dance party!

It's a kid conga line!

A is for Astronaut!

Here is astronaut Colin!

A is for Astronaut!

Astronaut Ben at your service!

Composting with Worms 101!

Ms. Henry explains how to compost with Red Wigglers.

Wiggly Friends!

Wow! These worms help create rich soil!

Up Close with Worms.

"Look at that worm." said Philippe.

Sponge Paint Pattern Block Flower

Do you know your pattern block shapes?

A salute to Earth Week!

No one can do everything, but everyone can do something!

Star Gazers

We are looking at the stars!

Planting for the Butterfly Garden

"These are our class seeds." said Gina and Reid.

Academic Fair

"My question is--What Color Were Dinosaurs?" said Ben.

Egg Drop Contest

Look at our vehicles!

A Ukrainian Egg

Julia shared this beautiful egg with us.

Adler Planetarium Field Trip

Planet Explorers

"I have my space suit on." said Ethan.

Planet Explorers

"We are ready to blast off." said Ally and Emily.

Ms. Kris is reading about Giuseppe Arcimboldo.

Arcimboldo creates protraits out of vegetables and fruits.

An Arcimboldo Portrait

A portrait created with vegetables!

Food Portrait

"My head has bay leaves for hair." said Ben.

Colin trying out the steel drum.

"I like this instrument." said Colin

The Spelling Bee

Go Ally and Emily!!

Experimenting with vegetables, colors, textures, patterns and sequencing.

Wow! That's an AB/AB/AB pattern.

Let's wear it!

"My vegetable necklace looks awesome," said Ethan.

What a cool pattern!

"Look at mine," said Jalen.

Creating a vegetable pattern.

"We are using mushrooms, peppers, cucumbers and broccoli," said Jayden and Anayla.

Chef Ashley is reading us a story!

"Look at all the vegetables I am growing."

Literature and Cooking

"Tops and Bottoms," by Janet Stevens

Happy Spring!!

It is a very "springy" cupcake!

Putting the finishing touches on a cupcake.

"I like these sprinkles," said Samantha.

Reasons for Seasons

Ms. Kris is sharing the story.

Dress Like a Teacher Day!

We had lots of mini Mr. Wyzas and a mini Ms. Gullo and even a mini Ms. Weigle!

It's a mini Nurse Jamie!

Emily is having fun on Dress Like a Teacher Day.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Emily's mom can to talk to us about Ireland! See the cool drum!

A Scottish song on a sunny day! It was grand!

Thanks, Mr Lynch!

Bagpipes 101

Mr. Lynch speaks to the students about his clothing and bagpipes.

The dried soup mix ready for home.

Layer upon layer of colors and texutres.

Layer by Layer

"Don't forget the spices," said Ben.

Building the soup

"I am adding the black beans," said Daniel.

We are listeningto Ms. Kris.

What does it take to grow a vegetable garden?

Literature and Cooking part 2

"Growing Vegetable Soup"

A snowy playground

What.....more snow??!!!

Literature and Cooking

Ms. Kris is reading "The Mitten" to the class.

A crunchy snowflake pretzel with chocolate glue.

"I am ging to eat this at home," said Colin.

Creating hot cocoa mix!

"I am measuring the cocoa powder," said Samantha.

Don't forget the marshmallows!

"We need marshmallows," said Blaine.

Green Team Rep--Gina

"I helped read a poem about saving the earth," said Green Team Rep, Gina.

Green Team presentation for PTO.

The Green Team reps are getting ready for their presentation.

Here is a pizza the size of the sun. Yum. Yum!

I can hardly wait till my pizza is done, my wonderful pizza the size of the sun.

"A Pizza the Size of the Sun."

I am making a pizza the size of the sun, a pizza that's sure to weigh more than a ton!

What......More snow and cold??!!!!!

The students say, "Ms. Gullo, it's like we live in Alaska."

Let's keep our teeth healthy!

Mr. Philippe shows us how to brush our teeth.

Bullying is NOT Cool!

Ally got a poster from Matt Wilhelm.

Happy Valentine's Day!

We care about one another.

It's the 100th Day!!!!

Let's shout Hip Hip Hooray!!!!

A cool 100th Day shirt

"My Nana made this shirt for me," said Ben.

100th day necklace

Gina is creating her necklace with 100 Fruit Loops.

Bubble Mania!!

"I got one," said Ezekiel.

Fill it up!

Preparation for changing a liquid into a solid.

The Properties of Water

What is in that drop????

Observing a drop of water

Scientist Emily is looking closely at a drop of water.

The beauty of winter!

It is snowy and cold!

HAPPY 2014!

Celebrating the new year with our Book Buddies.

Holiday Cheer

It's gingerbread time!

Roll out, cut, decorate, bake and eat!

Ready to Bake!!!

Gingerbread trreats handcrafted with love.

Creating a Gingerbread masterpiece!

Ethan is hard at work!

Ukranian Flags

A fun activity by Julia's mom!

Celebrations and Traditions

Julia and her mom speak to the students about the country of Ukraine.

Welcome to the Great Bear Wilderness!

Photos from our field trip to Brookfield Zoo.

Hello Mr. Polar Bear!

He is looking at us.

Mr. Grizzly is saying Hello!

Mr. Grizzly is very close! We are not scared.

Leaf Sort!

Sorting, classifying and labeling the treasures of autumn.

It's the 50th Day of School!!!

We are half way to 100!

Sock Hop fun!

Wow! Those are some smooth moves!

Cool costumes in Room 110.

Where are the kids???!!!

Say Hi to Mr. Bat and Ms. Butterfly!

We had fun on Halloween.

Maze Library Field Trip

Ms. Lori talks to us about the library.

Maze Library Field Trip

Ms. Jessica reads a story about a cat.

Fun Run fun with the Irving Eagle!

We ran our best run.

Here's to apples!

Eat one anytime!

A cool tool!

The apple skin comes off in ribbons!

What is an Apple?

What are these?

They are the seeds.

Can you see it??

It's the star!!!

The Longest Green Bean in Oak Park??!!

Gina and her green bean.

We are the Future!

These HANDS are important!

Hello MAT MAN!

We made a MAT MAN Family!

School is Cool!!!!

We will have a great year!!!

Hello Irving Schoolyard!!!

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Sweet Nasturtiums

Put them in your salad! Yum!

An explosion of green!

July 11, 2013

Watch our garden grow!

June 19, 2013

A garden beginning......

May 27, 2013

We are taking care of our plants!

Cluck, Cluck!

We live at Kanohi's house!

Hail to the Queens!!

We are celebrating Queen Day.

We love plants!

Our field trip to the Conservatory was so interesting.

Hail to the Kings!!!

We are celebrating "K" for King Day.

What grows above and below the ground?

Observing shoots and root systems.

It's a Morning Glory Plant!

It's leaves look like butterfly wings.

It's a Marigold Plant!

It's leaves are tiny.

It's a Sunflower Plant!

It's leaves look like ovals.

It's a Nasturtium Plant!

It's leaves are round.

It's a WORM!!!

It is helping our compost.

Wow! What is inside a seed?

Can you see the baby plant??

We have an indoor class garden!

What is going to sprout???

It's the man in the moon!

How do nocturnal animals hunt at night? Using super senses!!!!!

Wow Ellie! One of nine students participating in the Academic Fair.

It's the Spelling Bee!

Great effort Angus, Will and Sierra!

We are Planet Explorers!

Great field trip to Adler Planetarium!

It's Parent Career Day!

Hi Dr. Larnell and Ms. Struckmeyer.

Me and my shadow!

What is my shadow doing?

Look at our sundial!

What time is it?

Can you find my silhouette??

Those cosmic frames are out of this world!

Hi, Cinderella!

We LOVED the Opera!!!

Germs, Germs, Germs

We are germ fighters!!!!

Nurse Smith speaks to us about germs.

Thanks, Nurse Smith!

Super Tuber!

What do you know about the potato?

BINGO BINGO BINGO

Looking for the correct number with our Book Buddies!

This game is fun!

Quick--Can you find that one or two digit number?

Hooray for teeth!

Thank you Dr. Layne and Jessica.

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

Celebrating with our Book Buddies.

A great snowman creation!

We can work together.

Hello Mr. Snowman!!

Check out my cool details. Thanks, Isabella!!

It's FUN FAIR time!!!

Hope to see you there!

A Valentine message....

We care about each other!

A Chinese New Year Celebration Design

Welcome Year of the Snake by Ellie and Emerson

Geat brain work and problem solving!

Working on solving the puzzle using TanZen Lite.

Tangrams are fun!

A problem solving activity that is not easy!

It's the 100th Day of School!

What do you know that you didn't know 100 days ago?

Bubble Magic!

What is inside of a bubble?

Sink or Float?

What did you observe?

Plants have tiny spaces too!

The water climbed up the celery stalk and into the leaves.

Water can climb!

The water climbed up the spaces in the paper towel.

Investigating Water

question, guess, experiment, observe, analyze, report

The wonders of a drop of water.

What did you discover?

A thought for the masses

Hope is a gift all people can share!

Let's Cheer for the New Year!

Kindergarten and 5th Grade Book Buddy's .

Asher's Menorah

Thanks for sharing, Asher!

World Class Gingerbread Cookies!

A 17 year tradition in Room 110!

Hi Mom! I am making a cookie for you!

Creating a gingerbread masterpiece.

It's Gingerbread Time!

What a yummy tradition!

Going on a Bear Hunt!!!

Our Field Trip to Brookfield Zoo

Our Leaf Collection

Discuss, Sort, Label!

Garden Spider

See my 8 legs!

Little Brown Bat

I am a mammal! Are you?

Brown Bat skeleton

I look cool on the inside!

Observe, Sort, Count!

The apple stars, ribbon skins, tops and bottoms with evidence of a flower.

Apples, Apples, Apples

What a great treat!

Can you see the star?

Pattern Block Design

experimenting with shape, form and perception

WELCOME to SCHOOL!

Wow! Our garden has grown!

August 16, 2012

A beautiful Nasturtium!

This was a great protection flower.

This is really BIG!!!

Some animals have been enjoying it.

The veggies of our labor!

You can still see the flower attatched.

Wow! The leaves are huge!

July 6, 2012

Look! They are growing.

June 15, 2012

Our Garden Beginning

June 1, 2012

Have a great summer!

On we go!!!!

A Marigold Plant

The leaves are so tiny!

A Nasturtium Plant

The leaves are round like wheels.

A Morning Glory Plant

The leaves look like butterfly wings!

A Sunflower Plant

Check out the secondary leaves!

A Trip to the Conservatory

We love nature!!!!

Ethnic Fest Float for Irving

Go Justin, Salome and Lindsay!

Let's "Solarbrate!"

An Irving School Human Sun Scape

Adler Planetarium Field Trip

We love to study space!!

Our sky is the same.....

where ever you are!!

A shout out to our participants!

Here's to a job well done.

Welcome Spring!!

Super Tuber!!

Let's hear it for the potato!

What makes a shadow?

Do you know the 3 things needed?

High Five to the winners!!!

Go Frankie D and the Cuyler Street Boys

The New Beats

What a class act!!!

The "PIEDOL" Judges

What a crew!!!

The Amazing Brain!!

We are thinking machines!!!

It's the 100th Day! Hip Hip Hooray!

The Year of the Dragon

We Have Snow!!!

Welcome 2012.

Kindergarten Winter Concert 2011

lifting our voices in song with our own Ms. Hiolski

A Gingerbread Friend!

Field Trip to Brookfield Zoo

We love Bears!!!

Nature is cool!

reflect and dream

Harvest of 2011

Fried green tomatoes anyone???

Autumn is all around us!

Observe the colors!

Class leaf collection 2011

collect--sort--label

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