Today we did an overview and refresher of all the types of severe weather we have been learning about - labeling each weather picture in his room and acting them out. We also discussed similarities and differences about each picture.

In Kelcy's writing today, we incorporated the new sight words from earlier this week "I" and "am" into writing sentences.

Lastly we read the book "Bear Feels Sick" and discussed Empathy - feeling what others feel in your own heart. We talked about times he had felt empathy for others and made a poster for his room to remember this concept!

Today we did a quick experiment making a rainbow! After, we did some research on what makes a rainbow appear in the sky. He created a diagram in his journal, labeling the process. We also recreated this diagram with sidewalk chalk outside as he "taught" me what he had learned today!

Today we read a couple new read-alouds, including Hap-Pea All Year which talks about the months of the year!

We did some research on what Fall looks like in different parts of the country and recreated the fall colors in an art integration project.

Kelcy finished the session by journaling about leaves - labeling the different colors and talking about the different shapes/characteristics.

First hour: Halloween party with students/faculty

Second hour: We painted a pumpkin (Kelcy wanted to paint a vampire!) and Kelcy wrote a spooky story in his wonder journal. We incorporated the sight words "I" "am" and "a" into his writing in order to make sentences today! It was awesome!

Today Kelcy and I cut out and put together a large skeleton, talking about each bone and how they are connected in the body. He wrote in his Wonder Journal a story about his skeleton playing soccer. His writing is progressing so well.

We went outside to write stories with sidewalk chalk and enjoy the weather. We finished the session by reading his favorite story "Froggy Gets Dressed" :)

Today during our session we created our second tornado prototype and it was a little more successful than the first one! We talked about the rotation and force of a tornado (he related it to a whirlpool) and also described what sort of debris a tornado could pick up in its path.

Lastly, I gave Kelcy and new composition notebook and we called it "Kelcy's Wonder Journal" where he can draw and write about anything that is on his mind. We will use the journal to keep track of his writing progress throughout the year!

Today we completed Kelcy's art integration from the Eric Carle book "Little Cloud" - He was labeling each item on his art and decided he wanted to write messages to his family members on post it notes, too. I am starting to see he is LOVING writing, feeling incredibly confident about hearing and writing sounds.

I will be making sure to implement writing instruction as well as art integration into our plans every day! He is so excited to label, write messages, and record his thoughts in a meaningful way. I can't wait to see his growth this year!

Finally, we attempted to create a tornado in a bottle today (with little success) - so we researched a couple different ways to do it on YouTube and will attempt "Tornado #2" tomorrow :)

We began our session today by reading "Little Cloud" by Eric Carle. We talked about different types of clouds we've seen, then recreated some clouds and a sky in Eric Carle's style of art.

We watched some kids National Geographic videos on severe weather (tornadoes, hurricanes, sandstorms, hailstorms, etc.) We discussed what we learned about tornadoes and hurricanes specifically and created some sidewalk chalk art to remember it!

Today Kelcy and I discussed different kinds of weather (looked at pictures depicting windy, rainy, sunny, tornado, hurricane, snowy, etc).

We read "Tap, Tap! Boom, Boom!" and discussed the progression of a thunderstorm, arts integration project with crayon and watercolors showing the storm (beginning) and the rainbow (end of story).

We discussed weather photos and recorded our ideas (I see.. I think.. I wonder..)

We read "Froggy Gets Dressed" (winter weather) and "Iggy Peck Architect".

Today was my first time meeting with Kelcy! We spent time getting to know each other and I learned about his interests. Today I brought a tray of "gadgets" (random pieces of deconstructed hardware) and he was able to play, sort, and create with these items. He chose to sort the items based on their physical attributes and then created a few inventions!

We read the book Iggy Peck, Architect and Kelcy designed a bridge of his own. We will be doing lots of creating, inventing, and exploring this year in science and social studies!