Thursday, December 17, 2015

Happy Holidays

Season's greetings from Room 8. We wish you all the best in 2016. 

Be sure to curl up with some good books over the holidays. 

Enjoy the break! 

Mrs. Andrews & Mrs. Carter

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Snowmen at Night

Check out our snowmen, inspired by Caralyn Buehner's book Snowmen at Night. What lovely artists we have in Room 8!



Thursday, December 03, 2015

Picasso Faces

Here are a few of our "Three Faces" portraits, inspired by Picasso. Such creativity in Room 8! 

Wednesday, December 02, 2015

How To Make a Sandwich

We are looking at the genre of procedural writing and writing our own "how-to" texts. Yesterday, the kids gave me directions for making a ham and cheese sandwich. I did EXACTLY what they told me to do! The results were not pretty, but we had a lot of laughs! Students realized just how challenging it is to write clear and specific directions.