We are working on hygiene. With all of these boys and early gym we are focusing on smelling fresh and clean all day. Please send in deodorant to use before or after gym as well as a clean shirt to keep in here incase they are extra sweaty! Thank you
Hump day…
Today, we did not stop! We almost forgot to sneak in some pictures! We read more about Roald Dahl and brainstormed ways we want to celebrate on Friday. We think we will watch some Charlie and the Choc Factory excerpts and eat some chocolate goodies! We will also play candy themed BINGO and have a guessing game of how many candies in a jar to work on estimation. If you want to send in some chocolates to pass out that would be okay. We are also working on counting my 5s and 10s so we traced our hands to craft a visual.
Julian outside on the swim during gym. It was not easy to get him off! 
Aidan exhausted after pushing everyone on the ride. 
Mohmood loved running on the jungle gym. 
Julian asking, “Do I look handsome?” 
Julian practicing typing his username and password. 
Aiden working on connections with the reading from this week. 
Julian posing for our pics! 
Hosam installed our classroom computer on his own! 
Gabe using his AAC board to find animals we are reading about 
Mohamed tracing his hand. 
Evan practicing self regulation by “smelling” (inhaling) the pizza 
Evan practicing self regulation by “cooling down” (exhaling) the pizza. 
Mr. Mike working on skip counting and fine motor skills with Aidan and Mohmood.
Is it only Monday?!
Today we started a new Behavior Basics unit focusing on raising our hand. we had some trouble but we will continue working on it this week. We started reading about Roald Dahl the famous author who wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, and BFG! Here are some pics of our day:
Hosam and Moe showing our apple votes. 
Abdullah could not stop reading this book. He finished the whole book today! 
Abdullah reading about Roald Dahl 
We use a visual timer for centers. Each center was 13 min today. 
Mohmood reading about Roald Dahl. 
Mohmood earned the bike ride after centers. 
Mohmood practicing skip counting. 
Abdullah practiced skip counting too. 
Aidan was the first one to complete this new puzzle! 
Our predictions for what our favorite apple will be. Red won!
Picture Day Cancelation
Picture day is canceled today… Sorry for any inconvenience. Sidenote: Ms. Saab is happy since she forgot! I will keep you informed for the next day which should be soon.
Busy Friday!
What a day! Between Ms. Chapman and Ms. Saab’s class we were able to do art, bake, play hot potato, centers, and write notes to our friends.
Gabe loves his fruit 
Evan used fine motor skills to fill in his favorite apple color. Next week we will graph our results! 
Moe used fine motor skills to fill in his favorite apple color. We are working on the right amount of glue! 
We get really excited and loud during hot potato. 
Aiden tried cupcakes students worked hard in making. 
Abdullah loved the cupcakes. It took 5 tries for a photo! 
Moe loves cracking eggs! 
Abdullah practicing pouring batter. 
Aiden pouring batter! 
Evan mixing the batter by hand! 
Moe mixing the batter by hand! 
Mohmood earned his blue clip from reading! 
Aidan filling in his apple ever so precisely. 
Mohmood filling in his apple. 
Notes we wrote to our friends for their good behavior. (sorry they are sideways) 
Julian casting his vote for his favorite apple. 
Hosam almost finished his red apple.
Getting into the Routine
We have had a busy couple weeks getting into our routine. We are still in the middle of testing to see what level work we will need to work independently as possible. This may take a few weeks but we sure are busy!
Mohmood completing a Math Pretest 
Aidan working on his community helper assignment. 
Gabe sorting different sizes.
Resources
One of my favorite resources is Teachers Pay Teachers. My class is a newly opened room so I am literally starting from scratch. I would love to have more differentiated materials so all students can feel included all day long. We love Calendar time, cooking recipes that are visual, reading stories as a class with different levels and task cards. TpT will match some contributions to support our class resources. Follow the link to support; https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/ClassFund/Raefah-Saab-20864?utm_source=copyurl&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ClassFund%20Page Share with family and friends!
Open House
Thank you to all the parents that came tonight to Open House! I am so excited about this school year. Enjoy your popcorn! We had more than half of our parents come.