Friday, February 16, 2018

Bones

Morning Meeting....
Greeting this morning is "Mrs. Marbles." Challenge is to get through the greeting without any laughing or giggling. "Have you seen Mrs. Marbles?" "No, I'll check with my neighbor." Everyone went around the room and said this to each other. At the end the big questions was "WHO is Mrs. Marbles?" She is a mystery.  What is the point of an activity like this? Social skills. Learning to be polite even when something seems silly.

Math....
Matching the same amount. Everyone got a piece of paper with a certain number of stars, dots, a number, flowers and everyone had to look for someone that has the same amount of things as you.
We then put all the pieces of paper upside down, to play the game Memory.






We continued to talk about number bonds. Showing that each bond having a number, brought together with the other bond, brings a total number. Today we had the trickier way of filling in a number bond. There were 6 stars total. Each of the other bonds had to have their own number. So we put 3 in one bond, 3 in another and the total of both is 6.




Free Choice....
Blocks were put together to go all around the room. 

 Skyler built his own plane. A lot of thought and engineering went into this project. 

Coloring and making paper doll clothes.

Science....
Bones in our body. Today we looked at what our bones look like in our body under the skin. 


Putting together the bones that make the structure of our hands. 




All hands on deck!!!!

Recess....
Climbing and relaxing!

Snow spa! Nothing like some special crystals to make your hair look nice and sparkly. 

Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Happy Valentine's Day!

Math...
We played a fun Valentine's Bingo game.


We started learning about number bonds!
Language Arts....
We have been doing a lot of reading as small groups and individually. It's been so great to see the excitement with kids as they start to recognize words and can read sentences. Yes, there is a fair amount of memorization, but hey, that's part of the beginning stages of reading. I love when they have read a book and then look up as if they are surprised with themselves that they have read the book. We also ask kids to point out individual words on a page. Also we ask questions like, what is at the end of the sentence? How many words make that sentence?

Book Corner.....
Splat the Cat

We made folders for all of our special cards/treats from friends. Then we shared what we had to give to our friends.


Lot's of "Thank You's" and "Wow, that was really nice of you." and "Nice card." Very grateful kids for their friends Valentine's.


Science...
We have been learning about the Structure and Function of the parts of the body. Today we talked more about the heart and how it pumps blood.  We watched a short video. It was a great tie in to our Valentine's hearts that we have been making for friends and family.


Tuesday, February 13, 2018

100th Day of School


100 DAYS OF SCHOOL!!


Morning Activities.....
100 day activities; coloring page, bubble gum machine page, 100 piece puzzle, counting 100 unifix cubes!





Math....
Counting to 100! We counted from 1-100 as a group. We counted by 10's to 100 too. We also got to make a necklace with 100 Fruit Loops. We put them on in groups of ten...for example 10 reds then 10 blues all the way to 100!








Free Choice.....
Thayer debuting with her song It's our dream come true!
"It's our dream come true! Hey Hey Hey. It's our day today. It's a dream come true. Hey, hey, hey. It's gonna be today. It's our dance come true.  True, true true! It's time to dance, dance, dance! Hey hey. It's gonna be today.!" Others began to sing along and dance with her.


Narumi had a cheers/birthday with Willow and Stella.
Narumi "happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you!" 
Willow, "Yay." 
Stella "Happy birthday." 

Narumi "ok, now lets cheers!"
Willow and Stella "Cheers!"


Book Corner....