Head Shoulders Knees and Toes: For movement, we've been practicing body parts and following directions by singing and doing the kinesthetic movements that go along with "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes"
Writing PBA: After modeling an example for the students, our quarterly writing assessment was given today. Students were given twenty minutes to complete their illustration and an additional twenty to attempt to spell out (using phonetic clues)
Literacy: After a short lesson on how to draw a teddy bear, students completed the pages in their mitten book with the text "Mittens with teddy bears."
Social Studies: Together, we read Martin's Big Words which was an amazing. It gave an overview of Martin Luther King Jr., his ideology, and some of the events that occured during the Civil Rights movement. After reading the story, we had a discussion about how equality IS important and that the ideals of MLK that we should use words rather than violence.
Music: During music today, Miss Ciampa and Mrs. Robinson led students through songs about Dr. King, The Mitten and the new year.
VIP: Alexa, this week's V.I.P. shared her book and we were able to interview her, asking questions ranging from "What animal would you be" (a zebra) to "What is your favorite color?" (pink and purple and all the colors).
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
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