Magic Rocks, Magic Rocks...

Science: We read a non-fiction book about Penguins and then completed a penguin pictorial where we drew all the important parts of penguins and labeled them like scientists.

Literacy: We completed our last page and the cover of our Mittens book with the text "Now take your mittens and make a pair". Students had to decorate one mitten and replicate it onto the other one.

Social Studies: After reading another story about Martin Luther King and a couple children who participated in one of his marches called A Sweet Smell of Roses

After reading, we talked about how Martin Luther King made it his life to help other people. We brainstormed things that the children could do to help each other, and who they might help. After making a list, children created a card with helping hands on the outside (one traced on beige, one traced on dark brown).

Second Step: We began a new unit on empathy-building called Second Step. This is a series of cards with photos of children with topics to direct discussion around becoming aware of our own and others feelings. Today we talked about how it feels when people listen to each other and ways we can show that we are listening.

Math: In math, we practiced penmanship of the numbers 0-10. Students reviewed our rhymes and then practiced sheets for each number. Most were mastering all numbers, which shows me that they're ready to move on to larger numbers in the teens and twenties.

P.E.: Finally we had sunshine on a Thursday so we were able to go outside and have Physical Education with Miss Ciampa's class. Today we did our laps to warm up, stretched, played an airplane game, and then played Magic Rocks (a game where students impersonate and do animal motions.