Penmanship: We explored the -an word family and created a word family "fan".
Science: Today we compared the chrysalis of the caterpillars and the beginning cocoons of the silkworms. Together we made a Venn Diagram of their similarities and differences.
We created welcoming signs to display outside our classroom tomorrow night.
Math: We created two graphs. One was of our favorite Eric Carle book. The second graph was the question of which you like more - silkworms or caterpillars.
Activity: Before we went home, we created an invitation for Open House.
WE ARE GETTING SOOOO EXCITED FOR OPEN HOUSE!! WE HOPE THAT YOU ALL WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE IT - 6:30-7:30
Monday, May 19, 2008
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Parts of a Flower
Rosie's Walk: Today we attached our rake to the "across the yard" page with a brad, and we added the footprints to each page in our book. These were the last two steps and now the books are COMPLETE! We brought our books to the carpet and read them together.
Writers Workshop: We had another work period for students to work with a partner and write some Kinder News. They chose events ranging from rest time to our Elves and the Shoemaker field trip and wrote a story about it.
Science: Today we learned the parts of a flower - stem, roots, petals, seeds, leaves. After completing a class pictorial, students worked on their own version to place in their science notebooks.
Writers Workshop: We had another work period for students to work with a partner and write some Kinder News. They chose events ranging from rest time to our Elves and the Shoemaker field trip and wrote a story about it.
Science: Today we learned the parts of a flower - stem, roots, petals, seeds, leaves. After completing a class pictorial, students worked on their own version to place in their science notebooks.
Monday, May 12, 2008
Painted Ladies
cience: Students finished coloring, collating, and assembling their "How to Plant a Seed" books. This six-step guide is an overview of the process we used on Friday and we are continuing to survey our seeds for any signs of growth.
Writer's Workshop: Today we created a chart of "What Writers Write About" to give us ideas in our narrative writing. Some of the excellent ideas that we came up with were families, friends, school, holidays, parties, injuries, trips, vacations, and insects. After brainstorming students did independent writing and most were able to complete several sentences about the topic of their choice.
Library: Today Mrs. Williams read us two fictional stories about dogs and students checked out new library books. Kudos to those who are reminding students to bring back their library bags so that they can check out fresh books. Today we had 16 of 17 students who were able to check out new literature.
Science: We were introduced to our newest classroom friends - The Painted Ladies. In addition to the silkworms, we are now going to be raising and observing these caterpillars that will become Painted Lady Butterflies. In the coming week we will be discussing similarities and differences between the two groups of insects.
Rosie's Walk: Today we put finishing touches on our Rosie's Walk book. They were bound this weekend and now students have painted the final page (Across the Yard),created their characters and afixed them to popsicle sticks, and created a holder for them on the back cover.
Writer's Workshop: Today we created a chart of "What Writers Write About" to give us ideas in our narrative writing. Some of the excellent ideas that we came up with were families, friends, school, holidays, parties, injuries, trips, vacations, and insects. After brainstorming students did independent writing and most were able to complete several sentences about the topic of their choice.
Library: Today Mrs. Williams read us two fictional stories about dogs and students checked out new library books. Kudos to those who are reminding students to bring back their library bags so that they can check out fresh books. Today we had 16 of 17 students who were able to check out new literature.
Science: We were introduced to our newest classroom friends - The Painted Ladies. In addition to the silkworms, we are now going to be raising and observing these caterpillars that will become Painted Lady Butterflies. In the coming week we will be discussing similarities and differences between the two groups of insects.
Rosie's Walk: Today we put finishing touches on our Rosie's Walk book. They were bound this weekend and now students have painted the final page (Across the Yard),created their characters and afixed them to popsicle sticks, and created a holder for them on the back cover.
Friday, May 9, 2008
Sunflowers
Science: We got together with Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. Chiappe, and Miss Ciampa's classes to introduce our unit on Seeds and Flowers. After an introduction of planting seeds, students broke up into two groups to complete two science projects. The first activity was creating a book of "How to Plant a Seed". The six step process was colored, cut, and collated by students. The next activity was actually planting a sunflower seed. Students filled cups with soil, made a hole with their finger, dropped in the seed, put in more soil, patted it down, and watered their seed.
Multicultural Presentation: Mrs. Luann came into our class and did a presentation about the culture, symbols, and life in China. She brought photos which the students really enjoyed as well as some items for students to pass around - incense, crickets, scrolls, etc.
Mother's Day Wrapping: Using tissue paper, stickers, and yarn, students wrapped their own cookbooks that were created for our mothers. We attached our sunflower cards, and students placed them in their cubbies to take home and give to our mothers. (oops, mom, sorry I ruined the surprise - it's in the mail)
Multicultural Presentation: Mrs. Luann came into our class and did a presentation about the culture, symbols, and life in China. She brought photos which the students really enjoyed as well as some items for students to pass around - incense, crickets, scrolls, etc.
Mother's Day Wrapping: Using tissue paper, stickers, and yarn, students wrapped their own cookbooks that were created for our mothers. We attached our sunflower cards, and students placed them in their cubbies to take home and give to our mothers. (oops, mom, sorry I ruined the surprise - it's in the mail)
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Eric Carle illustrations
Show and Tell: Rosie shared a photo of two baby doves that were hatched from eggs found in a nest near her home. Students asked interesting questions about when the eggs were laid and hatched.
Rosie's Walk: We completed the page for "under the beehives" and began the page for "across the yard". We are near completion, and the children are looking forward to binding and reading their stories with characters that they will create.
Art: After introducing our author study of Eric Carle, we talked about the way he does his illustrations (painting on tissue paper then cutting it out). We then finger-painted our own paper to use once we begin to make our Hungry Caterpillar book.
We also completed a special "secret" project that will be revealed this weekend to families (especially mothers).
Today I received an AMAZING paper quilt created using children's pictures and hand prints. It was the most thoughtful and wonderful gift! I need to find a perfect spot to hang it, but for now it's up on our front board, please stop in and see the beautiful work that went into it. THANK YOU!
Rosie's Walk: We completed the page for "under the beehives" and began the page for "across the yard". We are near completion, and the children are looking forward to binding and reading their stories with characters that they will create.
Art: After introducing our author study of Eric Carle, we talked about the way he does his illustrations (painting on tissue paper then cutting it out). We then finger-painted our own paper to use once we begin to make our Hungry Caterpillar book.
We also completed a special "secret" project that will be revealed this weekend to families (especially mothers).
Today I received an AMAZING paper quilt created using children's pictures and hand prints. It was the most thoughtful and wonderful gift! I need to find a perfect spot to hang it, but for now it's up on our front board, please stop in and see the beautiful work that went into it. THANK YOU!
Monday, May 5, 2008
Cinco de Mayo AND Japanese Boys Day!
Rosie's Walk: Today we completed two pages in our Rosie's Walk book - "over the haystack" and "past the mill". These proved to be difficult, as we had to use a brad (brass fastener) to connect pieces to our pages.
Cinco de Mayo: To celebrate Cinco de Mayo, we discussed the Mexican flag, counted numbers one through twelve (in Spanish) and the colors translated from English to Spanish. Students then colored their flags and crayons and we practiced using Spanish for things such as saying thank you "Gracias" and goodbye "Adios".
Library: Today Mrs. Williams read us two books about stars, a fiction story and a non-fiction piece of literature. The fiction book was Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, which the students recognized as a well known song.
Math: After introducing Japanese Boys Day, students were informed that to celebrate, families in Japan fly carp wind socks outside of their home (displaying as many carp as there are boys in the household). Students were asked to count and record how many were on each flagpole and some chose to sunsequently color them in.
Today I received a very generous basket FILLED with school supplies in recognition of Teacher Appreciation Week - thank you to all who contributed. We appreciate and will get lots of use out of these items!!!
Cinco de Mayo: To celebrate Cinco de Mayo, we discussed the Mexican flag, counted numbers one through twelve (in Spanish) and the colors translated from English to Spanish. Students then colored their flags and crayons and we practiced using Spanish for things such as saying thank you "Gracias" and goodbye "Adios".
Library: Today Mrs. Williams read us two books about stars, a fiction story and a non-fiction piece of literature. The fiction book was Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, which the students recognized as a well known song.
Math: After introducing Japanese Boys Day, students were informed that to celebrate, families in Japan fly carp wind socks outside of their home (displaying as many carp as there are boys in the household). Students were asked to count and record how many were on each flagpole and some chose to sunsequently color them in.
Today I received a very generous basket FILLED with school supplies in recognition of Teacher Appreciation Week - thank you to all who contributed. We appreciate and will get lots of use out of these items!!!
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Rosie's Walk: We completed another page for our book, this page was "around the pond". We cut out blue construction paper to make the pond and colored a background.
Art: We painted butterflies for the office display, we used Q-Tips to paint, and they turned out wonderfully.
P.E.: We played tunnel tag today, where students have to crawl between a frozen friend's legs to unfreeze them.
Art: We painted butterflies for the office display, we used Q-Tips to paint, and they turned out wonderfully.
P.E.: We played tunnel tag today, where students have to crawl between a frozen friend's legs to unfreeze them.
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