Writer's Workshop:
Art:
Science: We
Quilts: We compiled our Quilt books, mounting squares and creating a cover.
Friday Funday:
Read Aloud:
Butterfly Release:
Friday, May 30, 2008
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Dan the Flying Man
Movement: Again today we practiced teh Cha Cha Slide. The kids (and I) are getting the hang of it.
Writer's Workshop: During our mini lesson today, we focused on using words like "first", "then", and "finally" in our writing instead of linking all of our ideas with the word "and".. After students wrote independently for 30 minutes, four students were randomly selected to share their writing and illustrations.
Dan the Flying Man: Today we reread Dan the Flying Man. We used our imagination to think of where we would fly if we had the power to.. after brainstorming and creating a list, students did illustrations of the setting for their imaginative flying.
Video: We watched a Scholastic video with some of our favorite stories. This included Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, Trashy Town, Rosie's Walk... During videos in the afternoon, I've been completing a few more assessments with students.
Writer's Workshop: During our mini lesson today, we focused on using words like "first", "then", and "finally" in our writing instead of linking all of our ideas with the word "and".. After students wrote independently for 30 minutes, four students were randomly selected to share their writing and illustrations.
Dan the Flying Man: Today we reread Dan the Flying Man. We used our imagination to think of where we would fly if we had the power to.. after brainstorming and creating a list, students did illustrations of the setting for their imaginative flying.
Video: We watched a Scholastic video with some of our favorite stories. This included Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, Trashy Town, Rosie's Walk... During videos in the afternoon, I've been completing a few more assessments with students.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Great Job Yuto!
Movement: Today a new type of movement was introduced - dance! We learned the "Cha Cha Slide". If you haven't heard it, you're missing out (but you've probably heard at least a clip of it on a recent McDonalds commercial). The song basically calls out the instructions for what locomotive movements to do, and the children are really enjoying practicing it.
Read Aloud: For our read aloud we read a new book, Dan the Flying Man which will be the basis of our next class book.. It is a story about a man who flies over many different places and things.
Readers Workshop: Today our minilesson was a review of the Concepts of Print (front of book, beginning/ending, letters, words, where to start reading, etc.) While students read at their tables I pulled all students to retest their C.A.P. I'm pleased to report that almost ALL students have mastered identification of all parts of the book and the procedure for reading.
Lifeskill Assembly: After recess we reported to the blacktop for our Lifeskill Assembly. The lifeskill of the month is Common Sense which is taking what you know or think and putting it into action. Our award recipient, Yuto, has done an outstanding job demonstrating this in and out of the classroom. Student were rewarded with extra recess time and enjoyed the sun as it began to peek through the clouds.
Science: We now have 4 butterflies that have emerged from their chrysalis. Some students helped me to prepare some food for them. The Painted Ladies "eat" a mixture of sugar and water that can be given to them soaking a cotton ball, paper towel, or drizzled over a flower. We will most likely be releasing the butterflies on Friday, so if you're interested in taking a look, please do so before then.
Eric Carle Video: We enjoyed a relaxing afternoon watching several of Eric Carle's stories recreate in video form. Some of our favorites were The Very Quiet Cricket, The Very Hungry Caterpillar and The Mixed-Up Chameleon.
Read Aloud: For our read aloud we read a new book, Dan the Flying Man which will be the basis of our next class book.. It is a story about a man who flies over many different places and things.
Readers Workshop: Today our minilesson was a review of the Concepts of Print (front of book, beginning/ending, letters, words, where to start reading, etc.) While students read at their tables I pulled all students to retest their C.A.P. I'm pleased to report that almost ALL students have mastered identification of all parts of the book and the procedure for reading.
Lifeskill Assembly: After recess we reported to the blacktop for our Lifeskill Assembly. The lifeskill of the month is Common Sense which is taking what you know or think and putting it into action. Our award recipient, Yuto, has done an outstanding job demonstrating this in and out of the classroom. Student were rewarded with extra recess time and enjoyed the sun as it began to peek through the clouds.
Science: We now have 4 butterflies that have emerged from their chrysalis. Some students helped me to prepare some food for them. The Painted Ladies "eat" a mixture of sugar and water that can be given to them soaking a cotton ball, paper towel, or drizzled over a flower. We will most likely be releasing the butterflies on Friday, so if you're interested in taking a look, please do so before then.
Eric Carle Video: We enjoyed a relaxing afternoon watching several of Eric Carle's stories recreate in video form. Some of our favorites were The Very Quiet Cricket, The Very Hungry Caterpillar and The Mixed-Up Chameleon.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Congratulations Christopher!!!
Penmanship: Today we introduced another word family, the "all" family. We listed words like small, tall, call, ball, and fall and created a ball that helps us with our "all" word family.
Assembly: After recess we headed to the Flagpole for our Distinguished School Flag raising ceremony. We are all so proud of our accomplishment! Also, Citizenship award winners were recognized. Christopher from our class was the award winner.
Science: We noticed that one, and later in the day TWO, of our butterflies had emerged from their chrysalis. We also noticed that all of our silkworms had spun themselves into cocoons. A question was asked as to why the silkworms, which all seemed identical, spun different color cocoons (some yellow and some white). We hypothesized several things: either they will turn into different color moths or they were different species. We decided to separate one yellow cocoon into it's own container and one white cocoon into it's own container and see if there were differences between the moths that emerge.
Computer Lab: We continued to work on our math game, involving skills of addition and subtraction. Very fun! We only have one week left to visit the computer lab, but students are really seeming proficient in operating the mouse and keyboard during various activite.s.
Social Studies: We explored two different Let's Find Outs today. One of them was about Seahorses, we enjoyed it especially after reading Mr. Seahorse by Eric Carle. We already knew some of the fun facts that it contained, including that seahorses come from eggs that fathers carry around in a pouch until they hatch.
Assembly: After recess we headed to the Flagpole for our Distinguished School Flag raising ceremony. We are all so proud of our accomplishment! Also, Citizenship award winners were recognized. Christopher from our class was the award winner.
Science: We noticed that one, and later in the day TWO, of our butterflies had emerged from their chrysalis. We also noticed that all of our silkworms had spun themselves into cocoons. A question was asked as to why the silkworms, which all seemed identical, spun different color cocoons (some yellow and some white). We hypothesized several things: either they will turn into different color moths or they were different species. We decided to separate one yellow cocoon into it's own container and one white cocoon into it's own container and see if there were differences between the moths that emerge.
Computer Lab: We continued to work on our math game, involving skills of addition and subtraction. Very fun! We only have one week left to visit the computer lab, but students are really seeming proficient in operating the mouse and keyboard during various activite.s.
Social Studies: We explored two different Let's Find Outs today. One of them was about Seahorses, we enjoyed it especially after reading Mr. Seahorse by Eric Carle. We already knew some of the fun facts that it contained, including that seahorses come from eggs that fathers carry around in a pouch until they hatch.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Disaster Drill
We began our morning doing our Spring Word Write. This allowed children ten minutes to write as many words as they could without looking at resources around the classroom.
At 9:30 this morning, we began our District Wide Disaster Drill. We recieved an envelope letting us know that nobody in our classroom "was injured" so we proceeded out to the yard in a quiet line. As teachers and staff completed Search and Rescue and Release of some students, I stayed with the class (as I am a member of the Student Care team.) After about an hour, it was time for our classes to return to the classroom and recieve an extended recess.
After recess we toured the entire school, walking through all of the classrooms- examining all that they were displaying for Open House.
This afternoon we began our self portraits for May.
At 9:30 this morning, we began our District Wide Disaster Drill. We recieved an envelope letting us know that nobody in our classroom "was injured" so we proceeded out to the yard in a quiet line. As teachers and staff completed Search and Rescue and Release of some students, I stayed with the class (as I am a member of the Student Care team.) After about an hour, it was time for our classes to return to the classroom and recieve an extended recess.
After recess we toured the entire school, walking through all of the classrooms- examining all that they were displaying for Open House.
This afternoon we began our self portraits for May.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Open House
Tonight was Open House... we had 100% attendance from our class which is AMAZING! Thank you to all who attended. We spent most of the minimum day preparing ourselves and our classroom for the special occasion.
Here's the video that was looping last night:
Here's the video that was looping last night:
Monday, May 19, 2008
almost ready...
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
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
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