This week in speech and language, Ms. Kate's Uppers HAD A BALL learning about different kinds of figurative language such as idioms, homophones, and synonyms! Ms. Barbara's Uppers worked hard on their nonverbal communication skills with Ms. Jen to prepare for their Diener stage debut that is scheduled for next week! Ms. Shannon's Inters also worked on nonverbal communication, specifically eye contact and facial expressions, and enjoyed our special topic time on Friday.
Primary and inters students completed their end of year assessments this week. In addition, primary students participated in their weekly motor group focusing on body/spatial awareness, rhythm and timing. We continued to work in our handwriting books, focusing on letter "J". Inters students completed a writing activity called "info. about myself" focusing on capitalization rules.
This week in the Social Club, we made up names and assigned roles for our puppets for our puppet show "Busy Bee's at the Diener Hive". We came up with a very interesting story plot and we will create a problem and solution next week. The kids practiced talking to each other with their puppets. We encourged them to use their imaginations to answer questions about their puppets family and what school their puppet went to. They came up with some very creative answers!
We made observations of our terrariums, this week. The kids drew pictures of the changes they noticed in their bottles and answered some questions to help them to sequence the steps that we took when putting our terrariums together.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
Friday Follow Up-May 14, 2010
We had a great week in speech and language and social skills. The Uppers continued to learn about conversing and also staying in touch with friends over the summer. We enjoyed brainstorming expected and unexpected telephone behaviors. Engaging in role-playing scenarios, especially over the telephone, was especially fun!
Ms. Jenni and Ms. Shannon's Inters worked hard to expand their semantic (vocabulary) networks this week. They loved playing Headbanz, working on perspective taking, and integrating the various clues given to them by their peers to problem solve. This game has quickly become one of our absolute favorites!
Monday was Fitness For Health, We have been working on hitting a birdy with a racket, and continued the same thing on Tuesday and Wednesday. We worked on body and space awareness, not running into each other and saying excuse me when we do. Friday for dance the uppers learned the thriller dance.
Ms. Jenni's class focused on rhythm and timing skills during our weekly motor group. They continue to work very hard to complete end of year assessments. Their improvements are truly amazing!
Light, camera, action! This week in the Social Club we began making our puppets for our awesome puppet show! The kids have been working together to come up with a story plot, characters, a problem and a solution that will take place in this little play of theirs. We used different materials to make our paper bag 'bees' and every bee has a job/profession (inspired by Disney's "Bee Movie"). How exciting!
We used different shapes to make pictures in the Art Club. The kids used their imaginations to make robots and aliens, chickens and lions, Ms. Patrices' and Ms. Lauries'... it was truly amazing to watch their creativity soar through art!
In science this week, the primary and inters started learning about the butterfly life cycle! We made butterfly books and life cycle wheels. We even got to watch a short power point slide show that went through the process of the life cycle. The uppers started constructing their soda bottle terrariums! Over the next few weeks, we will make observations about what we see in our bottles!
Ms. Jenni and Ms. Shannon's Inters worked hard to expand their semantic (vocabulary) networks this week. They loved playing Headbanz, working on perspective taking, and integrating the various clues given to them by their peers to problem solve. This game has quickly become one of our absolute favorites!
Monday was Fitness For Health, We have been working on hitting a birdy with a racket, and continued the same thing on Tuesday and Wednesday. We worked on body and space awareness, not running into each other and saying excuse me when we do. Friday for dance the uppers learned the thriller dance.
Ms. Jenni's class focused on rhythm and timing skills during our weekly motor group. They continue to work very hard to complete end of year assessments. Their improvements are truly amazing!
Light, camera, action! This week in the Social Club we began making our puppets for our awesome puppet show! The kids have been working together to come up with a story plot, characters, a problem and a solution that will take place in this little play of theirs. We used different materials to make our paper bag 'bees' and every bee has a job/profession (inspired by Disney's "Bee Movie"). How exciting!
We used different shapes to make pictures in the Art Club. The kids used their imaginations to make robots and aliens, chickens and lions, Ms. Patrices' and Ms. Lauries'... it was truly amazing to watch their creativity soar through art!
In science this week, the primary and inters started learning about the butterfly life cycle! We made butterfly books and life cycle wheels. We even got to watch a short power point slide show that went through the process of the life cycle. The uppers started constructing their soda bottle terrariums! Over the next few weeks, we will make observations about what we see in our bottles!
Monday, May 10, 2010
Friday Follow Up-May 7, 2010
During language time, the primary students made edible ladybugs out of grapes and strawberries. focusing on following directions and reinforcing the concepts of living things and insects. Small group work focused on describing, listening, following directions and asking clarifying questions.
This week in the social club we played some exciting group games to promote socialization and team work. We played "Diener Diner" which allowed the kids to practice asking questions ("What can I get for you? Would you like some tea or coffee? How many eggs do you want?" etc...) and follow directions. We also watched clips of "Bee Movie" to get inspired for our Bee puppet show we will be putting on!
We took some time to really appreciate nature this week in the Art Club. We investigated and scowered the playground for natural beauty. After collecting different items (leaves, sticks, rocks, mud...) we came back inside and the kids made Art from Nature. Their work will be displayed in the science room.
Primary students designed festive arts-n-crafts activities focusing on folding, scissor, and handwriting skills. They also participated in their weekly motor group practicing their body awareness skills, moving their fingers, noses, and toes to the rhythm!
Ms. Jenni's inters class did a great job during their weekly handwriting group, working on forming compound words and formulating their very own silly sentences!
This week the students participated in a few Mother's Day craft projects. In addition, we continue to work on completing our end of the year assessments. It has been so exciting to see all the progress!
In science, we started talking about Life Cycles by discussing the differences between living and non living things. The primary and inters classes did a fun sorting and coloring activity. The uppers worked on comparing and contrasting real worms and gummy worms. Next week, we will focus on our new classroom pets and start constructing our terrariums!
This week in the social club we played some exciting group games to promote socialization and team work. We played "Diener Diner" which allowed the kids to practice asking questions ("What can I get for you? Would you like some tea or coffee? How many eggs do you want?" etc...) and follow directions. We also watched clips of "Bee Movie" to get inspired for our Bee puppet show we will be putting on!
We took some time to really appreciate nature this week in the Art Club. We investigated and scowered the playground for natural beauty. After collecting different items (leaves, sticks, rocks, mud...) we came back inside and the kids made Art from Nature. Their work will be displayed in the science room.
Primary students designed festive arts-n-crafts activities focusing on folding, scissor, and handwriting skills. They also participated in their weekly motor group practicing their body awareness skills, moving their fingers, noses, and toes to the rhythm!
Ms. Jenni's inters class did a great job during their weekly handwriting group, working on forming compound words and formulating their very own silly sentences!
This week the students participated in a few Mother's Day craft projects. In addition, we continue to work on completing our end of the year assessments. It has been so exciting to see all the progress!
In science, we started talking about Life Cycles by discussing the differences between living and non living things. The primary and inters classes did a fun sorting and coloring activity. The uppers worked on comparing and contrasting real worms and gummy worms. Next week, we will focus on our new classroom pets and start constructing our terrariums!
Friday, April 30, 2010
Friday Follow Up-April 30, 2010
We had a lot of fun this week in music! In the Primary class, we learned some new songs about springtime and went on a Bear Hunt. In the Inters classes, we got out a parachute and played some really fun games, like "Floating Down the River," and "You Can't Make a Turtle Come Out!" In the Uppers classes, we had fun practicing our two songs for graduation, "You've Got a Friend in Me" and "Lean on Me." We sang more of our favorite songs and played fun movement games.
During language time, the primary students played go fish with bug cards, working on asking and answering questions, while continuing to learn about different types of bugs. They also participated in smaller group work focusing on following directions, turn taking with peers and expanding on play and language skills!
Thu, April 29, 2010 10:52:09 AM
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This week in the social club, we focused on doing group activities. We played three different games in the sensory room that highlighted a few important skills such as team work, positive attitudes, and patience. When we were finished with our games, we cooled down by making cards for the VIP's (Very Important People) in our lives :) We tapped into our creative sides in the Art Club when we did our Colorful Expressions project. The kids used various colors to show different emotions (example: blue=sad, yellow=happy, red=angry, pink=shy, green= silly, etc).We ended the day by going outside to search for inspiration for next weeks art project-- Art in Nature.
In science, we continued to talk about planet Earth and ways to keep it safe and reduce pollution.. We defined liter and came up with a list of ways to prevent people from littering. The primary and inters classes made liter bugs. We used miscellaneous items that were all reused or recycled from previous projects! The uppers classes worked on finishing up their planet Earths. In addition to this, each child came up with two facts about the Earth and ways to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle!
The Uppers classes continue to make great strides in Social & Life Skills. We reviewed the components of nonverbal communication including: body language, facial expressions, gestures, tone of voice, and vocal volume. We had a blast engaging in role play and acting out skits to match our body language, vocal tone, volume, and facial expressions to different situations! Ms. Jenni’s class also worked on identifying and using appropriate body language and facial expressions given a variety of different situations. The Inters loved playing What Did You Say? Ms Shannon & Ms Deanna’s Inters made edible compost cups! We read The Little Green Monster and discussed ways we can help our environment. Our compost cups were delicious!
During language time, the primary students played go fish with bug cards, working on asking and answering questions, while continuing to learn about different types of bugs. They also participated in smaller group work focusing on following directions, turn taking with peers and expanding on play and language skills!
Thu, April 29, 2010 10:52:09 AM
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Patrice Felder
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To: Laurie Schwadron
This week in the social club, we focused on doing group activities. We played three different games in the sensory room that highlighted a few important skills such as team work, positive attitudes, and patience. When we were finished with our games, we cooled down by making cards for the VIP's (Very Important People) in our lives :) We tapped into our creative sides in the Art Club when we did our Colorful Expressions project. The kids used various colors to show different emotions (example: blue=sad, yellow=happy, red=angry, pink=shy, green= silly, etc).We ended the day by going outside to search for inspiration for next weeks art project-- Art in Nature.
In science, we continued to talk about planet Earth and ways to keep it safe and reduce pollution.. We defined liter and came up with a list of ways to prevent people from littering. The primary and inters classes made liter bugs. We used miscellaneous items that were all reused or recycled from previous projects! The uppers classes worked on finishing up their planet Earths. In addition to this, each child came up with two facts about the Earth and ways to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle!
The Uppers classes continue to make great strides in Social & Life Skills. We reviewed the components of nonverbal communication including: body language, facial expressions, gestures, tone of voice, and vocal volume. We had a blast engaging in role play and acting out skits to match our body language, vocal tone, volume, and facial expressions to different situations! Ms. Jenni’s class also worked on identifying and using appropriate body language and facial expressions given a variety of different situations. The Inters loved playing What Did You Say? Ms Shannon & Ms Deanna’s Inters made edible compost cups! We read The Little Green Monster and discussed ways we can help our environment. Our compost cups were delicious!
Friday, April 23, 2010
Friday Follow Up-April 23, 2010
Primary students participated in weekly handwriting groups focusing on the letters "I" and "T". They also completed a mystery coloring activity which required them to distinguish between upper and lower case letters. The students did an amazing job during our small group Yoga Bingo activity, where they got to practice yoga postures, as well as their turn taking skills.
Ms. Jenni's inters students worked very hard during their OT groups completing visual motor and brain gym activities in the hammock swing, working on core muscle and upper body strength. They continued to work hard in their handwriting books, completing their repertoire of lower case letters!
This week in music, we practiced our Earth Day songs to sing at Hadley Park! The Primary Class sang "This Old Earth." Miss Jenni's class sang "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle." Miss Shannon's class sang "Recycle." Miss Kate's class sang another version of "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle." Miss Barbara's class sang "We've been Working on the Trash." Miss Deanna was so proud of all of the Diener kids today. Everyone sang beautifully at Hadley Park and it was so fun singing all of these songs with our Bullis pen pals!!
This week in the social club, we went on a safari in our minds! We walked through different habitats and identified the animals that we saw. We concluded with a fun group game out on the playground. We had a great time telling stories through pictures in the art club. Each student made four pictures that told a story, without using words. We also created a silly springtime sticker scene. We wrapped up our first session by using modeling clay to make our favorite animals.
In science, we celebrated Earth day by discussing the 3 R's-- Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. We made giant planet Earth's with large coffee filters, makers, and water. we stuffed them with newspaper and other recyclable paper. We will continue to talk about the Earth and ways to help the environment next week.
We had a fun week in Speech and Language! The Uppers enjoyed being detectives while playing Reading Riddle Maze. We worked hard with our teammates to cooperate, respect one another’s ideas, and share responsibilities. The Inters learned about Earth Day with Fancy Nancy and completed a recycling project by sorting paper products, plastic/glass, and compost items.
In Social & Life skills, the Uppers classes were introduced to conversation vocabulary terms and learned about body language, gestures, facial expressions, and more. We had a blast practicing using different form of body language to convey messages to our peers.
This week our students participated in a fun body awareness activity. We focused on directionality and multi-step gross motor movements. In addition, we have begun out OT re-assessments. Its exciting to see all the wonderful progress!
Ms. Jenni's inters students worked very hard during their OT groups completing visual motor and brain gym activities in the hammock swing, working on core muscle and upper body strength. They continued to work hard in their handwriting books, completing their repertoire of lower case letters!
This week in music, we practiced our Earth Day songs to sing at Hadley Park! The Primary Class sang "This Old Earth." Miss Jenni's class sang "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle." Miss Shannon's class sang "Recycle." Miss Kate's class sang another version of "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle." Miss Barbara's class sang "We've been Working on the Trash." Miss Deanna was so proud of all of the Diener kids today. Everyone sang beautifully at Hadley Park and it was so fun singing all of these songs with our Bullis pen pals!!
This week in the social club, we went on a safari in our minds! We walked through different habitats and identified the animals that we saw. We concluded with a fun group game out on the playground. We had a great time telling stories through pictures in the art club. Each student made four pictures that told a story, without using words. We also created a silly springtime sticker scene. We wrapped up our first session by using modeling clay to make our favorite animals.
In science, we celebrated Earth day by discussing the 3 R's-- Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. We made giant planet Earth's with large coffee filters, makers, and water. we stuffed them with newspaper and other recyclable paper. We will continue to talk about the Earth and ways to help the environment next week.
We had a fun week in Speech and Language! The Uppers enjoyed being detectives while playing Reading Riddle Maze. We worked hard with our teammates to cooperate, respect one another’s ideas, and share responsibilities. The Inters learned about Earth Day with Fancy Nancy and completed a recycling project by sorting paper products, plastic/glass, and compost items.
In Social & Life skills, the Uppers classes were introduced to conversation vocabulary terms and learned about body language, gestures, facial expressions, and more. We had a blast practicing using different form of body language to convey messages to our peers.
This week our students participated in a fun body awareness activity. We focused on directionality and multi-step gross motor movements. In addition, we have begun out OT re-assessments. Its exciting to see all the wonderful progress!
Friday Follow Up-April 9, 2010
This week in Beyond Cooking, we made cinnamon tortilla chips with fruit salsa. The kids had fun while working on their fine motor skills (cutting, chopping, and slicing fruit). We made comparisions between our fruit salsa and the tomato salsa and used a vin diagram to organize our information. We measured and mixed, sprinkled and sifted. It was a very delicious treat!
In science, we began talking about The Earth and our environment. The primary and inters classes read the book "On Earth" by G. Brian Karas and identified and located all seven continents. The uppers created Earth puzzles and began discussing biomes and animal habitats.
This week our students continued tomake excellent progress with their overall handwriting skills. Several of our students are enjoying learning cursive. This week we also focused on building our upper body strength and maintaining postures.
In science, we began talking about The Earth and our environment. The primary and inters classes read the book "On Earth" by G. Brian Karas and identified and located all seven continents. The uppers created Earth puzzles and began discussing biomes and animal habitats.
This week our students continued tomake excellent progress with their overall handwriting skills. Several of our students are enjoying learning cursive. This week we also focused on building our upper body strength and maintaining postures.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Friday Follow Up-March 26, 2010
We had a fun-filled drama day with Mr. Aaron, in the Social Club this week. The kids talked about the story of The Three Little Pigs. They each were assigned a role and acted out different parts of the story. We ended the day by playing a fun group game in the fitness room.
Participants of the Buddy Program enjoyed doing Buddy Tracings with their friends from Green Acres. Inside of the tracing, each child wrote something that they liked about their buddy and the Buddy Program. We played a group game and enjoyed oatmeal cookies. What a treat!
We had a fiesta in Beyond Cooking on Thursday! The kids had a blast preparing Cheese and Spinach Quesadillas, Pita Chip Nachos, and fresh salsa. We incorporated math into our cooking lesson by cutting our quesadillas into halves and fourths. Everyone agreed that the recipes were easy to make a very delicious!
The 2nd Annual Diener School Science Fair was a huge success! The children had a great time learning about and executing all of their projects. Parents (new and old), friends, and other visitors were amazed by all of the hardwork put in by our kids! Everyone did an amazing job!
Today the Primary class and the two Inters classes sang at the Hebrew Home! Everyone did an awesome job. The Primary class sang songs like "Old McDonald," "Open Shut Them," and "Five Green and Speckled Frogs." The Inters classes sang songs like "I've Been Working on the Railroad," "Take Me Out to the Ballgame," and "If You're Happy and You Know It." The kids all did an awesome job and the people at the Hebrew Home were very happy to hear their beautiful voices! In Miss Kate's Uppers class this week, we had fun continuing our study of rhythm by playing lots of rhythm games like Musical Instrument Chairs, Lightning Sticks, and I Like to Move It. We can't wait to continue having more fun in music after spring break! :)
Primary and inters students were excited to celebrate Spring this week! They created beautiful craft projects requiring them to trace their hands, cut, and glue or tape. Check out their BRIGHT projects outside of Ms. Jenni's classroom!
In Fitness we worked on balancing and continuing strengthening the lower body as well as the upper. Today we had the hebrew home And sang and danced away. All the kids that went danced to the cupid shuffle.
This week our students participated in a fun spring craft project. We created colorful flowers out of handprints. It required us to trace our hands, cut them out, and glue them to a paper plate. We are working hard on improving our visual motor and fine motor skills.
This week during Speech & Language, Ms Kate’s Uppers practiced making predictions and offering solutions to a variety of scenarios. We read Pig Pig and the Magic Photo Album, took turns trying to figure out what would happen based on our previous knowledge, the cover, and the title, and enjoyed when the true story was revealed! We even drew pictures and told stories to one another about what pictures we wish were in our photo albums that could transport us. Ms. Barbara’s Uppers put their irregular past tense verb and other grammatical form knowledge into use by creating Club Penguin Mad Libs. Our favorite part was when we read our silly stories to the rest of the class! The Inters enjoyed playing an exciting game of Headbanz, which allowed us to practice using our categorization and attribute generating skills.
Have a wonderful Spring Break! Enjoy playing the social skills and language games that were provided to Jillian (Pass the Eyes, One Word Story, & Category Horse)!
In art, the Iners learned how to create many shapes from starting out with one small shape. The children drew their shape on the paper, then followed the shape to make a line around it. They continued to draw many lines around their shapes and some even created more shapes! The children later colored in their shapes with crayons.
HAVE A GREAT SPRING BREAK!!
Participants of the Buddy Program enjoyed doing Buddy Tracings with their friends from Green Acres. Inside of the tracing, each child wrote something that they liked about their buddy and the Buddy Program. We played a group game and enjoyed oatmeal cookies. What a treat!
We had a fiesta in Beyond Cooking on Thursday! The kids had a blast preparing Cheese and Spinach Quesadillas, Pita Chip Nachos, and fresh salsa. We incorporated math into our cooking lesson by cutting our quesadillas into halves and fourths. Everyone agreed that the recipes were easy to make a very delicious!
The 2nd Annual Diener School Science Fair was a huge success! The children had a great time learning about and executing all of their projects. Parents (new and old), friends, and other visitors were amazed by all of the hardwork put in by our kids! Everyone did an amazing job!
Today the Primary class and the two Inters classes sang at the Hebrew Home! Everyone did an awesome job. The Primary class sang songs like "Old McDonald," "Open Shut Them," and "Five Green and Speckled Frogs." The Inters classes sang songs like "I've Been Working on the Railroad," "Take Me Out to the Ballgame," and "If You're Happy and You Know It." The kids all did an awesome job and the people at the Hebrew Home were very happy to hear their beautiful voices! In Miss Kate's Uppers class this week, we had fun continuing our study of rhythm by playing lots of rhythm games like Musical Instrument Chairs, Lightning Sticks, and I Like to Move It. We can't wait to continue having more fun in music after spring break! :)
Primary and inters students were excited to celebrate Spring this week! They created beautiful craft projects requiring them to trace their hands, cut, and glue or tape. Check out their BRIGHT projects outside of Ms. Jenni's classroom!
In Fitness we worked on balancing and continuing strengthening the lower body as well as the upper. Today we had the hebrew home And sang and danced away. All the kids that went danced to the cupid shuffle.
This week our students participated in a fun spring craft project. We created colorful flowers out of handprints. It required us to trace our hands, cut them out, and glue them to a paper plate. We are working hard on improving our visual motor and fine motor skills.
This week during Speech & Language, Ms Kate’s Uppers practiced making predictions and offering solutions to a variety of scenarios. We read Pig Pig and the Magic Photo Album, took turns trying to figure out what would happen based on our previous knowledge, the cover, and the title, and enjoyed when the true story was revealed! We even drew pictures and told stories to one another about what pictures we wish were in our photo albums that could transport us. Ms. Barbara’s Uppers put their irregular past tense verb and other grammatical form knowledge into use by creating Club Penguin Mad Libs. Our favorite part was when we read our silly stories to the rest of the class! The Inters enjoyed playing an exciting game of Headbanz, which allowed us to practice using our categorization and attribute generating skills.
Have a wonderful Spring Break! Enjoy playing the social skills and language games that were provided to Jillian (Pass the Eyes, One Word Story, & Category Horse)!
In art, the Iners learned how to create many shapes from starting out with one small shape. The children drew their shape on the paper, then followed the shape to make a line around it. They continued to draw many lines around their shapes and some even created more shapes! The children later colored in their shapes with crayons.
HAVE A GREAT SPRING BREAK!!
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