The Diener School

The Magic Trains:
Today we…
1.) Played a fun high-five game with Ms. Brooke in the sensory room.
2.) Took a ride in our wonderful yellow Diener van to the Meadowside Nature Center. We were joined by the Diener Dinosaurs and together we explored a cave with our flashlights and played in colonial house, and a woodland habitat. We saw snakes, a bald eagle, several hawks, and even a snowy owl! We sat in a Native American canoe inside a Native American teepee. Then we listened as two wildlife naturalists discussed animal hibernation, and the boys were able to touch animal pelts and ask questions.
3.) We completed our day with a warm, vibrant music class with Ms. Deanna. She had the boys belting out, “Going on a Bear Hunt”, “Do Re Mi”, and their favorite, “Five Green and Speckled Frogs.” They finished music class with clapping and singing, “Bingo.”

The Diener Dinosaurs:
What a fabulous Friday!
1.) We went on a field trip with the K class to Meadowside Nature Center! We saw amazing things – live owls and hawks, a bald eagle, snakes and frogs, a canoe, and a cave with a hidden slide! We also saw a presentation on how animals in nature prepare for different seasons. We had SO much fun!!
2.) When we got back, we talked about our favorite parts of the field trip and then drew and labeled pictures of our favorites.
3.) In the afternoon, we had music class with Miss Deanna and played our beanbag game, and we went to the Diener Store to spend our hard earned Diener Dollars!

The Mighty Dieners:
1.) In Math we read the book More or Less which helped explain the concepts of more than and less than. In the book, the main character Eddie was at a carnival. He was at the “Age Guessing Booth”. We decided to play the game in class and guess everyone’s ages! One student was in the “hot seat”, while the other students asked questions to guess their age. After an age was guessed, the student in the “hot seat” would have to say whether they were more than that age or less than that age! We did a great job!
2.) In Social Studies, we colored in a map, by coloring the land green and the water & sky blue!
3.) In Art, we made our own colors! We made “cold” colors purple and green by mixing primary colors together. Today, we mixed red and blue to make purple. We also mixed yellow and blue to make green! Then we got to paint a picture with our colors! Ms. Feinberg gave us white paint to help make snow in our pictures because snow is cold! We learned that if some of the white paint mixed with another colors it was called tinting!

The Golden Owls:
Today we had a wonderful Friday in the Golden Owls:
1.) We shared our first drafts of our Thanksgiving stories which included lots of descriptive words and details.
2.) During our center time we worked on teamwork, communication and treating others how we want to be treated while working as a group.
3.) In math we began our graphing unit while also working on word problems and reviewing rounding.
Happy weekend!!!

From the Office:
Next week is a short week, and we are planning to have a week of special arts and crafts for Thanksgiving. We will have a feast on Wednesday at noon with dismissal at 1PM.