Thursday, January 29th, 2009

The Magic Trains:
1.) Had a great time in Fitness and completed an obstacle course. We also worked on kicking a soccer ball into the net to make a goal.
2.) Practiced addition and subtraction during Math by using our plastic Teddy bears for manipulatives. Students had to write the problems in their notebooks.
3.) Practiced songs that we will sing with Deanna at The Hebrew Home next Friday. Of course we started Music by singing “The More We Sing Together”. We also sang their favorite “Thomas and Friends” theme song and the kids played instruments while they sang.

The Diener Dinosaurs:
What a brief but terrific Thursday! Today the Diener Dinosaurs...
1.) Had fitness with Mr. Dan! We went through an obstacle course, played 'What time is it, Mr. Fox?', and practiced kicking soccer goals using the sides of our feet!
2.) Learned about different states of matter in science. Then we started an experiment with ice cubes - we're going to see if they freeze in the refrigerator or the freezer and then we're going to see what happens when we leave them out in the classroom. We're recording our predictions in our lab books!
3.) Had music with Miss Deanna! We continued to work on telling stories using only music.

The Mighty Dieners:
We are back and energized after two snow days and a two hour delay!
1.) We had a great morning with Ms. Kathy! We worked on our handwriting and then did some activities with bean bags. We had to listen to music and following the directions which worked on coordination and right/left discrimination.
2.) In Music, we used the drums to make animal footprint sounds! In Drama, we played the “VRROOOM” game and practiced character walking!
3.) Sadly, after two days out of school, most of our flowers died! BUT, we examined the flowers and discussed why we thought they might have died.

The Golden Owls:
Today in the Golden Owls we had a great day!
1.) We began our day with fitness. Coach Dan was here to help us master our sit ups. We also began learning how to properly kick a soccer ball!
2.) In math, we continued working on subtraction and minus two. We did math mania and we played a fun game using a deck of cards, reinforcing our subtraction and addition facts!
3.) In science we prepared for our science fair reviewing the definitions of magnetism, hypothesis and electricity. We cannot wait for next Tuesday!