Friday, February 13th, 2009

The Magic Trains:
Today we made Valentine’s for our friends and the Diener School staff, and made Valentine heart people. We learned about taking care of our teeth on the field trip to Dr. August’s office! We had a great session with Ms. Brooke in OT. It was a great end to a great week!

The Diener Dinosaurs:
What a fantastic Friday! Today the Diener Dinosaurs...
1.) Made special valentine’s for our parents. We drew pictures of our favorite things to do with them!!
2.) Read our Weekly Readers – we learned about Lincoln’s birthday, and President’s Day!
3.) We visited Dr. August’s office - He is a dentist. We had a great time learning about our teeth and talking about what a dentist does.

The Mighty Dieners:
1.) Today has been filled with Valentine’s creations!
2.) We made Valentine’s cards for our loved ones.
3.) We had art with Ms. Feinberg and worked on Valentine’s themed art.
4.) This afternoon, we traded Valentine’s cards and made placemats to eat our yummy Valentine’s treats on!
HAVE A HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!!

The Golden Owls:
1.) In speech with Ms Jen we talked about Valentine’s Day and the ways we can celebrate this special day with our families and friends. We sequenced steps to create our own valentine cards and practice recognizing and responding appropriately to a variety of emotions.
2.) In writing we are beginning to learn several ways to construct topic sentences. We will be using different beginnings such as Action, Questions, Dialogue, and Sound. This will help us hook the reader keeping it interesting and fun.
3.) We had a GREAT visit from all the parents and lots OF Candy, crafts, and cards from the Heart. HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

FROM THE OFFICE:
All the staff would like to thank the parents of Mr. Paul’s class for the delicious and much appreciated staff appreciation lunch! THANK YOU!!!