Monday, February 2nd 2009

The Magic Trains:
1.) Learned more about following directions during Social Skills with Ms. Melissa. They also learned about Groundhog Day and they made their own little groundhog by following step by step directions.
2.) Worked in their “Explode the Code” books to practice writing “CVC” words such as “mad”, “mat”, “gas” and “wag”. Danielle and Trevor worked on writing their name and reading sight words. They also worked in “Explode the Code” for a couple minutes today.
3.) Played the game “Chutes and Ladders” with Ms. Kathy. This helped the students work on taking turns and following directions.

The Diener Dinosaurs:
What a marvelous Monday! Today the Diener Dinosaurs...
1.) Read a great book with Miss Jen called 'The Jacket I Wear in the Snow'. Then we made our own versions of the book and worked on identifying the beginning, middle, and end of the story!
2.) Had social skills with Miss Melissa! We talked about Groundhog Day and each made our own little groundhogs!
3.) Worked very hard on our science fair preparations! We also did some really cool science experiments - we made eggs float and sink, flew balloons across the room, and made soap chase pepper across the surface of water!

The Mighty Dieners:
1.) It is a new month! In Math, we started our February calendars! We learned that February only has 28 days!
2.) In Handwriting, we practiced writing February and Monday in our neatest handwriting!
3.) In Science, we got our projects ready for tomorrow’s Science Fair! We are so excited for the parents to see our experiments tomorrow!

The Golden Owls:
1.) We continued with our math mania increasing the difficulty. We also are beginning to regroup in subtraction. We also played subtraction war with our decks of cards.
2.) In L.A. we began a few new books making prediction and taking book walks. We also addressed the 5 W's while reading.
3.) We again prepared to finalize our science fair project and are using magnets and electricity while making educated guesses or hypothesis.