Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

The Diener Dinosaurs:
Today the Diener Dinosaurs...
1.) Read a poem called 'Wiggly Tooth'! Then we went through the poem and picked out sight words and rhyming words.
2.) Did fine motor circuits - we played with PlayDoh, made letters and shapes out of rubber bands, and hunted for treasure in theraputty!
3.) Had drama with Mr. Jim today! We played some of our favorite games, including Zookeeper's Keys and Night at the Museum.

The Mighty Dieners:
1.) In Math we worked in small groups--each group working on different lessons. Some worked on before, after and in between; while some worked on adding numbers.
2.) In Social Skills we were split into 2 groups. Each group working on either a puzzle or a game. While working together, we had to make sure we were giving compliments to our friends. When then made a compliment ice cream cone. On our scoop of ice cream, we each wrote a compliment. Then we glued the scoop to the cone. We finished social skills by sitting in a circle on the floor. We passed a ball around to a friend and gave our friends compliments.
3.) In Yoga, we practiced poses we have learned such as: boat pose, rainbow pose, happy dog, table pose and cobra. We ended by using a breathing stretchy ball to practice breathing in and out of the nose.

The Golden Owls:
1.) In math we continued working on mastering our money skills; adding like and unlike coins, differentiating between the coins and giving the value to each one.
2.) We began drafting our letter to Mrs. Obama, describing who we are and how we would love for her to come to our auction.
3.) During our yoga class with Ms. Melinda, we played our favorite freeze game where we ran around and the room and when the music stopped we had to do a yoga pose.