Monday, March 23rd 2009

The Magic Trains:
Today the Magic Trains:
1.) Practiced writing our names with Ms. Brook.
2.) Used the computer to write “g” words such as grape, gorilla and galaxy.
3.) Walked to a new playground and have fun playing on the swings and on the slide.
4.) Learned about plants and we will be planting vegetable seeds later this week.

The Diener Dinosaurs:
Today the Diener Dinosaurs...
1.) Played a great word fishing game with Miss Jen and worked on sorting word family words in Language Arts.
2.) Cut out pictures of animals and pasted them into their correct habitats in science with Miss Melissa!
3.) Learned all about our new star of the week - Michael! We had a great time looking at his pictures and talking about his favorite things. We are looking forward to learning more about him as the week goes on!

The Mighty Dieners:
1.) In Fitness we had a great time playing soccer! We passed the ball in pairs and scrimmaged at the end!
2.) In Math, we worked on the month of March! What month comes before/after March? How many days are in March? What day of the week did March begin on?
3.) We finished our noun picture books today with finding pictures of places and gluing them on construction paper. When we were finished we started writing noun words for the noun books!

The Golden Owls:
Today we had a magical Monday!
1.) In math we started working on time using both digital and analog clocks.
2.) We had a fantastic fitness class with Mr. Dan while practicing our soccer skills and teamwork. We worked on passing, shooting, and dribbling.
3.) In OT with Ms. Kathy we concentrated on a variety of brain gym activities working on bilateral integration, hand- eye coordination and gross motor skills. Students practiced their new spelling words while jumping on the trampoline, verbally spelling their words and catching the ball from Ms. Kathy. In additon, the students focused on body awareness skills and crossing the midline of their body.

From the Office:
If there are any parents available to help with the addressing, stuffing, and stamping of invitations tomorrow, Tuesday, March 24th – we will start @ 1PM – RSVP with Leah or just come to the office! Thanks so very much to all who are able to help.