Monday, March 30th 2009

The Magic Trains:
1.) We colored Earth blue and green, cut it out and glued it on another piece of paper. We did this with Kathy and worked on sharing our materials.
2.) Learned about “more than” and “less than” during Math. We used different manipulatives such as Unifix cubes to teach this concept.
3.) Read a book called “I Love Our Earth”. This is a beautiful book that shows kids from all over the world. We saw a boy riding a water buffalo and a girl climbing a huge mountain.

The Diener Dinosaurs:
Today the Diener Dinosaurs...
1.) Learned about using description words called adjectives with Miss Jen and took turns describing different objects using creative adjectives! We also played a game called 'Guess What I Am!' - We each wore a mask and had to guess what kind of mask it was based on the clues that our friends gave us.
2.) Worked on skip counting using a calendar in math! We had silly, mixed-up calendars that were missing all of the even numbers, so we filled them in and then practiced counting by twos. At the end we got to draw pictures on our calendars!
3.) Had science with Miss Melissa! We talked about living things and habitats, and then made wonderful animals out of cardboard tubes!

The Mighty Dieners:
1.) In Fitness we played Ultimate Frisbee and rotated through fitness circuits including: hop on one foot, sit-ups, push-ups, jumping jacks, etc.
2.) In Math, one group began learning about TouchMath; while another group began fractions.
3.) In the afternoon we worked more on identifying living things vs. non-living things; as well as habitats for different animals (cut and paste activity).
**DON’T FORGET YOUR CANNED FOOD DONATIONS!!**

The Golden Owls:
1.) In Math we will review time and begin fractions. As a class our goal is to begin multiplication sometime in May.
2.) In writing we are still mastering our paragraphs including topic sentences, three details, and concluding sentences. We will be getting back to brainstorming, webbing, drafting, and revising.
3.) In O.T. with Ms. Kathy we continue to work on improving our fine motor skills. We complete our fine motor circuit activities two times a week. In addition, we are working very hard to perfect out handwriting and visual motor skills. We use helpful visual aids and sensory strategies daily.

From the Office:
** Please send in your canned and nonperishable foods for The Diener School Food Drive
** Our dismissal time next Wednesday, April 8th will be at 12PM. Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns.
Thanks!