Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

The Magic Trains:
1.) Played “Zingo” with Debbie. This game is like “Bingo” except students have to slide the “Zingo” machine and when they do, they find two pictures. We worked on turn taking skills and each student had to ask their partner if they had the “Zingo” pictures on their board.
2.) Practiced many poses with Ms. Melinda during Yoga, used our breathing ball and ended class with “Namaste”.
3.) Reviewed addition and graphing during Math.
REMINDER: Tomorrow is a half day!! Have a great night.

The Diener Dinosaurs:
1.) Read a story together called 'Diary of a Spider'. Then we broke into small groups - the groups completed story stars describing the book and read new leveled reader books!
2.) Had yoga with Miss Melinda! We started to learn something brand new - handstands! We practiced using the muscles that help us make handstands, and then we did assisted handstands using mats. We did a great job and can't wait to try handstands on our own!
3.) Talked about caves in science! Then we drew pictures of four things we might find in a cave.

The Mighty Dieners:
1.) In Social Skills, we did a great listening and following directions craft activity. We had to listen to the teacher to find out what to color the different body parts of a teddy bear cut-out. We didn’t know what color was coming next, so we had to wait quietly and listen to hear the next color. At the end we were given the direction to cut-out the bear pieces and glue them on construction paper!
2.) In Math, one group worked on adding on, while another group worked on how many different ways can you add to make a number.
3.) In Yoga, we worked on strengthening our poses and working on our breathing!

The Golden Owls:
Today in the Golden Owls we:1.) Talked about giving in social studies and how it made us feel when we gave compliments to one another. We read Stone Soup as a class and talked about teamwork and being thoughtful and kind. 2.) Had dance with Mr. Aaron and worked on finding the beat in songs and matching it with our bodies and how we move them!3.) Continued working with money; creating change, adding like and unlike coins, and naming the values of coins.
We had a super day!

From the Office:
HALF DAY TOMORROW – DISMISSAL @ 1PM