Wednesday, March 25th 2009

The Magic Trains:
1.) Read “Making Vegetable Soup” with Ms. Jen. This is a wonderful book by Lois Ehlert. Then we made our very own vegetable soup using only vegetables and water. The best part is that two students even tasted the soup.
2.) Practiced telling time during Math. We talked about our schedule and students had to use our special clock to show when things like Morning Meeting take place.
3.) Played our favorite run and freeze game and practiced yoga poses by looking at cards with various poses on them. We had a lot of fun during Yoga today and we relaxed.

The Diener Dinosaurs:
1.) We played a great game with Ms. Jen. Each student had to put a mask on that had a different animal. The person wearing the mask did not know what the animal was! Classmates had to give clues to the person wearing the mask to help them guess which animal they had on the mask!
2.) In Yoga we practiced the cobra, boat, happy dog and the rainbow poses!
3.) In the afternoon we did a categories game called Granny’s Candies. We choose teams and each team is asked to listen to words in a particular category. The team must decide which one word does not belong with the others. The team must be able to explain why the word doesn’t belong to the category.

The Mighty Dieners:
1.) What a fun day we had at Personal Ponies! We saw the biggest chicken ever and learned the chickens lay an egg everyday! We also met several miniature ponies that we fed carrots to and brushed. We will be adopting a pony that we will write letters to!
2.) In Science we worked on our animal habitats! We are at the painting stage and loving designing what our animal habitats should look like!
3.) In Music, we played with instruments and sang, “When the Saints Go Marching In”!

The Golden Owls:
1.) We are going to begin a Book Talk Once a week for the rest of the year. Each student will get the opportunity to discuss a book they have read with the class. You will find the format inside the homework folder.
2.) In Math we are continuing with time and also reviewing money and regrouping. Overall there has been great growth within Math. We are proud of our GENIUS students.
3.) In Writing the students were given the opportunity to pair up or work individually. The topic was favorite foods. At the end of writing some student shared with the class working on eye contact, confidence, and public speaking. J

From the Office:
Tomorrow, Thursday March 26th @ 1:15 we will complete our auction invitation stuffing. Please come by the office if you’re available to help out!
Thanks so much!