Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

The Magic Trains:
1.) We read The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Children watched the caterpillar grow bigger and bigger in a jar in their classroom.
2.) In yoga we learned new poses from Ms. Melinda. She showed us pictures of a bear doing yoga!
3.) In Math we added up all the fruits that the Very Hungry Caterpillar ate and there were 15.
4.) We went on a magical walk with Mr. Jim and found a rocket, a birthday cake and Thomas and Friends in our magic suitcase.

The Diener Dinosaurs:
Today the Diener Dinosaurs...
1.) Worked on our -en words with Miss Kim! We read a poem together called 'I Want to be Ten' and answered questions about different parts of the poem. We did a great job!
2.) Colored a beautiful spring picture using a color-by-number key. We practiced following directions and paying attention to detail - we all created lovely pictures of spring flowers!
3.) Had yoga with Miss Melinda! We learned 4 new poses including the Rainbow Bridge, practiced our breathing, learned a new meditation, and ended with relaxation.

The Mighty Dieners:
1.) In Social Skills we talked about emotions and thinking about appropriate reactions. We role played situations and talked about how they made us feel and how we would react if that had happened to us.
2.) In Speech we split into teams and played a glass game of Granny’s Candies! It is a fun language game that focuses on semantics. Each team would be read a list of things and asked one of the following questions such as: “What belongs in this group?”, “What do these have in common?”, “What is this used for?”, “How are they alike?”, or “How are they different?”
3.) In Yoga we practiced our breathing and making poses more difficult!

The Golden Owls:
1.) In Language Arts we have begun a few new books. We are continuing with the new leveled reader building our vocabulary, comprehension, and also fluency.
2.) In Writing we are beginning a new story. The Genius Kids will choose what they want to write about and use lots of specifics, details, and of course our topic sentences.
3.) In Yoga with Ms. Melinda they are enjoying the process of calming their bodies while also becoming flexible in a varied of poses.