Friday, April 3rd 2009

The Magic Trains:
1.) Practiced writing “c” and “h” with Brook during handwriting. We also had many fun sensory breaks with Brook.
2.) Played games such as “Memory” and “Caribou”.
3.) Read “In a People House” and added things that start with “ch” to the story. The kids decided that the house could have chairs, a cherry pie, a poncho and cheese.
4.) Learned about different money amounts during Math.
5.) Sang all of our favorite songs during Music with Deanna.

The Diener Dinosaurs:
Today the Diener Dinosaurs...
1.) Read a book together called 'It Is Spring!' and talked about all of the different things that happen in Spring! Then we drew and labeled pictures of 4 things that happen in Spring.
2.) In fine motor we traced, cut out, and decorated our handprints. Then we used them to create flower bouquets!
3.) Enjoyed delicious cupcakes for Ben S.'s 7th birthday - thank you so much to Ben S. for bringing them in!

The Mighty Dieners:
1.) We learned all about Sandhya—our Star of the Week!!! We will learn who our next Star of the Week is when we return from Spring Break!!
2.) In Art, we learned about abstract art or “weird shapes” as the kids called it. J We learned that contrast is important in abstract art by cutting out different shapes and glued them on paper.
3.) We finished our noun picture books to send home! Then we started learning about “Barebone Sentences” (Noun verb)

The Golden Owls:
Today we had a great rainy day in the Golden Owls.
1.) We began our language arts class with our Explode the Code books which we are all making great progress in! We then continued to work on reading with expression and utilizing our reading strategies.
2.) In art class we are continuing to work on getting ready for our art show on April 30! We cannot wait to have all our friends see how hard we have been working using different mediums. 3.) We shared our amazing research projects with one another. We learned all about the different animals we all have been working so hard on. We learned about snakes, wolves, whales, sharks, dolphins, spiders, lions, and owls.
Happy weekend!

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!