Monday, April 6th 2009

The Magic Trains:
1.) Read a book called “Earthdance” and we acted out the book. We were tall as the mountains, we were waterfalls and we were even in Space!
2.) Played many sensory games with Ms. Kathy including “The Hokey Pokey” and we had a lot of fun.
3.) Reviewed the concept of “one more than” and played an addition and subtraction game during Math.

The Diener Dinosaurs:
Today the Diener Dinosaurs...
1.) Created sight words out of playdoh, then read different sentences that used our sight words! We also practiced drawing pictures based on descriptions and using the describing words that Miss Jen talked to us about last week.
2.) Made a friendship pizza! We talked about using kind works with our friends, then made a pizza using different friendship words as toppings!
3.) Had science with Miss Melissa! We talked about our new theme, which is Earth and our Environment. We learned about the planet Earth, how it relates to other planets in our solar system, and how we can help the earth by doing things like recycling!

The Mighty Dieners:
1.) In Fitness today we played Red Light, Green Light, but we really had to pay attention because Julie would cal out random colors! We also had to listen for how Julie wanted us to move, we hopped, skipped, or did jumping jacks! Then we learned two different passes in basketball, the chest pass and the bounce pass.
2.) After recess we drove to the Montgomery County Food Bank (MANNA) with Mr. Paul’s class to deliver all the canned goods we collected!
3.) We had a class discussion on how we felt after donating our canned food and why it was important for us to do that. We then each wrote a “Barebone sentence” about the trip.

The Golden Owls:
Today in the Golden Owls we had great Monday!
1.) During our OT time with Ms. Kathy we worked on our fine motor skills and following directins while making spring flowers out of pipe cleaners and tissue paper. We also worked on our visual skills while coloring in worksheets and learning more about Passover and Easter.
2.) During our Fitness class with Ms. Julie we worked on teamwork and our gross motor skills while playing a variety of fun games! We are working on perfecting our sit-ups, our push-ups and jumping jacks. We also practiced our basketball skills.
3.) We reviewed time, fractions, money, addition and subtraction during our math time.

From the Office:
** K & K/1 classes have a field trip tomorrow departing around 9AM - please dress your child for the weather!
** Our dismissal time Wednesday, April 8th will be at 12PM. Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns.
Thanks!