Tuesday, April 21, 2009

The Magic Trains:
1.) Learned about fiction versus nonfiction during Language Arts. The two books that were used to compare were “Goldilocks and The Three Bears” and “Rocks and Minerals”.
2.) Had a wonderful time outside in Fitness. We walked in and out of a ladder on the ground and we watched our shadows becoming dancing stars, shooting stars, dogs, and bunnies.
3.) Made pictures using construction paper during Art. We ripped up the paper and glued it onto our paper and we only used primary colors.

The Diener Dinosaurs:
Today the Diener Dinosaurs...
1.) Planted beautiful marigolds in pots with Miss Brook for Earth Day! Then we broke into small groups and worked on our handwriting and sight words!
2.) Had fitness outside for the first time this year! We played games running through ladders on the ground and then played freeze tag and shadow tag with Mr. Chris!
3.) Had art with Mrs. Feinberg - today we talked about the color spectrum and created rainbows using curved lines!

The Mighty Dieners:
1.)We had a very educational, fun, hands-on and noisy field trip to the Montgomery County Recycling Center! We learned all the different things that you can recycle: soda cans, water bottles, glass, grass, sticks, yogurt containers, paper and so much more! We also learned that we should reduce things we use, such as grocery plastic bags and instead reuse things, such as the linen/canvas bags grocery stores sell now! Then we actually got to walk through the recycling center and watch the huge (and noisy!) machines sort all the recyclable materials.
2.) In Science, we began writing poems about recycling!
3.) In Large Motor, we began our Recycle Games (Earth Day version of the Olympic Games) where we participated in the Trash Can Relays, building Tumbling Towers using soda cans and water bottles! On Friday, we are going to complete our Recycle Games outside with water conservation relays!

The Golden Owls:
We had a terrific Tuesday!
1.) We went on a fabulous field trip to the Recycling Center where we saw and learned about different materials that could be recycled and how we can help our planet! We first had a discussion about materials and how they were sorted and then we saw how it was done first hand!
2.) We continued our discussion on Earth Day and how important it is to celebrate it each and everyday during our science class with Ms. Melissa. We also did a follow-up on our field trip!
3.) During music class with Mr. David, we continued to work on our singing and rhythm while also using instruments!