Monday, May 18th, 2009

The Magic Trains:
1.) Read stories and had some very fun sensory breaks with Danielle’s mom. We also played a game in which a picture card was pulled and each student had to copy movements such as brushing hair, brushing teeth and even making a funny face.
2.) Had some more fun doing sensory songs and a dot to dot lesson. One song that we listened to was called “The Beanbag Rock”.
3.) Worked on graphing different amounts of coins during Math. One student received 4 pennies, one student received 6 nickels, one student received 8 dimes and another student received 10 quarters.

The Mighty Dieners:
1.) We had a great morning in Fitness! We worked on building muscles and stretching muscles by doing sit-ups, push-ups and toe touches. We did a lot of running and played a game like basketball where we had to catch a ball and throw the ball, putting our opposite foot forward.
2.) In Math we reviewed different things we have learned, but bringing them together (i.e. skip counting and money). One groups worked on counting by 5’s using nickels, while another worked on adding change.
3.) We prepared for our exciting field trip tomorrow by talking about the different types of planes that are used everyday! We talked about what they look like and who/how they are used (i.e. commercial planes, military planes, and other working planes—for farming, delivering things, emergency planes, etc)
4.) THANKS TO MY FABULOUS CLASS FOR MY SURPRISE PARTY AND BEAUTIFUL PICTURE!! I HAD SO MUCH FUN PLAYING PIN THE TAIL ON THE DONKEY J

The Golden Owls:
We had a wonderful Monday today!
1.) During reading, we were introduced to a new non-fiction book. We read either the "Magic of Migration" or "Barak Obama" and reviewed all of the different reading strategies we have learned throughout the year. We were also introduced to a new one called cause and effect. We began to fill out a KWLS chart both together and individually on our book.
2.) During fitness with Ms. Julie we reviewed skills such as throwing and catching a ball and a Frisbee after we had completed our warm up and stretching.
3.) We worked on Read, Write and Type on the computer, our new spelling words, and our math skills during our centers time in the afternoon as well as our fine motor circuit in the morning!