Tuesday, May 12, 2009

The Magic Trains:
1.) Read a story called “The Sun is My Favorite Star” and wrote a sentence about the Sun. One student wrote “The Sun is hot” and one student wrote “I am the biggest star”. Each student drew a picture to go with their statement.
2.) Kicked a soccer ball and did a short relay race outside during Fitness with Mr. Chris.
3.) Tore newspaper and used primary colors to paint the newspaper in layers. This was a new kind of art project with Ms. Feinberg.

The Diener Dinosaurs:
Today the Diener Dinosaurs...
1.) Worked on handwriting with Miss Brook and read a poem together called 'Sing a Song of Solar System' in language arts! We did a great job on our letter formation and identified sight words, rhyming words, and the names of planets in our poem.
2.) Had a great time in fitness! We practiced kicking and stopping the ball in soccer, hitting and fielding the ball in baseball, and we also worked on hopping and skipping!
3.) Began to plan our space community! We brainstormed and charted our ideas for the community, assigned jobs to our classmates, and learned about the specific characteristics of each planet so we can build our planet neighborhoods!

The Mighty Dieners:
1.) During Fine Motor in the morning, we rotated through circuits working on, hand-eye coordination, tripod grasp, hand stability, and muscle tone in their hands. This afternoon during Large Motor, we played several gross motor activities using a parachute that work on balance, coordination as well as maintaining focus.
2.) In Math, we reviewed calendar information, focusing on months (before and after) and seasons.
3.) Science was out of this Earth! We talked about the different planets in space and started our own planet information books!
4.) **Moms—Look for your Mother’s Day presents!! Sorry they are late—we had to wait for things to dry and pictures to develop :)

The Golden Owls:
We had a fantastic Tuesday in the Golden Owls!
1.) During writing we finished researching our planets on the nine planets website with our partners, alternating writing and researching. We have learned a lot about the computer and researching!
2.) In Math we continued to practice our nine's times table and then played a new game with dice! We rolled two large dice and then had to write down the multiplication problem on a white board before solving it.
3.) In music we mastered the use of a variety of instruments such as the triangle and maracas while singing beautifully!