Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

The Diener Dinosaurs:
Today the Diener Dinosaurs...
1.) Did fine motor circuits and worked on our handwriting with Miss Brook! We also colored, cut, and assembled an 'In Fish' ~ a fish that helped us review the '-in' word family!
2.) Reviewed measurement in math! We each got a pile of items and had to measure each item's length using unifix cubes. Then we recorded our lengths on our worksheets and analyzed our data to find the longest and shortest objects!
3.)Had a fabulous time in fitness and art! In fitness we worked together to build a house using blocks and then got to play with Bimos since we did a great job with our teamwork! In art we created beautiful drawing by connecting lines and forming shapes.

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 in Large motor, we ran through an obstacle course working on balance, crossing the midline and utilizing several muscles in the body!
2.) We played a Storytelling game where we were each given three random cards (for example: monkey, car, chocolate cake) and we had to tell a story! Then Ms. Kate asked us some “W” questions (who, what, where, etc) about the story that was just told!
3.) In Science we learned about the different planets and what they look like! We brainstormed the planets we already knew and then looked them up to see what they looked like! We then colored in a worksheet that had the planets on them, so they looked like the pictures we looked up!

The Golden Owls:
Today in the Golden Owls:
1.) We continued our lesson and discussion on planets during our science class. We colored the planet Mercury and learned different facts about it.
2.) During reading, we talked about past and present tense verbs as well as the different reading strategies we use. We talked about chocolate in one groups and Obama in the other, and worked on reading fluently and with expression.
3.) We did centers in the afternoon working on and building our skills in teamwork, Read Write and Type, math and spelling.