Wenesday, May 6, 2009

The Magic Trains:
1.) Read the book “CockADoodleMoo” and came up with their own make believe animals such as a “bearamel” (bear and a camel) and a “monkbra” (monkey and a zebra).
2.) Reviewed patterns and word problems during Math with Seena and Debbie.
3.) Used our imaginations while we took out the magic suitcase and played “ships and sailors” with Mr. Jim.

The Diener Dinosaurs:
Today the Diener Dinosaurs...
1.) Read a new leveled reader called 'Yummy, Yummy'! Then we talked about our favorite foods and worked on venn diagrams about our story. We also worked on creating sentences using the letter M!
2.) Continued to learn about the planets as part of our 'Earth, Air, and Water' theme! We talked about the characteristics of each planet and about what astronauts do in space.
3.) Had yoga and drama! We practiced partner poses in yoga and played some of our favorite imagination games in drama!

The Mighty Dieners:
1.) Today with Ms. Jen we expanded our repertoire of emotion terms. We read a book called "Hooway for Wodney Wat" and worked to interpret the characters’ feelings, make predictions, and provide rationales for actions and emotions. The feelings we came up with include: sad, jealous, lonely, proud, scared, mad, confident, shy, nervous, relieved, happy, and excited. Parents: ask your children what they feel confident about! Their answers to this question during speech were inspiring! J
2.) In science with Ms. Melissa we learned about the planets. We sang a song and pretended to be the planets and asteroid belt. We moved our bodies in the same ways that the planets move.
3.) After Yoga, we started reading a book about the Wright Brothers! It is a chapter book and we will read a different chapter everyday!

The Golden Owls:
Today we had a great Wednesday!
1.) We all looked awesome in all of our costumes!
2.) We took a field trip out to the parking lot to see all the different kinds of trucks and also the people who operated them! We were able to climb inside a Peapod truck and an ambulance. We talked to a policeman who rode a motorcycle and were able to sound the siren! It was a great way to see many different trucks and different jobs that people do.
3.) During writing we continued to work on paragraphs. We began using a topic sentence, then three specific details and a concluding sentence. We wrote about topics such as the summer, the field trip we took yesterday to the aviation park, Disney, our visit to see the trucks, and others.
4.) Yesterday we began to learn how to play the piano with Mr. Dave! We learned where the "c" note was. It was such fun!