The Magic Trains:
1.) We had fun in Language Arts using a “Do a Dot” art project. We wrote letters and made a painting with our cool
2.) We read a book called Pull Lift, and Lower. A pulley is a simple machine that helps us lift objects that would normally be too heavy to move.
3.) During Social Skills we read some stories about good manners. Then we discussed and acted out some social situations saying please, thank you, excuse me, and sorry.
The Diener Dinosaurs:
Today the Diener Dinosaurs...
1.) Made our '-ing' wheels! We reviewed words that end with 'ing', then made a word wheel that shows different words and pictures of things that end with 'ing'.
2.) Worked on our counting and sorting skills during our classroom inventory! We went through huge piles of games and learning materials in our classroom and sorted them into different piles as we helped Miss Courtney and Miss Deanna organize our classroom for the end of the year.
3.) Sorted our book collection into fiction and non-fiction books! We went through our class library and found some of our old favorites - we had a great time remembering some of the great stories we've read over the year!
The Mighty Dieners:
1.) Fitness was a lot of fun! We played with net catchers where we had to throw and catch the ball with the net. We also had to do our warm-ups for the last time this year!
2.) In Music, we went on a Bear Hunt and sang “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad!”
3.) We learned about how things that work this afternoon, and followed our water lessons last week by learning what different kinds of boats travel on the water and how they work!
The Golden Owls:
We had a Magical Monday in the Golden Owls!
1.) During our la blocks we had a discussion on President Obama and what we had read and remembered about him from last week. We then watched a PBS special on his life and compared it to what we already knew.
2.) During math we did timed mad minutes before we split up into groups and worked on money, multiplication, adding and subtracting with regrouping and borrowing.
3.) We had our last fitness class of the year today with Ms. Julie! We played some of our favorite games (beamos and boinga) as well as a new game with chirping eggs. We worked a great deal on teamwork and had a really fun time!
*Please note that the only homework for the rest of the week is to read!
FROM THE OFFICE:
If there are any families who had to borrow an extra set or article of clothing this year, please be sure to clean and return the clothing before the end of school next week. We really appreciate your help with this!!
** DISMISSAL TIME THURSDAY 6/11 HAS BEEN CHANGED TO 12PM**
Monday, June 8, 2009
Friday, June 5, 2009
Friday, June 5th, 2009
The Magic Trains:
1.) Read a book about simple machines called “Cut, Chop and Stop”. This book focused on wedges. Then each student traced a wedge and wrote “This is a wedge”.
2.) Identified the value on pennies, nickels and dimes. Trevor played an addition dice game with Debbie.
3.) Had a lot of free time on the very rainy day!
4.) Sang our favorite songs during our last music class with Deanna. We truly loved music with Deanna this year.
The Mighty Dieners:
1.) In Art, we made clay sculptures and then got to color them with markers as well as add wires and pipe cleaners for decoration.
2.) During Math, we split into groups. One group played Dominoes and learned two different ways to play. We had to pay attention to the numbers on each Domino find strategies to match as many sides as we could. The other group played UNO and had to pay attention to colors as well as matching numbers.
3.) Mr. Jim made a surprise appearance to spoil us with one final Drama class for the year! We had such a great time using our imaginations this year, learning games such as: Magic Suitcase, VRRRooommm-vroooom, Taxi and Fruit Salad . These games really challenged us to think more abstractly and sort and categorize in our mind. The categorization games were great games to help us work on several fundamentals in language, such as, prediction, inference, and decision making. Also we had to pay attention to detail and always be focused and listening, otherwise we would miss an important part of the game!
The Golden Owls:
Today we had a fantastic Friday!
1.) During our math time we completed our mad minute before taking our final Friday Quiz. We then reviewed different strategies to help us solve multiplication problems, as well as subtraction problems with borrowing.
2.) During language arts we split up into our groups and did our Explode the Code books before wrapping up our lessons on Obama and jellyfish. We used strategies that we have been learning about all year to help write a detailed summary from our webs. We also drew pictures and labeled the different developmental stages of a jellyfish.
3.) We used clay, wire and markers in our last art class to build fabulous sculptures. We always have the best time Ms. Feinberg!
1.) Read a book about simple machines called “Cut, Chop and Stop”. This book focused on wedges. Then each student traced a wedge and wrote “This is a wedge”.
2.) Identified the value on pennies, nickels and dimes. Trevor played an addition dice game with Debbie.
3.) Had a lot of free time on the very rainy day!
4.) Sang our favorite songs during our last music class with Deanna. We truly loved music with Deanna this year.
The Mighty Dieners:
1.) In Art, we made clay sculptures and then got to color them with markers as well as add wires and pipe cleaners for decoration.
2.) During Math, we split into groups. One group played Dominoes and learned two different ways to play. We had to pay attention to the numbers on each Domino find strategies to match as many sides as we could. The other group played UNO and had to pay attention to colors as well as matching numbers.
3.) Mr. Jim made a surprise appearance to spoil us with one final Drama class for the year! We had such a great time using our imaginations this year, learning games such as: Magic Suitcase, VRRRooommm-vroooom, Taxi and Fruit Salad . These games really challenged us to think more abstractly and sort and categorize in our mind. The categorization games were great games to help us work on several fundamentals in language, such as, prediction, inference, and decision making. Also we had to pay attention to detail and always be focused and listening, otherwise we would miss an important part of the game!
The Golden Owls:
Today we had a fantastic Friday!
1.) During our math time we completed our mad minute before taking our final Friday Quiz. We then reviewed different strategies to help us solve multiplication problems, as well as subtraction problems with borrowing.
2.) During language arts we split up into our groups and did our Explode the Code books before wrapping up our lessons on Obama and jellyfish. We used strategies that we have been learning about all year to help write a detailed summary from our webs. We also drew pictures and labeled the different developmental stages of a jellyfish.
3.) We used clay, wire and markers in our last art class to build fabulous sculptures. We always have the best time Ms. Feinberg!
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Thursday, June 4th, 2009
The Magic Trains:
1.) Magic Trains used puppetry to act out the story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
2.) During Fitness we went on an awesome obstacle course shooting hoops, bowling, crawling through a tunnel and jumping on the trampoline.
3.) We went with Bob the Builder to a construction site. We dug dirt then hauled it away. We dumped sand in a big pile and poured concrete on top. We used a powerful tool called a “kanga hammer” that bounces up and down.
The Diener Dinosaurs:
Today the Diener Dinosaurs...
1.) Read a book called 'How I Became A Pirate'! We loved the story, and after reading it we made our own graphic organizers showing the 'What', 'Where', 'When', 'Who', and 'Why' of our story!
2.) Worked on math review in our Calvert workbooks. We also worked as a team to identify and sort a HUGE pile of coins!
3.) Made our final planet neighborhoods in science - we made Neptune Circus and Jupiter Museum! Our space community is almost complete - we just need a moon and some rocket ships to travel from neighborhood to neighborhood!
The Mighty Dieners:
1.) This morning we worked very hard on making our own pretzels! We had several steps we had to follow throughout the day. The 1st step was to mix some water and yeast. While, that mixture sat in a bowl for a couple of minutes Ms. Kathy had us do some OT movement activities. Next, we measured and mixed in the flour and brown sugar. For 30 minutes, while the dough sat, we worked on our Handwriting. Step 3 was mixing in the remaining flour and kneading it until the dough was tough. The dough had to rise for an hour, so we ate lunch and went to recess!
2.) This afternoon, we took the dough and rolled it and shaped our pretzels! It was a lot of fun! In our folders are directions on how to finish baking our pretzels at home. (These are dairy-free pretzels.)
3.) In Drama, we had such a fun time with Mr. Jim! We played the Magic Suitcase game and had to pull out things you could find at your house!
The Golden Owls:
1.) In our last fitness with Mr. Dan we went through an obstacle course which included all of the different skills we have been working on all year.
2.) In speech we first read a book about the ocean and then got to make our own oceans out of blue Jello, marshmallows, Twizzlers and gummies. The Twizzlers represented the “limu” which means seaweed in Hawaiian. The jelly fish and octopus. The marshmallows were the plankton and the gummies were for the fish.
3.) In writing we began working on our favorite things we did this year beginning with a web!
1.) Magic Trains used puppetry to act out the story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
2.) During Fitness we went on an awesome obstacle course shooting hoops, bowling, crawling through a tunnel and jumping on the trampoline.
3.) We went with Bob the Builder to a construction site. We dug dirt then hauled it away. We dumped sand in a big pile and poured concrete on top. We used a powerful tool called a “kanga hammer” that bounces up and down.
The Diener Dinosaurs:
Today the Diener Dinosaurs...
1.) Read a book called 'How I Became A Pirate'! We loved the story, and after reading it we made our own graphic organizers showing the 'What', 'Where', 'When', 'Who', and 'Why' of our story!
2.) Worked on math review in our Calvert workbooks. We also worked as a team to identify and sort a HUGE pile of coins!
3.) Made our final planet neighborhoods in science - we made Neptune Circus and Jupiter Museum! Our space community is almost complete - we just need a moon and some rocket ships to travel from neighborhood to neighborhood!
The Mighty Dieners:
1.) This morning we worked very hard on making our own pretzels! We had several steps we had to follow throughout the day. The 1st step was to mix some water and yeast. While, that mixture sat in a bowl for a couple of minutes Ms. Kathy had us do some OT movement activities. Next, we measured and mixed in the flour and brown sugar. For 30 minutes, while the dough sat, we worked on our Handwriting. Step 3 was mixing in the remaining flour and kneading it until the dough was tough. The dough had to rise for an hour, so we ate lunch and went to recess!
2.) This afternoon, we took the dough and rolled it and shaped our pretzels! It was a lot of fun! In our folders are directions on how to finish baking our pretzels at home. (These are dairy-free pretzels.)
3.) In Drama, we had such a fun time with Mr. Jim! We played the Magic Suitcase game and had to pull out things you could find at your house!
The Golden Owls:
1.) In our last fitness with Mr. Dan we went through an obstacle course which included all of the different skills we have been working on all year.
2.) In speech we first read a book about the ocean and then got to make our own oceans out of blue Jello, marshmallows, Twizzlers and gummies. The Twizzlers represented the “limu” which means seaweed in Hawaiian. The jelly fish and octopus. The marshmallows were the plankton and the gummies were for the fish.
3.) In writing we began working on our favorite things we did this year beginning with a web!
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
The Magic Trains:
1.) Read a book with Ms. Jen called “I Drive a Bulldozer” by Sarah Bridges.
2.) Played “Pizza Pile Up” with Jen. We had to “watch out that Poppa doesn’t wobble, causing the pizza to topple! This was a great game and we practiced taking turns and following directions.
3.) Blew bubbles outside in on this very sunny day!
4.) Practiced doing handstands with Ms. Melinda during Yoga. Everyone did a great job. We all enjoyed Yoga this year.
The Diener Dinosaurs:
1.) Broke into groups for language arts - we read sight word books and did an '-ed' review activity in one group and read, analyzed, and reassembled a silly poem in the other group!
2.) Read a book about telling time in math and then worked together on a giant clock to show different times of day to the hour!
3.) Had a great time in yoga with Ms. Melinda and drama with Mr. Jim! We practiced our poses, breathing, and meditation in yoga and played some of our favorite pretending games in drama!
The Mighty Dieners:
1.) During Math, we read a book called Pigs will be Pigs: Fun with Math and Money. The family of pigs wanted to go out to dinner, but the bank was closed. They decided to look all around their house to see if they could find any money! We added up all the money they found and talked about whether we thought that was enough money to go out to eat. At the end of the book it told us what they wanted to eat at the restaurant. We looked at the total amount of money they found in their house and figured out that it was enough for them to eat what they wanted at the restaurant!
2.) We had a gooey great time in Speech! First, we brainstormed what things we could find in an ocean. Then Ms. Jen read us a book that told about the ocean what we could find on each ocean level. We knew so much about the ocean, we had almost all the same things on our brainstorming list! Then, the fun and gooey part! We each got a clear plastic cup to build our own oceans! We used blue Jello for the ocean water, orange and green Jello to make ocean reefs, and different kinds of candy and gummi candy to make plankton, sharks and fish! We had to put them in the refrigerator to harden!
3.) In Social Skills, we played a silly Dr. Suess game called “I can do that!”. Each student had to pick a 3 different puzzle cards and fit them together. When the pieces were put together, the student had to read the phrase on their cards and attempt the challenge. An example of the challenge on one of the cards: “Spin around in circles two times, while holding the dress (it was a prop with the game) on top of your clothes.”
The Golden Owls:
Today in the Golden Owls we had a glorious day!
1.) During reading we began the period with "Freedom," one of our favorite games which works on flexibility, teamwork, and cooperation. We then read our nonfiction books aloud before independently brainstorming and working on our webs.
2.) During OT we reviewed our measuring and fine motor skills while making pretzel dough. We saw how long it takes for dough to rise and the patience it takes to cook! We cannot wait to bring them home and bake them! MMMMMMMMMM!
3.) We mastered our dance moves with Mr. Aaron while dancing to "Jump On It!" We also danced to "Jump Jump." Our rhythm and moving to the beat has improved a great deal!
1.) Read a book with Ms. Jen called “I Drive a Bulldozer” by Sarah Bridges.
2.) Played “Pizza Pile Up” with Jen. We had to “watch out that Poppa doesn’t wobble, causing the pizza to topple! This was a great game and we practiced taking turns and following directions.
3.) Blew bubbles outside in on this very sunny day!
4.) Practiced doing handstands with Ms. Melinda during Yoga. Everyone did a great job. We all enjoyed Yoga this year.
The Diener Dinosaurs:
1.) Broke into groups for language arts - we read sight word books and did an '-ed' review activity in one group and read, analyzed, and reassembled a silly poem in the other group!
2.) Read a book about telling time in math and then worked together on a giant clock to show different times of day to the hour!
3.) Had a great time in yoga with Ms. Melinda and drama with Mr. Jim! We practiced our poses, breathing, and meditation in yoga and played some of our favorite pretending games in drama!
The Mighty Dieners:
1.) During Math, we read a book called Pigs will be Pigs: Fun with Math and Money. The family of pigs wanted to go out to dinner, but the bank was closed. They decided to look all around their house to see if they could find any money! We added up all the money they found and talked about whether we thought that was enough money to go out to eat. At the end of the book it told us what they wanted to eat at the restaurant. We looked at the total amount of money they found in their house and figured out that it was enough for them to eat what they wanted at the restaurant!
2.) We had a gooey great time in Speech! First, we brainstormed what things we could find in an ocean. Then Ms. Jen read us a book that told about the ocean what we could find on each ocean level. We knew so much about the ocean, we had almost all the same things on our brainstorming list! Then, the fun and gooey part! We each got a clear plastic cup to build our own oceans! We used blue Jello for the ocean water, orange and green Jello to make ocean reefs, and different kinds of candy and gummi candy to make plankton, sharks and fish! We had to put them in the refrigerator to harden!
3.) In Social Skills, we played a silly Dr. Suess game called “I can do that!”. Each student had to pick a 3 different puzzle cards and fit them together. When the pieces were put together, the student had to read the phrase on their cards and attempt the challenge. An example of the challenge on one of the cards: “Spin around in circles two times, while holding the dress (it was a prop with the game) on top of your clothes.”
The Golden Owls:
Today in the Golden Owls we had a glorious day!
1.) During reading we began the period with "Freedom," one of our favorite games which works on flexibility, teamwork, and cooperation. We then read our nonfiction books aloud before independently brainstorming and working on our webs.
2.) During OT we reviewed our measuring and fine motor skills while making pretzel dough. We saw how long it takes for dough to rise and the patience it takes to cook! We cannot wait to bring them home and bake them! MMMMMMMMMM!
3.) We mastered our dance moves with Mr. Aaron while dancing to "Jump On It!" We also danced to "Jump Jump." Our rhythm and moving to the beat has improved a great deal!
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
The Magic Trains:
1.) Made cards for Mrs. Feinberg. Teddy wrote “Thank you for being a great Art teacher”. Jack wrote “I love you”!
2.) Played fun games and worked nicely together during Fitness with Mr. Chris and Ms. Julie. 3.) Read a story about farm machinery such as tractors, plows and drills.
4.) Painted clay sculptures during Art with Mrs. Feinberg.
The Diener Dinosaurs:
1.) Worked on handwriting with Miss Brook - we impressed her with how far we've come over just the last couple of weeks! Then we made '-eep' Jeeps with '-eep' words as wheels!
2.) Made beautiful June calendars to welcome in the last month of school. We're bringing them home so we can cross off the days until our last day of school!
3.) Had a great time in fitness - we reviewed all of the things we have learned throughout the year! We practiced gallups, slides, hopping, running, jumping, throwing, catching, batting, kicking, and leaping - whew!
The Mighty Dieners:
1.) We had a surprise field trip with Mr. Paul’s class this morning to the neighborhood playground and park. We did a lot of gross motor activities, Mr. Aaron conducted a parachute activity and then we got to play on the playground at the end!
2.) In Science, Ms. Melissa read us a book called, All the Planets in Our Solar System. When we finished the book we each told something new we learned about planets from the book.
3.) In Music with Mr. David, we had a great time singing and working on our songs.
The Golden Owls:
1.) During our team activities we played parachute outside with Ms. Kate and Mr. Aaron's class. We took turns running through the parachute and changing places with a friend, while our other friends helped keep the parachute up in the air. We also built Hershey Park with blocks with our peers and had a terrific time working together.
2.) In science with Ms. Melissa we mastered the research of the solar system!
3.) During math we continued reviewing and becoming more fluent with our multiplication facts. We also reviewed adding and subtracting, with regrouping
1.) Made cards for Mrs. Feinberg. Teddy wrote “Thank you for being a great Art teacher”. Jack wrote “I love you”!
2.) Played fun games and worked nicely together during Fitness with Mr. Chris and Ms. Julie. 3.) Read a story about farm machinery such as tractors, plows and drills.
4.) Painted clay sculptures during Art with Mrs. Feinberg.
The Diener Dinosaurs:
1.) Worked on handwriting with Miss Brook - we impressed her with how far we've come over just the last couple of weeks! Then we made '-eep' Jeeps with '-eep' words as wheels!
2.) Made beautiful June calendars to welcome in the last month of school. We're bringing them home so we can cross off the days until our last day of school!
3.) Had a great time in fitness - we reviewed all of the things we have learned throughout the year! We practiced gallups, slides, hopping, running, jumping, throwing, catching, batting, kicking, and leaping - whew!
The Mighty Dieners:
1.) We had a surprise field trip with Mr. Paul’s class this morning to the neighborhood playground and park. We did a lot of gross motor activities, Mr. Aaron conducted a parachute activity and then we got to play on the playground at the end!
2.) In Science, Ms. Melissa read us a book called, All the Planets in Our Solar System. When we finished the book we each told something new we learned about planets from the book.
3.) In Music with Mr. David, we had a great time singing and working on our songs.
The Golden Owls:
1.) During our team activities we played parachute outside with Ms. Kate and Mr. Aaron's class. We took turns running through the parachute and changing places with a friend, while our other friends helped keep the parachute up in the air. We also built Hershey Park with blocks with our peers and had a terrific time working together.
2.) In science with Ms. Melissa we mastered the research of the solar system!
3.) During math we continued reviewing and becoming more fluent with our multiplication facts. We also reviewed adding and subtracting, with regrouping
Monday, June 1, 2009
Monday, June 1st, 2009
The Magic Trains:
1.) Played a really fun Dr. Seuss game called “I Can Do That”. We picked cards and acted out the directions.
2.) Took a walk to a nearby park and played ball.
3.) Some students finished writing their books and we drew pictures to go along with what we wrote.
4.) Reviewed many concepts in Math. For example, we reviewed “top”, “middle” and “bottom”.
5.) Made colorful thank you cards for Mr. Chris, Ms. Julie and Mrs. Feinberg. We will miss them over the summer vacation.
The Diener Dinosaurs:
1.) Began our end-of-year review in Morning Meeting! We are reviewing all of the concepts we have learned about in Morning Meeting, including beginning and ending word sounds, rhyming words, word families, calendar concepts, tallies, one more, one less, addition, and subtraction!
2.) Did a fantastic activity with Miss Jen to celebrate her last day with us! She read us a book filled with facts about the ocean. Then we each made our own seascapes using blue jello, marshmallows, twizzlers, gummy candies, and other treats. We created fish, seaweed, coral reefs, and octopuses to make awesome oceans!
3.) Had science with Miss Melissa ~ we read a book about planets together, then finished our planet book and wrapped up our unit on Air, Space, and Water!
The Mighty Dieners:
1.) In Fitness, we played soccer and learned to kick the ball with the inside of the foot, NOT your toes!! We also had to line up and throw bean bags at bowling pins to try to knock them over.
2.) We learned about all the many water words today! Then we cut and pasted/matched the water words to a picture of the water.
3.) In Dance, we practiced our Dance routine Mr. Aaron taught us!
The Golden Owls:
We had a magical Monday in the Golden Owls.
1.) During OT with Ms. Kathy we worked on our individual goals as well as our fine motor skills. We did different stations including rubberbands, eyecatchers, screws, and putty. We also played Memo Zoo and Boggle.
2.) During language arts we began reading a new nonfiction book after we worked independently on our "Explode the Code" books. We began to fill our KWL chart filling in information we knew and wanted to know about either President Obama or jellyfish.
3.) We had a great fitness class with Ms. Julie. We each got a sticker to put on our shoe to help remind us where we are supposed to kick the ball. We practiced our dribbling skills through cones before passing with a partner. We then played a soccer game against Ms. Julie and won! We worked a lot on our teamwork skills!
1.) Played a really fun Dr. Seuss game called “I Can Do That”. We picked cards and acted out the directions.
2.) Took a walk to a nearby park and played ball.
3.) Some students finished writing their books and we drew pictures to go along with what we wrote.
4.) Reviewed many concepts in Math. For example, we reviewed “top”, “middle” and “bottom”.
5.) Made colorful thank you cards for Mr. Chris, Ms. Julie and Mrs. Feinberg. We will miss them over the summer vacation.
The Diener Dinosaurs:
1.) Began our end-of-year review in Morning Meeting! We are reviewing all of the concepts we have learned about in Morning Meeting, including beginning and ending word sounds, rhyming words, word families, calendar concepts, tallies, one more, one less, addition, and subtraction!
2.) Did a fantastic activity with Miss Jen to celebrate her last day with us! She read us a book filled with facts about the ocean. Then we each made our own seascapes using blue jello, marshmallows, twizzlers, gummy candies, and other treats. We created fish, seaweed, coral reefs, and octopuses to make awesome oceans!
3.) Had science with Miss Melissa ~ we read a book about planets together, then finished our planet book and wrapped up our unit on Air, Space, and Water!
The Mighty Dieners:
1.) In Fitness, we played soccer and learned to kick the ball with the inside of the foot, NOT your toes!! We also had to line up and throw bean bags at bowling pins to try to knock them over.
2.) We learned about all the many water words today! Then we cut and pasted/matched the water words to a picture of the water.
3.) In Dance, we practiced our Dance routine Mr. Aaron taught us!
The Golden Owls:
We had a magical Monday in the Golden Owls.
1.) During OT with Ms. Kathy we worked on our individual goals as well as our fine motor skills. We did different stations including rubberbands, eyecatchers, screws, and putty. We also played Memo Zoo and Boggle.
2.) During language arts we began reading a new nonfiction book after we worked independently on our "Explode the Code" books. We began to fill our KWL chart filling in information we knew and wanted to know about either President Obama or jellyfish.
3.) We had a great fitness class with Ms. Julie. We each got a sticker to put on our shoe to help remind us where we are supposed to kick the ball. We practiced our dribbling skills through cones before passing with a partner. We then played a soccer game against Ms. Julie and won! We worked a lot on our teamwork skills!
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