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!