Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

Primary (Ms. Emily):
1.) Today we played fun games with Ms. Brook. We played a movement game putting our bean bag on our head, shoulders and elbows. We also played a bean bag passing game.2.) During Language Arts we read a poem about Firefighters and went on a letter hunt for the letter “S” and a word hunt for the word “fire.” 3.) During Math we talked about the concept of “thick.” We then played a game finding the “thick” fire hose, fire hydrant and ladder.

Inters (Ms. Lynn):
1.) Today in math we sorted pasta while working on groupings of 2, 4, and 6.
2.) Fitness continued from yesterday working on eye hand coordination, catching and moving at the same time.
3.) In Social Studies, we discussed how police officers help our community and what their roles are.

Inters (Ms. Jenni):
1.) We continued our community helpers theme talking today about police officers and firefighters. In speech, Ms. Sarabeth read us a story about community helpers and then we played a matching memory game. In the afternoon we read a story about police officers and completed a page in our Community Helpers Book.
2.) Today in science the students were introduced to the water cycle and made ‘Water Cycle Bags’ to see how water turns into water vapor.3.) In math we reviewed sorting and classifying object into categories such as size, shape, color and function.

Uppers (Ms. Kate):
1.) During Language Arts we read the book We Need Directions, which gave us a variety of ways to find locations using basic directional terms; left, right, north, south, east, west, turn, and straight. The students then made maps of their own about any place they wanted.
2.) In the afternoon, to continue our LA lesson, we piled in the Diener van to map out the route from the Diener School to the Potomac Post Office. The students had to direct Ms. Kate by telling her to “turn right”, or “go straight”. Upon returning to school, we started to draw out our map of the route. Throughout the week, as we learn more about maps, we will add to our Diener School to Potomac Post Office map by adding street names, landmarks, a key/legend, and the compass rose.
3.) During Math, we continued our lesson on geometric shapes. In small groups, we reviewed that triangles have 3 angles and 3 sides and squares have 4 angles and 4 sides. Today, we expanded on yesterday’s information by learning that squares have 4 equal sides! A shape that looks a lot like a square is called a rectangle, but we examined the two and learned that rectangles have 4 angles, and 4 sides, but the sides are NOT equal. To end the activity we all cut out different triangles, squares and rectangles and created collages of shapes!

Uppers (Ms. Barbara):
1.) In math we continued to work with place value.2.) In language arts we learned about the idioms and discussed "straight from the horse's mouth".3.) In our study of Maryland we learned about landforms.

FROM THE OFFICE:
IMPORTANT DATES:
* Pizza Lunch this Friday – Please send your child in with their snack and drink for the day.
* Primary Field Trip to Fire Station: Friday, September 18, 2009
* Ms. Emily, Ms. Jenni, Ms. Lynn & Ms. Kate’s class Field Trip to Rose Manor: Friday, September 25, 2009
* No School – Jewish Holiday: Monday, September 28, 2009
* Ms. Barbara’s Uppers Field Trip to State House: Tuesday, September 29, 2009