All About Me
It was Owen's turn this week to share a few of his favorite things. The class loved his Lego box and all of the goodies inside! The Hershey's chocolate bar and the stuffed "Where's My Water?" alligator were class favorites! It was also neat to see Owen and his mom featured in a Daily Herald article about an event organized by Legoland where Owen and several other children helped set a Guinness World Record for having the "Largest Toy Construction Lesson" at St. Alexius Medical Center. Here's a link to the article if you'd like to learn more. Way to go Owen!!
Math
This week in math we practiced using our pan balance scale to practice the concept of "leveling." We placed a tennis ball on one side of the balance scale and then placed counting bears on the other side one by one until the scale was balanced or level. It was amazing to see how focused the students were during this lesson as they carefully watched the scale after each bear was added!
We also took a closer look at the "teen" numbers this week and looked at how we can break the teen numbers down into a "ten plus some more." We used a "teen frame" template (see below) to help us visualize these numbers.
Teen Frame for the number 16
We played a new math game called the "Growing Train" game. Each student received 10 blocks and rolled a die to see how many cars to add to the train. The train was complete when there were 10 train cars lined up. The students loved playing this game over and over again, and it was a great way for students to understand and visually see what numbers make a sum of 10. Check out the Growing Train game below!
Jolly Phonics
We introduced two more sounds this week and spent some time talking about how sometimes two letters work together to make one sound. We also practiced making the two different sounds for "th."
sh as in "shell"
th as in "this" and "thick"
Literacy
We continued our animal theme this week as we explored more alphabet books and even created an ABC Animal Book of our own. The children also spent some time writing some clues for our Mystery Animal Book. Each student chose an animal, wrote down three clues about that animal, and then illustrated and labeled a picture of the animal. I know this will be a very popular class book! We also introduced the sight word "play" and read a story called Elmer in the Snow about an elephant who helps some friends stay warm on a chilly day.
Shell Centers
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| Sorting Shells |
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| Identifying Shells |
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| Drawing and Labeling Shells |
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| Making Shell Imprints |
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| Painting Beach Scenes |
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| Drawing Shells |
Have a great weekend and thanks for reading!
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