Today was a great day! We started lesson 13 of language arts. We will work on that the rest of this week and then into next week. The testing will be done Tuesday.
Centers went well and then we went to lunch followed by math. In math we are working on representing numbers to 200 in various ways. For center time we worked on this concept along with some math flash cards and math games.
We had computer followed by snack and then PE. Then home! :)
Great to be back!
Mrs. Bouslog :)
At my wedding over the holidays, one of my bridesmaids gave a speech on "How to be a Good Wife," with advice from my students! What a surprise! She framed it for me and so we took a picture to go in the other side of the frame! :)
We had a fun day today finishing up odds and ends, working on a reindeer craft, taking a math test, watching How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and listening to a special guest (Ryan) read a book :)
Merry Christmas! See you in 2014!
Playing "What's on my Back?"
We wrapped up lots of odds and ends today. We took our lesson 12 spelling test along with a comprehension, vocabulary, and robust vocabulary test. Then we went to lunch followed by music. The children were excited to learn some sign language in music.
We listened to the read aloud "Runaway Ralph," before we played "What's on my Back," number style. Then we went to PE followed by Star testing. The boys and girls will soon have a new level for reading.
We did math and RTI to finish up our day!
Today was another busy day as we prepare for the holiday break. We started off with language arts where we focused on Author's Purpose. We narrowed in on an author's purpose to Inform. We wrote our own informative papers on a topic of choice. Then we learned how to peer review. First we proof read our own writing, then got with a partner to help us edit as well. We are not doing a final draft for this writing, just learning how to peer review.
After our informative papers we reviewed our robust words. We got out our white boards and practiced our spelling words before we went into Daily 5 centers.
After lunch we did math. We learned that the definition of a rectangle is a shape that has 4 sides and 4 90 degree angles. They learned that this means that a rectangle is a square, but a square is not a rectangle.
We reviewed parallelograms, parallel lines, and quadrilaterals. Then we took a math quiz. Tomorrow will be our Unit 4 Exam.
After math we did a EEK style read with a partner, focusing on /ey/ and /y/ endings. Then we headed to computer followed by snack, PE, and home!
*Early out Friday
*I will not be in school the Thurs/Fri Mon/Tues we come back from break. The boys and girls know this and are prepared to do well for their sub :)
Today we had a fun and mixed up day. We started with our morning meeting and then went to watch the kindergarten perform in their '12 Bells,' Christmas program. After that we worked on lesson 12 for language arts. We did a "I have, who has,' activity on singular possessive nouns. We also did our Daily 5 centers.
After lunch we had PE followed by a math lesson on quadrilaterals and equilateral triangles. We also reviewed scalene, obtuse/acute angles, and parallelograms.
We went to Music followed by time to work on unfinished work as well as make holiday stamp cards (sorry for the stained fingers :) )
Early out on Friday!
Happy Monday!
We started lesson 12 in language arts which works with the long /e/ vowel spellined 'e' and 'ey.' We took a spelling pre test and then reviewed author's purpose. We did our new daily 5 centers for the week before heading OUTSIDE :) for recess.
After lunch we had 'PE,' but in the music room as they are set up for the program. Then we came back and did a little math review before heading to practice for the program. They did a wonderful job!!
We ended the day finishing up our math and other odds and ends.
Reminders:
Early Out on Friday
Busy Friday!
We finished our Language Arts lesson 11. We did Fun Friday centers where the boys and girls worked on writing a letter to either Santa, Reindeer, or Elves; they drew an object from a purse and had to create a story from it; they played sight word Jenga; they played spot it; and they read with a friend.
After lunch we had PE followed by an introduction to Unit 4 in Math. We reviewed squares, rectangles, and triangles. The vocab obtuse, acute, equilateral, and scalene, were introduced. Then we worked on math centers. The boys and girls learned a new 'battleship' like game where you give number clues to narrow down your marked space.
We went to computer, cashed in 18 minutes of turtle time, and packed and stacked!
*Please send cereal boxes when you can! Ours are getting quite rickety! :)
*Friday, Dec. 20-Early Out!
Today was a bit of a mixed up day for us. We started with a little time to catch up on unfinished and work on our holiday wreaths. Then Mr. Harker came in and watched our math lesson. We were reviewing story problems, math mountains, and equation chains. For math centers we have started a new format that goes as follows:
M math facts
A a flashback
T teacher time
H hands on
We learned a fun mystery card addition game, played a parachute review game, did our triangle math mountain flash cards, and played a fun "Head Full of Numbers" game.
After math we had lunch and music. Then we took our Unit 3 math exam followed by PE. We took a break for snack, then did our language arts in the afternoon!
Good day!
Parachute Drop
Head Full of Numbers game
*If you happen to have extra fabric at home and would be willing to cut it and send it, we are running short. If not, no worries!
Working on a holiday project
Practice unit math test-real test to follow tomorrow
We had a busy Wednesday. We started with all new language arts centers. They did a boggle center where they were given 11 letters and they had to come up with words with those letters. They practiced writing their spelling words 3 times each in preparation for their spelling test tomorrow. They also worked on read to self as well as a meet with teacher center.
We did part 1 of their weekly language arts tests before listening to a city council women, Laura Wilkins, speak to us to conclude our government unit.
We had indoor recess where we began working on a holiday project. Then we did math centers, had computer, snack, PE, and home!
Readers Theater
Read to Someone
Work on Writing "Favorite Winter Activities"
We had another good day today. We reviewed all our robust words thus far learned, as well as our sight words. We worked on abbreviations and learned the ones for days of the week and months. We read "The Mitten" on the smartboard and then did a graphic organizer about the setting, characters, and favorite part.
After center time we had inside recess where we watched "A Bug's Life." Then we went to PE followed by 20 minutes to get unfinished work done. If unfinished work was done, they could work on coloring a picture for elderly people in the nursing home.
We went to music, had snack, then started math. There we reviewed in preparation for our unit test at the end of the week. We also played a favorite math game, "I have, who has?"
*Thank you for the hangers!! Much appreciated. I believe we have enough now :)
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