It was a very busy day from beginning to end! The morning began with messy play dough fun and ended in a bit of a flurry after an assembly and saying good-bye to a student who is moving away. Now we're back down to seven students in our room! I snuck them out one by one today to write their messages in a card for their friend. It was very sweet to listen to them express their sadness over his leaving as well as good luck wishes for the future!
Our first structured lesson today focused on our ability to observe people in our environment. Students were put into pairs and had to observe their partner, draw them, and then transcribe for the teacher and/or EA two details that they observed. Here's an example:
Our next task was to learn about sentences, which is a part of the PWIM cycle. I had found pre-made sentences related to the book Mouse Paint, which we had read previously. Most of the sentences followed the "I see a..." structure that the students recognize from Brown Bear Brown Bear, What Do You See? Here is the link to the website: http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/PocketChartPrintables.html So, we started off the lesson by reading through a collection of sentences. Then, we looked at our PWIM picture and students each came up with their own sentences about the photograph.
We continued our colour theme in relation to our "Who Am I?" unit by reading The Land of Many Colours, by Rita Pocock. It is a quick, engaging read about three groups of people: the green, the purple, and the blue people. Each believes that they are the best and each keeps to their own, until one day they begin a war amongst one another. In the end, they realize that they are all the same inside and that life is much more peaceful and happy if they all live and work together. This message carried over in the story The Crayon Box That Talked, ,by Shane DeRoff, which is about crayons not liking one another. Then, a young girl buys the crayon box and shows them that each one of them is needed to make a picture great! This story helps to touch on art as well and the importance of using more than one colour for a picture. :) I also read a poem of the same name to the students. Then, they focused on themselves to create a rainbow that was coloured by answering questions about themselves (see right).
We also got in some Math today and learnt all about the number three! After completing our group chart and individual pages about the number three, we watched the story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff.
Lots of successful lessons today! Stay tuned for the excitement that ensues on Thursday...
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