Thanks to staff discovering some toys that were being stored away in another part of the school, I was able to surprise the students today with some new additions to our classroom! We now have an increase in plastic food and animals, plus a shopping cart, stroller, and five dolls. Very exciting! The influx in toys resulted in a big organization/sorting/cleaning adventure. It took up some of our time this morning, but it was well worth it. We also had a special snack in the Grade One classroom. Thanks to the EA for the birthday cupcakes and all the students for their wonderful rendition of "Happy Birthday"!
However, we got back into a routine after first recess. I wanted to get the students into thinking about feelings and how we express ourselves, so I had pulled out all of my books about emotions. While we didn't get into one of my planned lessons because of our morning adventures, I did get to read When Sophie Gets Angry, Really Really Angry by Molly Bang and we discussed good choices and bad choices that we can make when we are upset.
We also read Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes. It was our first try at retelling the story and discussing setting, characters, problems, and solutions. Then we worked on making connections and everyone shared a time when they were worried. Interestingly enough, they all shared their feelings about being worried about the first day of school- just like Wemberly. I asked them to draw a picture to represent their connection and they dictated a sentence for me to write on their picture.
We finished our pattern unit today with a pattern walk around the school. Students searched in the hallways, boot room, computer lab, and library for patterns. We found patterns on clothes, on paintings, on books, on bulletin boards, on the lockers, and made patterns with our selves (to name a few). Now we can make our jump into learning about numbers.
Patterns ARE everywhere :)
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