Wonderful Wednesday

Well, the frosty weather kept us indoors for another day. We made the most of it, though! The students enjoyed a surprise visit from the SLP, including the use of his I-pad throughout the day (very exciting!).

Our free choice centers today included creating felt board stories, building and testing the marble run, and some drawing on the white board. Dramatic play included babies, travelling in cars to nearby towns, and taking food orders. When I came back from recess supervision I found that a store had been set up in our classroom! There were plenty of items to purchase, including an experiment! (a plastic test tube). The students also did some dancing, singing their Christmas concert song (by their request!), reading, and making pictures with stickers.

The store that was set up in our classroom today. :)

 

This morning we read another story about Bear, called Bear's New Friend. Everyone had an opportunity to predict who bear's new friend could be. Then, we brainstormed all of the qualities of a good friend and what good friend's do.

 

Students individually shared their thoughts on this topic through a journal entry. The words that they had to print were "I am a good friend" and the date. They also drew a picture representation of what makes them a good friend.

For math, we continued our exploration of numbers. We played Fastest Number in the West. Then the students worked on a numeral/picture match sheet. Some of the numbers were higher than we have reviewed, as we have only had structured lessons on 1 -5, but they did a great job!

A little bit of Halloween in January ;)

 

We also had a very exciting science lesson today! Magnets are always available in the science center for exploration, but today was our first actual lesson about them. I started off with a little 'magic' trick, by moving a magnet that was on top of the table by using another magnet underneath the table. I let them work with the magnets to see how they move, and how they can both attract and repel. Then, students were given a variety of items. They were sort them into two categories: magnetic and not magnetic. Afterwards, students recorded their findings by drawing three items under each category.

 

For ELA/PWIM today we did a See/Say/Spell to review our words. We read the book The Cows Are In the Corn. The students were able to read the title without much prompting! The story offered a lot of rhyming words, which fit with our choral poem for today, Big Red Barn. The class really enjoyed this activity! After that, we shared in our talking circle and then attended a Raider of the Month assembly in the gym. Our wonderful Wednesday then came to an end. :)

 

Class Pet Update:  The agreed upon name for the new fish is Jewel, with the nickname Cupcake. :)