This teacher is feeling sleepy this evening, so I'm going to give the highlights of the day, short but sweet style :)
*We had two fire drill practices today!
*Free choice centers today had a lot of builders working with tools in the drama center, a lady serving coffee for their coffee breaks, and we also had some time with lego and puzzle building.
*We read We Share Everything by Robert Munsch and discussed what is good to share and what we should not share. Then the students each thought of something that they could share and we created a class book out of their work:
*While students were looking at books after lunch recess, a student showed me a book and thought it was weird that a police man was on a horse. So, I took to the internet and we checked out some videos of the RCMP magical ride. It was handy for an impromptu lesson on police officers and what their job is. As conversations with 5 year olds can take quick detours, we also ended up looking up dream catchers!
*To review the 5 senses we watched a video with a song about them. Then we focused on the sense of touch and began completed a 5 sense book. We worked together to complete the sentence 'I touch with my hands." For the students that were ready, I modelled how to print "touch" and "hands" on the SmartBoard and they gave it a try. Then they were to each draw a picture of something that they like to touch.
*We also read Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin and then played an alphabet game. Students took turns picking magnet letters out of a bag and then they were to use bingo dabbers to 'dab' the letter on their paper. We only had time for each student to get one turn before it was time for the talking circle.
This is how one hopes the dabbing would go....
and the reality of how it often turns out. We definitely had some colourful fingers by the end (apologies to parents)!
So, that was our Friday in a nutshell! I hope that everyone has a wonderful weekend.
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