Our Day in Pictures!

It definitely felt like Spring today! Some of the students were SO excited about not having to wear a jacket outside. We had our In Motion Raider Walk last recess outside for the first time this year. Everyone walks around the track for ten minutes. It was gorgeous out! A student and I also found some ladybugs crawling up some blades of grass. :)

 

Everyone was busy during free choice time, as usual!

There was a car show!

Some students made pictures on the felt boards.

Some students built a road and a T.V.

One student worked on making notes for all of his brothers.

We read our morning message during our calendar meeting, learned the /er/ sound, and also talked about the sight words 'the' and 'is'. Then some students discovered these words in our morning message!

 

We also continued our discussions on taking care of the Earth. We watched a video of a song called Going Green, read a book about recycling, traced our hands to put on our pledge, and made models of the earth using coffee filters, water, and a spray bottle.

 Here's our Earth Day bulletin board!

 

 

We also talked more about different types of materials and why we choose certain materials to make items. We also talked about how you can describe different items using our five senses.

In Math, we watched a video about counting animals, practiced counting animals in this ocean picture, and read a book about ocean animals and numbers.

Before going to gym, we started talking about the 7 Habits of Happy Kids. The first habit is "Be Proactive", which teaches that we are in charge of ourselves (our actions/feelings). We read a story about Jumper Rabbit, who is very bored and blaming his friends for not having anything fun for him to do. He learns that it's his job to decide what is fun for him and he ends up fixing and old radio to give to a sick friend. The students in our class seemed interested in learning about the characters that live in 7 Oaks, which all of the 7 habits stories have in them. We will continue learning more about the habits in the near future.

 

I hope that everyone has a fantastic weekend! Enjoy!