I want to start off by thanking all of the parents who were able to make it to parent/teacher conferences. I know it may not seem like there is much to talk about, but it's nice for me to be able to spend some one on one time with the parents and check in. It's great to go beyond the usual "hi" and "bye" and have an adult conversation once in awhile :) Our students have made some great progress over the last couple of months and it was so much fun to show the parents some of their work from the beginning of the year to now. We also had the majority of our students register for Kindergarten. It's hard to believe we only have 4 months of school left.
The last two weeks were spent learning about snow, snowflakes, and snowmen. We painted with ice cubes, cut snowflakes out of coffee filters, made snowflakes with q-tips and glitter, and read some great snowflake books. The rest of this week will be spent learning more about one of my favorite books, "The Mitten" by Jan Brett. We will be cutting out our own animals and mitten and the students will be able to retell the story themselves. We will also take turns acting out the story. Next week we have lots of great penguin activities.
Later days!
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
We're Back!
After a week and a half gone for break, we started back today. It was so exciting to see the students again. They seemed pretty excited to be back also. I swear they all grew by feet over the break!
We started out the week today with our unit on snow. Luckily, we have plenty of snow to study. I layed out cotton balls, q-tips and cotton circles with glue and asked the students to come up with a snow scene. I told them if they needed anything, just ask and we'll figure it out. I was AMAZED at what they came up with. Some students spent 20 or more minutes placing a drop of glue randomly on the paper, then arranging a collection of cotton materials. It doesn't look like anything specific, but they were intent on where and how they placed everything on the paper. Others created a snowman and asked for more paper to make a hat and markers to draw extra detail. I had also asked them to write their names on the back before they started, like with every project, and every single one of them had improved on writing their own name. After pointing out an extra "i" in one students name, the student replied with "I know it doesn't belong in my name, I just like to write "i's". I really did miss those students!
We started out the week today with our unit on snow. Luckily, we have plenty of snow to study. I layed out cotton balls, q-tips and cotton circles with glue and asked the students to come up with a snow scene. I told them if they needed anything, just ask and we'll figure it out. I was AMAZED at what they came up with. Some students spent 20 or more minutes placing a drop of glue randomly on the paper, then arranging a collection of cotton materials. It doesn't look like anything specific, but they were intent on where and how they placed everything on the paper. Others created a snowman and asked for more paper to make a hat and markers to draw extra detail. I had also asked them to write their names on the back before they started, like with every project, and every single one of them had improved on writing their own name. After pointing out an extra "i" in one students name, the student replied with "I know it doesn't belong in my name, I just like to write "i's". I really did miss those students!
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