- In language arts, we continued with the strategy of vizualizing. We were also introduced to distinguishing between reality and fantasy.
- In math, we played a game that focused on counting by 2's to 30.
- In writing, we continued to practice using adjectives to describe something. Inspired by the nursery rhyme, Jack Be Nimble, we wrote about something Jack could jump over.
- During our theme time, we read many of the popular nursery rhymes. Within those nursery rhymes, we found rhyming words and acted them out.
- Our community centers were full of nursery rhyme activities. One of our favorites was at our science center. Inspired from Jack and Jill, we made a hill out of a board and some books. We did some experiments to see what would roll down the hill and how fast it will roll. Another one of our favorite centers was in our construction zone. Here, we built walls and retold the nursery rhyme, Humpty Dumpty.
- Special theme of the week: Nursery Rhymes
- In language arts, we continued practicing the strategy of visualizing things in our head while a story is being read. We also were introduced to identifying the setting of a story.
- In math, we practiced observing and describing likenesses and differences by sorting sea creatures and frogs in a variety of ways.
- In writing, we worked on developing our stories by adding more of a description to what is going on in our story. We were also introduced to adding adjectives in order to describe a word.
- In science, we focused on making discoveries and observations about wind. We did a variety of activities to discover how wind works. For example, we discovered that items that are round, are blown much easier than an object that is flat. We also discovered that items that are heavier do not move as easily. In addition, we discovered that the harder the wind, the faster and farther an object might go.
- In community centers, our science center had a variety of different objects that were tested to see if they can be blown. We had another new center where we had to do some problem solving. We had a car, tooth pick, tray, and play-doh. We had to make the car move without touching the car. Some of the ideas that were tried were: blowing the car, poking it with a toothpick, etc.
- Heart word of the week: little
- Special theme of the week: weather
- In language arts, we read a nonfiction story about rain. With this book, we practiced recognizing the main idea and details. We also practiced visualizing while reading.
- In writing, we are practicing with sequencing. We read the book, Sunny with a Chance of Meatballs and wrote a story about a food that fell from the sky. To practice with sequencing, we wrote about what happened once the food fell from the sky.
- In math, we began talking about how we can sort sea creatures based on certain attributes.
- In science, we started to learn about weather. We made a KWL chart. "K" stands for what we already know. "W" stands for what we want to know. "L" stands for what we learned. Before we started learning about weather, we filled out the "K" and "W". We then talked about how we will learn about weather. We decided we will learn about weather through reading books, observation, and asking an expert.
- Many of our community centers were based off of weather. Our dramatic play was turned into a weather station where we practiced giving a weather forecast. Our science center had "cloud dough" which was made out of baby oil and flour. Many students discovered how you can shape it, but it easily crumbles. Many also built their vocabulary with each other by describing what they were noticing about the cloud dough. On the smart board, we "dressed" a bear according to a specific weather condition.
- Heart word of the week: was
- Special Theme of the Week: Weather
- In language arts, we read many Dr. Suess books and practiced listening for rhyming words.
- In writing, we did many activities based off of Dr. Suess books. From Mr. Brown can Moo, Can You, we wrote a story about something else Mr. Brown can do and practiced using onomatopoeias (sound words). In Horton Hatches an Egg, Horton sits on an egg for a lazy bird. In the end, the egg hatches and it is an elephant bird. We then drew a picture of what it would look like if two other animals were mixed. We also read, There's a Wocket in my Pocket. Inspired by this story, we made up our own creature that rhymed with where it was hiding (E.g. This is a Zed under by bed). In addition, we read Green Eggs and Ham. We then wrote about something we do not like to eat and where we would not like to eat it.
- In math, we learned about estimation and were introduced to a new math center where we practice estimating how many sea creatures we can grab in our hands.
- During our theme time, we read more Dr. Suess books and did some activities based off of the book. After reading The Foot Book, we sorted shoes. After reading One fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, we did an activity where we practiced graphing fish.
- Our community centers had a few Dr. Suess activities. We acted out The Cat in the Hat in our dramatic play center. We finger painted a Cat in the Hat hat. We also practiced our tracing and cutting skills by making a cat head.
- Special theme of the week: Dr. Suess
- Heart Word of the Week: and
For Dr. Suess Week:
- eggs (by Thursday)
- ham cubes or small pieces (by Thursday)
For discovery bottles:
- empty glass or plastic jars
- vegetable oil
- shaving cream
- hair gel
- shampoo
- food coloring
- corn starch
- white rice
- glitter
- In language arts, we worked on the strategies of summarizing and retelling. We also did some songs and activities on the smart board to practice beginning sounds.
- In writing, we practiced writing our heart word "this" in our visitor's guides. We then practiced reading our visitor's guides.
- In math, we finished up creating our own story problems and solving the story problems. This week, many of our problems focused on subtraction.
- In social studies, we made maps of our city. We also made a key to go along with those maps. In addition, we learned about the difference between goods and services.
- During community centers, we continued with our city. We worked hard this week on taking turns and learning what to do if many people want to do the same thing at once.
- Heart word of the week: do
- Special theme of the week: Neighborhood
