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Friday, January 11, 2013

today's snapshot

This morning we made N's with play-do...



The students also got artsy and craftsy this morning.

Our clothing books for the day:

 
When Lisa's woolen stocking flies off the clothesline, Hedgie finds it and pokes his nose in. He tries to pull it out, but the stocking gets stuck on his prickles -- and the fun begins.

A mother hen comes by, then a noisy goose, a talkative barn cat, a playful farm dog, a mama pig and her piglets, and a pony. They all laugh at Hedgie, especially when he pretends he's wearing a new hat. But in the end, it is clever Hedgie who has the last laugh.

And where is Lisa when all of this is going on? She's in the borders, getting ready for winter, until she realizes her stocking is missing and she enters the story to look for it.
Baby Llama turns bedtime into an all-out llama drama! Tucked into bed by his mama, Baby Llama immediately starts worrying when she goes downstairs, and his soft whimpers turn to hollers when she doesn't come right back. But just in time, Mama returns to set things right.
Miss Jenna was out today so we had Science in our classroom today. We did one of my favorite experiments: Insta-Snow. The students get to predict, observe, touch, etc... with this experiment. Before adding water to the polymers, I asked them what they thought they were (pepper, salt, sugar, little beads, and sand), what they could do with them (put it in a Ziploc and take it to school, play with it, pour it, and put it in pillows), and what does it feel like (sand, sprinkles, salt, and beads).
 
I asked them what would happen if I added water (would turn yellow, or purple, or brown, or pink, or blue).
 
Then after adding the water, I asked them what if felt like now (snow and a cushion).
our question of the day:
 
This afternoon, we wrote in our journals, made some button patterns, and had free draw time :)




Next week's happenings:
Monday- fire drill
Tuesday- winter SWAP
Wednesday- gym and dance
Thursday- pizza day and music
 
have a great weekend!
 
 



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