week of August 17 | snapshot

We have been learning all about US this week!

Each day the students worked on their pages of their I Am Special books.

***These books have been bound and are going home today :)

We have also been learning about our 5 senses.

We had fun with our Sensory Buckets and practiced our sense of touch.

The students had to close their eyes and guess what the object was inside each bucket.

We also enjoyed using our sense of hearing when we played "Who Made the Sound?"

One student was blind-folded and one student made a sound...they usually chose animal sounds.

They were really good guessers and it's also a good name recognition game for the first week and learning your new friends' names. :)

They also loved Name the Smell!

Lots of artists blooming again this week while we discussed our Math Journals.

Square was our shape this week and every morning during Morning Meeting, we talked about places we have seen squares before in our environment. 

I am hearing the students talking about squares and their letters during conversations and I hope they are pointing out this recognition to you as well!

The students are digging deeper into the classroom in search of the letter of the day for Write the Room!

We began Limited Centers this week!

art/writing: drawing self-portraits in shaving cream

Listening Center

Housekeeping in Dramatic Play

School Days sensory tub in Discovery

geoboards in Math

and The Five Senses game in Technology

Each student will need a picture of their family by next Friday, August 28th. 

This can also be the picture the students leave in the classroom for the year if you haven't sent one in yet. 

Have a great weekend!!!

this week's snapshot

Ms. Annie came to share her All About Me bag with us Monday morning :)

we have been studying the 5 senses this week.

Monday we learned about and discussed our sense of touch.

we read Clap Your Hands and had a lot of fun following along with the book!

"Full of reasons to get up and dance, Lorinda Bryan Cauley's popular picture book, now available in board book format, has been delighting children for nearly a decade. Little ones will jump at the chance to join this menagerie of zany animals and children as they stomp, wiggle, roar, and spin their way through the day, as the rhyming text reinforces important concepts."

@Amazon

then we had fun with our feely boxes.

I blindfolded the students and they were to guess what was in each bucket.

there was a cotton ball, a seashell, a pine cone, plastic grapes, and a plastic centipede.

Tuesday, we learned about and discussed our sense of sight. we learned that people who cannot see are called blind. we learned about the different parts of the eye and their jobs.

we played a fun game Wednesday after learning about and discussing our sense of hearing.

one student was blindfolded and had to identify which student made a sound.

it was lots of fun.

on Thursday, we learned about and discussed our sense of smell.

I had lots of fun getting them to guess smells!

(apple, garlic, onion, lemon, orange, cherry blossom hand soap)

you can probably tell from the following pictures there was onion in this cup!!!

Friday, the students brought in their All About Me bags.

we learned new things about each one of our friends!

I couldn't resist playing with Grayson's cool laser machine ;) 

all week during Shared reading, we have read School Days using only pictures, read the words, made predictions, retold with sequence of events, and summarized the story in one sentence.today, the students illustrated one page and created their own version of School Days. they did great!

"Rhyming text and illustrations describe the familiar faces and objects of a day at school."

@Amazon

we also had Chinese lessons with Mr. Bowen today while I went around and painted tiger paws on the students before we went to see LUie.

we have been reviewing letters and sounds E-H this week. we always brainstorm words beforehand.

a few journal writings from the week:

we also continued our 5 senses into library time

playing Simon Says with Miss Shaniece

dress-up fun