week of August 31 | snapshot

Last week was all about neighborhoods and communities!

We learned that everyone is a community helper in our community. We discussed the helper jobs in the classroom and I asked each student to decide what one thing they were willing to do for the common good of the classroom. They then wrote it on their handprint, and cut out, and we made a poster to remind us all of the jobs we can do to make the classroom run smoother.

Then we discussed ways to improve our neighborhoods. (like build a park, more sidewalks for bike riding, pick up trash, etc...) What is something YOU can help do?

Continuing with our discussion on responsibilities, the students watched Strega Nona. They were to watch for the kind of work people do and how they do their work. We are learning that every member of a community has a responsibility and our classroom is our community a majority of our time. :)

We made a circle map of what we want to be when we grow up:

The first community helper we started with was a doctor. This is what we know:

Then we read What Does the X-ray Say?

And we made our own x-rays!

And then we watched The Berenstain Bears Go to the Doctor

In math, our shape of the week was rectangle. And we focused on more than, less than, and equal to this week.

limited centers this week:

block center- I added wooden emergency cars and traffic signs and the students built a neighborhood

dramatic play- the students loved role playing pediatrician with props 

discovery- fall sensory tub

literacy- - letter Gg spotting in Big Books

literacy- shaving cream writing

math- Bob the Builder Memory Game

Listening Center- Giraffes Can’t Dance

Friday was College Colors Day so we got to see LUie and get our picture made!

#happyclassrooms

One last hug!!!

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