week of September 7 | snapshot

We continued our community helper study last week.
On Tuesday, we talked about what community helper helps us stay safe, police officers. 

This is what we know:

On Wednesday, we talked about bakers.

And then it wouldn't be any fun without looking like a baker!

On Thursday, we talked about mail carriers and why their jobs are very important.

 Ainsley's mom works at the post office. :)

we watched a Post Office field trip!

Friday was the 14th anniversary of 9/11. We revisited our discussion on communities. I talked to the students about 9/11 as a time in our country when communities had to come together and help each other. We thought of times we or a member of our families got help from our community. And how we said thank you.

We watched September 11: Explanation and Heroes. We talked about what we saw, what we felt, and the community helpers we saw along the way. 

Then we sat in a “Thank You Circle.” and we retold an experience when we were helped and how we said thank you (or how we gave help and someone else thanked us).

We had lots of fun playing Community Helper Bingo all week, too!

We worked on making AB patterns all week in math.

limited centers this week:

blocks- build a police station, bakery, a post office, or a community

discovery- crime solver kit

we made badges to go in the dramatic play center

dramatic play- bakery, police station, or post office

writing- cut pictures out of magazines to make menus for the bakery

I had a wonderful, early birthday celebration Friday with all my favorite people.

They make my life brighter.

#happyclassrooms

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!!!