This week we finished Unit 5 in math on Geometry. After vacation we will begin our next unit which will be looking at problem solving with penguins. It will wrap with us learning about 2 other penguins. As a precursor to learning more about penguins, we watched "March of the Penguins" this week.
In Fundations, we wrapped up Unit 9 on closed syllables. When we get back from vacation we will start Unit 10 which focuses on blended 5 sounds in closed syllables.
In Writer's workshop, we continue to work on Informational text chapter books. We have created table of contents and talked about other types of writing we can add to our books like lists, and how to pages.
Today we said good-bye to Carole Chamberlain who has worked in our classroom all year in the afternoons. She has decided to retire. She shared this news with the class today. We wish her all the best!
I hope everyone has a wonderful break and if you're traveling to somewhere warm, please bring back some warmth:)
Have a wonderful vacation,
Nancy
Friday, February 20, 2015
Friday, February 13, 2015
Week of February 9th
What a busy week it has been. I apologize for not posting last week. I ran out of time on Friday and the weekend was hectic.
We ended last week with a visit from a parent who came to talk to us about England. She talked about the English language in Great Britain versus the English language we use here. She highlighted some of the differences between our countries and the favorite part was getting to taste a biscuit (Really a cookie in England).
On Monday we started off the week with a visit from a parent who is originally from Mexico. She shared a wonderful slide show presentation and talked about different customs from Mexico and related some of them to things we now have here such as a pinata and some of the foods. She also shared some Mexican cookies with us that were delicious. Then we got to attend the dress rehearsal of the Kindergarten concert. It's always nice to see the Kindergarteners working hard with their singing and dancing. Students got to see some of their friends and neighbors perform.
On Tuesday we had Hands on Nature and learned about how animals stay warm in the winter. We saw a puppet show that taught us how animals find food and stay warm during winter. Our Hands on Nature Moms talked about the animals that hibernate, migrate and those who are dormant from VT. (woodchuck, monarch butterfly, & raccoon respectively) They also talked about what the active animals here do to stay warm such as the deer grow extra warm fur, the chickadee grows downy feathers, the raccoon eats nuts to put on fat and the mice take shelter in tunnels and eat food for energy and warmth. Then we did a heat experiment to see what insulators work better to keep things warm. Surprisingly the paper was the best insulator and lost the least amount of heat. Check out our photos to see our results:)
On Wednesday it was our 100th Day of School. We did some fun activities throughout the day focused on the number 100. We even had a classmate who brought in a 100 cookies and we got to count them out and then ate some of them. We shared the rest with our team:) The highlight of the day though was our visit from "Zero the Hero". He swooped in and talked to us about numbers. He also shared a toy with us (a double pendulum). He also answered questions we had about numbers. It was fun to have him with us!
On Thursday we had another visit from a parent. This parent was from Columbia. She shared with us lots of information about Columbia such as the fact that they have 45,000 different plants and flowers. The creator of Zumba and the singer, Shakira are both from Columbia. The fact that Columbia is sunny most of the time, they don't have seasons. She showed us where it was located on a map and the globe. She also prepared fried plantains for us to try with salsa and avocado. Most of the students thought they were delicious and asked for more:) She ended her segment with some Music from Columbia and a dancing game.
On Friday we celebrated Valentine's Day. We made cards for our families. We had a special treat. I'd like to thank all of the families who contributed to the special treat!! We had lots of yummy things to eat. We then got to look through our Valentine's bags and thank our friends for the cards and extras.
I hope that everyone has a wonderful weekend,
Nancy
We ended last week with a visit from a parent who came to talk to us about England. She talked about the English language in Great Britain versus the English language we use here. She highlighted some of the differences between our countries and the favorite part was getting to taste a biscuit (Really a cookie in England).
On Monday we started off the week with a visit from a parent who is originally from Mexico. She shared a wonderful slide show presentation and talked about different customs from Mexico and related some of them to things we now have here such as a pinata and some of the foods. She also shared some Mexican cookies with us that were delicious. Then we got to attend the dress rehearsal of the Kindergarten concert. It's always nice to see the Kindergarteners working hard with their singing and dancing. Students got to see some of their friends and neighbors perform.
On Tuesday we had Hands on Nature and learned about how animals stay warm in the winter. We saw a puppet show that taught us how animals find food and stay warm during winter. Our Hands on Nature Moms talked about the animals that hibernate, migrate and those who are dormant from VT. (woodchuck, monarch butterfly, & raccoon respectively) They also talked about what the active animals here do to stay warm such as the deer grow extra warm fur, the chickadee grows downy feathers, the raccoon eats nuts to put on fat and the mice take shelter in tunnels and eat food for energy and warmth. Then we did a heat experiment to see what insulators work better to keep things warm. Surprisingly the paper was the best insulator and lost the least amount of heat. Check out our photos to see our results:)
On Wednesday it was our 100th Day of School. We did some fun activities throughout the day focused on the number 100. We even had a classmate who brought in a 100 cookies and we got to count them out and then ate some of them. We shared the rest with our team:) The highlight of the day though was our visit from "Zero the Hero". He swooped in and talked to us about numbers. He also shared a toy with us (a double pendulum). He also answered questions we had about numbers. It was fun to have him with us!
On Thursday we had another visit from a parent. This parent was from Columbia. She shared with us lots of information about Columbia such as the fact that they have 45,000 different plants and flowers. The creator of Zumba and the singer, Shakira are both from Columbia. The fact that Columbia is sunny most of the time, they don't have seasons. She showed us where it was located on a map and the globe. She also prepared fried plantains for us to try with salsa and avocado. Most of the students thought they were delicious and asked for more:) She ended her segment with some Music from Columbia and a dancing game.
On Friday we celebrated Valentine's Day. We made cards for our families. We had a special treat. I'd like to thank all of the families who contributed to the special treat!! We had lots of yummy things to eat. We then got to look through our Valentine's bags and thank our friends for the cards and extras.
I hope that everyone has a wonderful weekend,
Nancy
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