Fantastic Friday full of Fun!!!

Thank you to all of our Friday Mystery readers so far!  I've gone ahead and added slots for 2nd semester so have fun signing up!  Here is the link if you need it again... http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0b4aaaa82faafa7-mystery

 

 

Clearly the funniest book ever is "The Book With No Pictures" by B.J. Novak!!!

 

 

We've really got in a great Daily 5 routine during our Language Arts block!  They are doing better and better self regulating themselves while working, being productive, and working together with each other.  Each day there are different literacy based activities they can pick from.  They typically get to go to 2 or 3 different activities unless they are on a computer that day.  They look forward to this time each day and are always eager to pick their activity.  There are various levels for each activity which enables everyone to be successful and be challenged no matter which activity they pick. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Math, Maps, and written stories!

Today in math we worked on balanced equations!  We started with balanced equations that were the same on both sides but then went to ones that were not the same but had the same value!  For example we started with...

 

5+2=2+5

Then we went on to problems such as

9+0=4+5

 

This is a hard concept for them to grasp so we will continue to work on it this week :).  It would also be a fun thing to work on using manipulatives at home to continue the learning.  One way to do this would get two groups (same amount in each group) and have them make two piles in each group.  So if you started with 10 items in each group you could have one side have a pile of 3 and a pile of 7 and the other side have a pile of 5 and another pile of 5.  This would be a fun way to continue the learning and help give your child some extra practice time.

 

We also briefly started checking to see if equations were balanced or not.  They were able to add up to see if each side was the same and if not they would cross it out.  It was a fun and thinking morning :).

 

 

In our study of maps we've been talking about different types of maps.  Today we worked on making our own big map of our room using our level 5 WOW work!  We did not quite finish but everyone had a great start to their work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Emily brought in a book she had written so at the end of our independent reading time we let Emily read us her book :).

College preview!

We got a preview of what college is like!  Everyone got to walk to the College of Education to use the lab for some MAPS testing :).  They did a great job of using control and almost behaving like college students (in a good way :) ).

 

Nouns, verbs, and adjectives!!!

Today we played guess the noun!  We got in partner pairs and each child took turns finding a noun in our room. Then they used adjectives to describe the item to help their partner guess what they were hiding behind their backs.  Once everyone got a few turns we used our dry erase boards to write a sentence about our noun using adjectives and some even used an adjective!!!  It was some super fun noun, adjective, verb review!!!

Grandparent's Day treats...

Today we got to start working on our treats for our grandparents!  We don't want to totally give away the surprise incase some grandparents are watching the blog (which of course we love) so I'll just show so pics of our hard work :).

 

Thanks to everyone who has signed up to bring some breakfast for Friday.  If you haven't signed up here is the link...

 

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050d4fa9a92ca57-grandparents

 

If there is nothing left on the list that you feel comfortable brining feel free to bring something else!  We welcome any and all breakfast treats :).

 

 

 

My own map!

We've been working on learning the aspects of maps and globes this week.  We even got to make our own map!  Everyone had to make their own map key as well as they were able to add a compass rose if they wanted.  They designed their own pictures for their key and then added these items to the map in a place they picked..  Everyone made their own individual map adding what they wanted where they wanted it.  Everyone really enjoyed this activity and had a great time being creative with their maps.