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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Never Eat Sour Worms...

This morning we had some new word work for our daily 5 practice!  We had trays, magnetic letters, and cards with our spelling and high frequency words on them.  Everyone had fun practicing spelling new and old words as well as some other ones!

 

 

 

We also had some new boom sticks with harder words on them :).

 

 

And of course dry erase boards always make sentence writing more fun!

 

 

 

This afternoon we also started working on Maps and Globes.  We started with something super fun...the compass rose!  On our schedule it said our activity was "Never Eat Sour Worms" and all day long there were questions about what that meant.  They were VERY eager to get to that part of the day!  Once we got there and I told them that "Never Eat Sour Worms" was a way to remember the order of the compass rose they thought it was very funny!  Then of course we got to eat some sour worms...to help stick it in the brain of course!!!

 

 

 

 

Right before Art Carolyn read us a book that she had made about Zoo Boo.  Everyone is now very excited and ready for Zoo Boo...just a month or so too early :).  Thanks for sharing your book Carolyn!

 

Squeezing the tube...

We started our fantastic Friday with a Mystery Reader.  If you are interested in signing up to mystery read on a Friday after Family Gathering I'm attaching the link.

 

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0b4aaaa82faafa7-mystery

 

 

Today we continued talking about being good citizens and did a fun activity to help make the concept more concrete to everyone.  Everyone got their own toothpaste or lotion tube, plate, and plastic knife.  They got to squeeze it all out on the plate (don't worry I told them they can't do this at home)!  Then I challenged them to use the knife and try to get all the lotion or toothpaste back in the tube.  While they all made a great effort they noticed they could get a little bit back in if they pushed it hard but really it wasn't possible to get it all back in the tube.  We then regrouped and came back to the carpet for a discussion.  I told them when you are mean, unkind, or hurt others you are squeezing their tube.  While you can say sorry and get some of the hurt back in it can't always be 100% fixed.  If you are mean to others over and over again you will keep squeezing their tube and this will gradually hurt them more and more.  They were very receptive to this and began discussing how they could help fill a tube or bucket instead of squeeze it out.  They were great at relating it back to our bucket fillers and how to fill others bucket!  Hopefully we will be a class full of bucket and tube fillers from now on :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monday afternoon Engineering!

After reading our number of the day book telling us to make something with 22 blocks for the 22nd day we decided to take it one step further!  We used 22 cups to make giant towers.  Every table started with 11 cups and practiced to see how they could get them to stand up and be steady.  This took lots of team work, cooperation, and focus.  Then once they were able to be successful they formed 2 big teams.  Each team had 22 cups. Their task was to make a tower that was tall using their 22 cups.  This was for sure a harder and more challenging task.  It again took teamwork, cooperation, and focus for this task to be completed.  After a few errors both groups were able to successful make 22 cup buildings for the 22nd day of school!  Happy STEAM work afternoon :)