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| Our Penguin Lap Book reports |
Do you know what penguins eat and who eats penguins? Are penguins a mammal, fish, or bird? Can you list facts about penguins, sequence their life cycle, and locate their habitat? You can with the help of these colorful Lap Books the kids worked on this week! It is an interactive, lift-the-flap collection of information about penguins, and the kids have loved assembling and writing in it!
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| Which part are you working on? |
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| Our mini tube penguins |
We also had a bit of fun making a paper towel tube penguin to sit on our desks along with penguin pictures.
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| Penguins everywhere |
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| Aren't they cute?! |
At the CD listening center we listened to a story about penguins, and at the computer center we read a non fiction story about penguins.
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| Listening to a Penguin book |
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| Non fiction penguin reading |
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| I'm almost finished! |
No one was at a loss for a writing topic this week, since our vacation provided many ideas to write about (even if it was being sick the whole week, as one child was...). This week the kids worked on their narrative and included an introduction, details and description, and a wrap-up closing. It's especially motivating to read it to friends!
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| Listen to my story! |
We also learned about two famous presidents and compared and contrasted their lives- George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. We have a poem for each which gives examples of their honesty, read several non fiction accounts of their lives, and were very excited to find their pictures on coins and bills!
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| Lincoln is on my five and my penny! |
We have been reviewing many math skills this week as we solved problems with unknowns, determined equality between numbers and equations (11= 5+6), worked with story problems, compared quantities, and more. We were also able to fit in some engaging math centers.
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| Playing a game to review telling time |
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| Bump! A fun addition game. |
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| Finding an unknown within a number bond |
Our phonics lessons are including more challenging spelling patterns as well as longer words to decode. During L.A. pocket chart center we have been working with blends- two consonants before a vowel as in snap, plane, and brick. We will be introducing the /oo/ sound next week when working with words and had a great time beginning a challenge list of /ee/ words. The game below involves isolating and naming the blend in the picture cards.
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| Fun! |
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| I know what each part is useful for! |
We have a few plants left in school and will plant more in the spring- kids really like caring for plants! Everyone completed their flower diagram with lift-the-flap
labels and words telling the function of each part of a plant.
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| Misting the plants |
It's always nice to have a bit of free time too, reading with a buddy or exploring math manipulatives.
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| Reading friends |
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| Math manipulative fun |
We have read a couple of Dr. Seuss books this week, always enjoying his rhyming verse and funny scenarios. After reading There's A Wocket In My Pocket, the kids loved using their creativity to make their own 'wockets' in paper pockets. Next week we will feature a few more Dr. Seuss books and read about Oobleck in one of them- more to come on that!
It was fun seeing some of you on BINGO night, and our last PTO school store was a success. Next week we have an early release day on Tuesday and a birthday coming up too.
Have a wonderful weekend,
Mrs. Dagley
