Today was another busy and exciting day in C-7 and C-8. Our morning message was n Spanish, and our question of the day was: Como te sientes cuando ves a un perro? (How do you feel when you see a dog?) We learned that ALL of our friends are HAPPY when they see a dog, so we showed this using the number sentences 39 > 0, and 0 <39.
During the later part of our morning, we learned how we can pick good books that are JUST RIGHT for us. We learned the phrase I PICK, which stands for: P(urpose), I(nterest), C(omprehension), and K(now). This acronym will help us remember that when we pick books for our bag of books, we have different purposes for reading, as well as different interests, which we will think about when selecting books from the library. We also built our stamina and read independently for 16 minutes!
After lunch we completed our number of the day books. Today's number was 15. Ask your child to share with you the ways he or she was able to make the number 15 with number sentences and coins. After our number of the day work, we split into groups for math. The red rhinos worked on finding the partners for 10 (these are the numbers that can be ut together to equal ten). We charted these partners and found a pattern! We learned that you can switch the partners around and it will still equal ten (9+1=10 and 1+9=10). We also noticed that if one partner gets bigger the other gets smaller. Ask your child to name the partners for 10. The green gators worked on finding partners for the number 7. After math, we worked on handwriting. The red rhinos and green gators continue to review the formation of capital letters and are still working on using the first and second grade handwriting paper correctly.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
Monday, September 28th 2009
Today was a busy (and rainy) day! In the morning, during our morning meeting our question of the day was: What is your favorite colored gumball? We learned that most friends thought pink was the best color, and the least number of friends liked the color yellow. We continued our math routines, and practiced counting on our fingers to 30, counted pennies to thirty, and used our number path to show how many tens and ones are in the number thirty. After morning meeting, we did a read aloud about Guinea Pigs, and we learned some new information about our furry new friends. We learned that it is important to keep their cages clean, and that some guinea pigs have long hair (but our pet Sammy does not).
Later this morning we practiced handwriting, and reviewed which capital letters start in the attic. Senorita Wesley's friends finished writing mystery letters, where they had to practice different frog jump capital letters. Mrs. Helfer's friends practiced starting corner capitals and reviewed frog jump capitals. We also practiced using the 2nd grade handwriting paper correctly as well. We are going to continue to work on this all year, because practice makes perfect :)
We also did our poem of the week. For Mrs. Helfer's friends, the poem was "I Love Fall", and for Senorita Wesley's friends, the poem was "El Abuelo". Both groups practiced reading the poem fluently, and thinking about what mental images came to our minds when we read the poem. After lunch, we did our Number of the Day, which was the number 14. We talked about different ways we could make the number 14 using different coin combinations, such as a dime and 4 pennies, 14 pennies, and two nickels and 4 pennies. We also practiced writing different number sentences (using both addition and subtraction) to make the number 14, as well as explaining HOW we solved the equation.
During math today, our green gators read a poem about sheep and practiced showing different number combinations to make the number 5. We practiced this using break-apart sticks and numbers, and showed different partners of 5. Mrs. Helfer's friends used secret code cards and money to work with the "teen" numbers. They practiced showing these numbers as a ten and ______ ones. It was a great day of learning!
Later this morning we practiced handwriting, and reviewed which capital letters start in the attic. Senorita Wesley's friends finished writing mystery letters, where they had to practice different frog jump capital letters. Mrs. Helfer's friends practiced starting corner capitals and reviewed frog jump capitals. We also practiced using the 2nd grade handwriting paper correctly as well. We are going to continue to work on this all year, because practice makes perfect :)
We also did our poem of the week. For Mrs. Helfer's friends, the poem was "I Love Fall", and for Senorita Wesley's friends, the poem was "El Abuelo". Both groups practiced reading the poem fluently, and thinking about what mental images came to our minds when we read the poem. After lunch, we did our Number of the Day, which was the number 14. We talked about different ways we could make the number 14 using different coin combinations, such as a dime and 4 pennies, 14 pennies, and two nickels and 4 pennies. We also practiced writing different number sentences (using both addition and subtraction) to make the number 14, as well as explaining HOW we solved the equation.
During math today, our green gators read a poem about sheep and practiced showing different number combinations to make the number 5. We practiced this using break-apart sticks and numbers, and showed different partners of 5. Mrs. Helfer's friends used secret code cards and money to work with the "teen" numbers. They practiced showing these numbers as a ten and ______ ones. It was a great day of learning!
Friday, September 25, 2009
Friday, September 25th
Today we started our day with morning meeting in Spanish. The question of the day was How many people did you bring with you to Open House... We learned that the greatest number of students brought one person with them to Open House last night. After our morning meeting, we worked on completing our Clock Buddies. We now have a buddy for every hour on the clock. This will help us find a partner (that we have each chosen) quickly in the upcoming days. We ended our monring with a visit form Mrs. DeCaire. Mrs. DeCaire comes from the Department of Motor Vehicles and teach us about safety. Today she taught us about bus safety. Ask your child to share with you what they learned about how to stay safe on the school bus.
In the afternoon, we had a chilly recess:> and then came in to complete our number of the day book. Today's number was 13. We made 13 cents from 13 pennies and from a dime and three pennies. After Number of the Day, we awarded the trophy to the most organized team. Congratulations to the Red table for earning the greatest number of table points this week. We also count the objects in the estimation jar. There was 135 pieces of candy in the jar this week. Congratulations to Noel and Jordon who won the candy this week.
In the afternoon, we had a chilly recess:> and then came in to complete our number of the day book. Today's number was 13. We made 13 cents from 13 pennies and from a dime and three pennies. After Number of the Day, we awarded the trophy to the most organized team. Congratulations to the Red table for earning the greatest number of table points this week. We also count the objects in the estimation jar. There was 135 pieces of candy in the jar this week. Congratulations to Noel and Jordon who won the candy this week.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Today was another busy day as we prepared some special activities to share with our families for Open House tonight. In the morning, our question of the day was What is your Favorite Vegetable? We learned that more friends liked corn than peas or carrots, and we showed this with a number sentence: 3 < 5, and the number of people that like corn was GREATER THAN the number of people who liked peas. We are continuing to practice using terms like greater than, less than, more, and fewer when comparing sets of numbers. We continue to practice our morning math routines, counting by 2's, identifying odd and even numbers, practicing the date, identifying numbers and how many tens and ones are in a number. Today's number was 26.
During Reading workshop, we practiced the Daily 5, and learned about our library. We learned about how we use the library, and what rules we need to have to make sure we keep the library neat and organized so friends can find a book to read quickly. We practiced Read to Self, and were able to read for 12 whole minutes without any distractions! We are contintuing to work on our independence when reading, so that we can make great learning choices.
After lunch we had recees outside. We we came inside, we completed our Number of the Day Book. Today's number was 12. Ask your child to tell you the number sentnces that they made that equal 12. During math, the Red Rhinos worked on creating different quantities with coins. We also read the Jelly Bean Book. Please review with your child the names of the coins and the quantities that they represent. In math, the Green Gators on Breaking apart the number 5 and identifying the difference between hexagons and pentagons.
During Reading workshop, we practiced the Daily 5, and learned about our library. We learned about how we use the library, and what rules we need to have to make sure we keep the library neat and organized so friends can find a book to read quickly. We practiced Read to Self, and were able to read for 12 whole minutes without any distractions! We are contintuing to work on our independence when reading, so that we can make great learning choices.
After lunch we had recees outside. We we came inside, we completed our Number of the Day Book. Today's number was 12. Ask your child to tell you the number sentnces that they made that equal 12. During math, the Red Rhinos worked on creating different quantities with coins. We also read the Jelly Bean Book. Please review with your child the names of the coins and the quantities that they represent. In math, the Green Gators on Breaking apart the number 5 and identifying the difference between hexagons and pentagons.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Wednesday, September 23rd
What a busy Wednesday. We started our day with morning meeting in Spanish. We sang our morning greeting song, helped write morning message, and discussed the calender. This morning our question of the day was Cuantos Boisillios tienes in la ropa hoy? We learned that a greater number of people were wearing no buttons today. The fewest number of people were wearing two pockets. After our morning meeting we once again reviewed what we do duirng read to self. Mrs. Helfer and Mrs. Wesley are very impressed with the INDEPENDENCE we are learning during this time. Today we really focused on making good choices about where we choose to sit during read to self. We are building our stamina...we successfully read for 11 minutes today! After reading workshop, we did some handwriting practice. Both classes practiced writing Frog Jump Capitals on our handwriting paper. Our classes, ended our morning again talking about how writers live the "writerly life." We read a book called I'm In Charge of )Celebrations. We are trying to really notice things around us (like good writers do). Ask your child to share with you something they noticed today!
After lunch we celebrated a birthday. Happy birthday Sarah Walter...were sorry you didn't get to share your treat on Friday! After our birthday celebration, we went to the Multipurpose Room to play Duck, duck, Goose. After our recess, we completed our number of the day book. Today's number was 11. Ask your child to share with you some of the number sentences they were able to create that equal 11.
After lunch we celebrated a birthday. Happy birthday Sarah Walter...were sorry you didn't get to share your treat on Friday! After our birthday celebration, we went to the Multipurpose Room to play Duck, duck, Goose. After our recess, we completed our number of the day book. Today's number was 11. Ask your child to share with you some of the number sentences they were able to create that equal 11.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Tuesday, September 22nd
Sorry that we have not been updating the blog daily...we were having some computer difficulties! We have hopefully overcome these technological difficulties and will be updating daily!
This morning we started our day with morning meeting in English. Mrs. Helfer shared some pictures of her summer vacation. All of the students will be sharing the posters about their summer vacation over the next few days. Our question of the day was Have you ever ridden a horse. We learned that a greater number of students have riden a horse and a fewer number of students have not ridden a horse. We counted by 2s and learned that 26 friends have ridden a horse and 11 have not. We also decided that an even number of people have ridden a horse and an odd number of friends have not. Ask your child to tell you how to determine if a number is odd or even. After our morning meeting we went over our morning work...making words. The big words were play ground and garajes. Talk with your child and ask them to share with you the words that they were able to make from these big words. During reading workshop we practiced read to self. We are work on becoming independent at reading independently and building our stamina. We were impressed that the students were able to go from 3 minutes yesterday to 10 minutes today. Today we also got new handwriting books and practiced Frog Jump Capitals. All of theseletter start the same way. Ask your child what letters are Frog Jump Capitals. We ended our morning with a fantastic story about an author named Bird Baylor. She is an author who lives her life noticing everything around her. She keeps tract of what she sees in a special notebook called a "lifebook." Many of the students are excited about someday keeping their own “lifebook” (which is what is going to happen soon!)
After a short (rained out) recess, we came back to our classroom and worked on our number of the day book. Today's number was 10. Ask your child to tell you how they made 10 cents and the number sentences that they were able to come up with that equal 10. After our Number of the Day, we created a chart of our thinking about Guinea Pigs. We recorded what we think we know about guinea pigs and things were are wondering about this little creature. Tomorrow we will begin an investigation of guinea pigs to see what we can learn about our class pet Sammy. We ended the day with math. In math, the green gators practiced how to divide 4 pancakes onto 2 plates. The red rhinos started math with number flashes and ended it with story problems. Ask your child to show you how to flash the number 18.
This morning we started our day with morning meeting in English. Mrs. Helfer shared some pictures of her summer vacation. All of the students will be sharing the posters about their summer vacation over the next few days. Our question of the day was Have you ever ridden a horse. We learned that a greater number of students have riden a horse and a fewer number of students have not ridden a horse. We counted by 2s and learned that 26 friends have ridden a horse and 11 have not. We also decided that an even number of people have ridden a horse and an odd number of friends have not. Ask your child to tell you how to determine if a number is odd or even. After our morning meeting we went over our morning work...making words. The big words were play ground and garajes. Talk with your child and ask them to share with you the words that they were able to make from these big words. During reading workshop we practiced read to self. We are work on becoming independent at reading independently and building our stamina. We were impressed that the students were able to go from 3 minutes yesterday to 10 minutes today. Today we also got new handwriting books and practiced Frog Jump Capitals. All of theseletter start the same way. Ask your child what letters are Frog Jump Capitals. We ended our morning with a fantastic story about an author named Bird Baylor. She is an author who lives her life noticing everything around her. She keeps tract of what she sees in a special notebook called a "lifebook." Many of the students are excited about someday keeping their own “lifebook” (which is what is going to happen soon!)
After a short (rained out) recess, we came back to our classroom and worked on our number of the day book. Today's number was 10. Ask your child to tell you how they made 10 cents and the number sentences that they were able to come up with that equal 10. After our Number of the Day, we created a chart of our thinking about Guinea Pigs. We recorded what we think we know about guinea pigs and things were are wondering about this little creature. Tomorrow we will begin an investigation of guinea pigs to see what we can learn about our class pet Sammy. We ended the day with math. In math, the green gators practiced how to divide 4 pancakes onto 2 plates. The red rhinos started math with number flashes and ended it with story problems. Ask your child to show you how to flash the number 18.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
September 16, 2007!
Hello everyone! Happy Wednesday :-)
Today, again we sang and practiced with our Kindergarten friends!
We learned a new math routine- Number of the Day book. Todays number was 7. We came up with number sentences that equal 7, and also used money to get to 7cents. (Nickel and 2 pennies, 5+2=7) We will be doing this everyday after recess!
We did guided discovery of markers. Together as a class we learned how good citizens use markers in the classroom- close the markers and listen for the snap, do not leave markers on the table, etc.
We practiced two different ways to read a book- Reading the pictures or reading the words! We had a volunteer show us the right and wrong way to do this :-)
Mrs. Gearhart showed us a powerpoint about how to be a good EV student!
Today, again we sang and practiced with our Kindergarten friends!
We learned a new math routine- Number of the Day book. Todays number was 7. We came up with number sentences that equal 7, and also used money to get to 7cents. (Nickel and 2 pennies, 5+2=7) We will be doing this everyday after recess!
We did guided discovery of markers. Together as a class we learned how good citizens use markers in the classroom- close the markers and listen for the snap, do not leave markers on the table, etc.
We practiced two different ways to read a book- Reading the pictures or reading the words! We had a volunteer show us the right and wrong way to do this :-)
Mrs. Gearhart showed us a powerpoint about how to be a good EV student!
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Good afternoon! We learned a lot of new things today!
Morning meeting, we had the number 12! We wrote in the words that were missing in our morning message. Our question of the day was "How old are you?" The age of 7 had the most people, and the people who were 8 years old had the fewest! We only have one person who is 5 years old!
Mrs. Maynard's class came down and practiced the "Itsy Bitsy Spider" song with us again in spanish!
In math today, the Red Rhinos learned about what our math community is going to look like, since we are starting a new math program this year! We started word problems today! The Green Gators learned about the numbers 0, 1, and 2. We colored in different plates with different colors for how many apples were on each plate!
We focused even more today on being a good citizen in our classroom! We read the book The Berenstain Bears and the Double Dare. We learned to not let others make decisions for us and to think for ourselves. We need to make good choices!
As a class we practiced how good citizens use pencils correctly in our class. (not put them in our mouth, don't break the erasers, etc.)
Have a great evening!
Morning meeting, we had the number 12! We wrote in the words that were missing in our morning message. Our question of the day was "How old are you?" The age of 7 had the most people, and the people who were 8 years old had the fewest! We only have one person who is 5 years old!
Mrs. Maynard's class came down and practiced the "Itsy Bitsy Spider" song with us again in spanish!
In math today, the Red Rhinos learned about what our math community is going to look like, since we are starting a new math program this year! We started word problems today! The Green Gators learned about the numbers 0, 1, and 2. We colored in different plates with different colors for how many apples were on each plate!
We focused even more today on being a good citizen in our classroom! We read the book The Berenstain Bears and the Double Dare. We learned to not let others make decisions for us and to think for ourselves. We need to make good choices!
As a class we practiced how good citizens use pencils correctly in our class. (not put them in our mouth, don't break the erasers, etc.)
Have a great evening!
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