Apples!

Today, we learned about Johnny Appleseed. We even watched the story of Johnny Appleseed on a fun website called: www.bookflix.com. Then, we made apples. First, we cut out apple cores. Then, we tore up red pieces of paper, and glued them to the top and bottom of the core. They really loved tearing the paper. The apples turned out great! We used them to decorate our bulletin board. In math, we made a graph about our favorite colors. I gave each student a paper crayon, and they colored it their favorite color. Next, each student placed their crayon on the graph. Then, we counted how many votes each crayon color received. Lastly, we talked about which crayon color had the most votes and the least votes. We ended up having two ties. Also, it wasn't unexpected that our class' favorite color was purple. After all, it is our school color. :-)

Tearing and gluing the paper to the core





Here are a few friends holding up their finished apple cores



Our apple bulletin board

Our favorite color graph

Having Fun with Symmetry!

Today, we learned about symmetry in math. I gave each student a piece of paper. I squirted paint on one side of the paper. Then, they folded the paper and pushed down really hard. When they opened the paper, they got a surprise. Their painting had the same design on each side! They shared their paintings with the class. We loved seeing the different results. We also made paper hearts using folded paper.

Here are a few friends holding up their symmetrical paintings:

Counting with Stickers!

In math, I gave each student a blank number grid and a sheet of stickers. We went on to put the correct number of stickers on each numbered row (IE. we put 2 stickers next to the 2 row, 3 next to the 3 row, etc.) The students realized the pattern after a few rows, and they saw that it made a staircase. Also, this was a fun way to practice our counting skills. When they were finished, I let them keep the rest of the stickers. You would have thought that I gave them a million dollars! :-) We've also been working on the letters I and J this week. We have made iguanas and jaguars. Plus, they have been reading pre-decodable books in reading groups. I'm so proud of them!
Here's the iguanas and jaguars:


Counting the stickers and putting to them on the number grid


Here are some of their finished number grids:

We Love Library!

Our library day is Thursday. We have already gone to library two times, and we checked out our first books last week. They had been talking about going to library again ever since last Friday. That's how much they love it! Mrs. Baker, our librarian, read them a story today called, "We're Going on a Book Hunt." They got to hold one of Mrs. Baker's stuffed animal friends while they listened to the story. The story is a great one because it has a song with actions. It teaches them how to check out books and how to treat books nicely. They had a lot of fun with the book. Then, they checked out their own books. After they checked out, Mrs. Baker gave them their own bookmark to color. Needless to say, they can't wait until their next library day. :-)

I took a quick photo op of them with their stuffed animal friends before they heard the story:

Listening to Mrs. Baker reading the story

Picking their book out




Here's a friend checking out her book:

Sponge Painting Shapes

In math, we reviewed our shapes again. Then, they sponge painted with shapes (rectangles, squares, triangles, and circles.) It was really fun and they did a great job staying clean! :-) After we sponge painted, we did math tubs. Our math tubs work on numbers, patterns, shapes, and sorting. They did awesome work at their math tubs. They are becoming math all-stars!

Here are some friends working with the pattern math tub:

Sorting buttons from the sorting math tub:

These students were working with the Play Dough numbers - Check out their work!:

Sponge painting shapes in Math:



Here are a few students holding up their finished math work:

Grandparent's Day!

Today, we celebrated Grandparent's Day at our school. In the morning, we made special cards for our grandparents. In the afternoon, our grandparent's visited the school, and we sang the songs that we learned in music class for them. Also, we enjoyed some delicious cookies. It was a lot of fun!
On Friday, we made shape collages in math. Every table was given a huge, paper shape (triangle, square, or circle.) Then, the students used magazines to search for their table's shape. The students cut the shapes out and glued them to the huge shape. The collages turned out great, and the students did a great job spotting the shapes in the magazines. We also worked more on the letter Ff . We made fingerprints for the letter F. We also made fish. These two projects are now proudly displayed in the hallway. Today, we worked on the letter Gg and made gorillas!

Making the cards for their grandparents:



Posing with their Grandparents:










Here are the shape collages from Friday:




The fingerprint F's from Friday:

The Fish that we made on Friday:

The Gorillas that we made today: