This week, we hit the ground running!
Before we get into this week, I wanted to share a little peek at our week before Spring break. We had a special in-school field trip on the Kohl's StoryBus. The students heard the story "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" and then were able to act out and play different parts of the story. We also got excited about starting our new story, The Wizard of Oz.
Before we get into this week, I wanted to share a little peek at our week before Spring break. We had a special in-school field trip on the Kohl's StoryBus. The students heard the story "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" and then were able to act out and play different parts of the story. We also got excited about starting our new story, The Wizard of Oz.
This week, we started Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. We are reading the pop-up version of the story, and the students are LOVING it!
As we read, we are exploring all different parts of the story. We started out by doing research on tornadoes. We read and watched about how tornadoes are formed, and then created our own tornado in a bottle experiment.
As we read this week about Munchkin Land, the Yellow Brick Road, and Oz, the students drew what they visualized. We listened to the soundtrack from the movie as the students recalled the details they heard in the book and drew them in their pictures.
Next week, we will start digging into character traits by doing a character study and writing piece for each of the four main characters.
Next week, we will start digging into character traits by doing a character study and writing piece for each of the four main characters.
In math this week we practice classification and began learning addition. The students worked in groups to sort a type of object (play food, animals, 3D shapes, etc.). They then rotated to the next station, and had to find a new way to sort the objects. The students did a great job finding different properties of the objects, and finding new and creative ways to sort.
We kicked off our addition unit by adding the number of syllables in our names with a partner. We did this with letters in our names as well. We then learned addition vocabulary we would need to solve problems such as plus sign, equal sign, and equations. We spent the week practicing solving addition problems in 3 different ways: on our fingers, with a 10 frame, and unifix cubes.
We kicked off our addition unit by adding the number of syllables in our names with a partner. We did this with letters in our names as well. We then learned addition vocabulary we would need to solve problems such as plus sign, equal sign, and equations. We spent the week practicing solving addition problems in 3 different ways: on our fingers, with a 10 frame, and unifix cubes.
We have so much more Spring fun ahead of us next week :)