May 16- May 20

This week we talked about Ocean Animals! We made jellyfish, sharks, and rainbow fish to put in our ocean in the classroom! We also made submarine port holes that had sand, fish, and seaweed inside. We talked about the different types of water, saltwater and freshwater. We also got to look at, touch, and even taste both kinds of water! Most of the kids preferred the freshwater :) We then talked about animals that live in freshwater and animals that live in saltwater. Some of the animals we talked about were: the pufferfish, bass fish, the basking shark, jelly fish, guppies, dolphins, and beluga whales. We also talked about how some fish like to live at the bottom of the ocean where the water is cold, and others at the top where it's warm. The kids guessed why it's hotter at the top and they got to see an experiement where they watched the hot water come to the top of a jar.

The kids worked on syllables by saying the names of different ocean animals on flashcards and then putting a clip on the correct number of syllables it had. They did an octupus tentacle match, where they matched up lower and upper case letters. They went fishing for fish that had letters and numbers written on them and they would have to say what was written on their fish. We also played a game where they had to find the right color fish and put it in their boat.

We continued to work on Nursery Rhyme notebooks, and added Hickory Dickory Dock, Wee Willie Winkie, and Rub-a-Dub-Dub Three Men in a Tub. This week we will be learning the last two nursery rhymes in our notebook! We also continued to work on our handwriting, recognizing numbers 0-20, the letter sounds, counting to 100 by 5's and 10's, and recognizing our sight words.

And on Friday we had a special treat by getting to see the Zoo Man! We had lots of fun getting to see the different animals and learn some more about them!

Playing in the water with the fish

Making rainbow fish

Playing the color fish game.

Looking at our ocean!

The octopus tentacle match.

Working on our nursery rhyme notebook.

Our bean from last week have grown!

Making our submarine port holes.

The Zoo Man!

Corrina got to go up and hold a hissing coakroach!

I can't believe it's already the last week of school! This year just flew by! But this week we'll be talking about summer and ways to stay safe during the summer. We'll finish up our Nursery Rhyme notebook and then have our party on Friday!

Don't forget that this week is a uniform-free week!

Stephanie Ray

May 9- May 13

This week we talked about plants, how they grow and also the different parts of plants. We also got to plant grass seed and some beans! So far, nothing has come up above the soil...but we're hoping that on Monday we'll get to see something growing! In art, we made scented flowers (be sure to stop by and smell them sometime!), we also made flowers with roots and stems, and we colored pictures of the things that a seed needs to grow. We read several books about plants too, The Curious Garde, Whose Garden Is It?, The Carrot Seed, Planting a Rainbow, and Growing Vegetable Soup.

We did a math sheet were we counted and added beans and we got to taste carrots and then we graphed if we liked them or not. Only one person didn't like them! Each day we also talked about a different fruit or vegetable and the kids guessed if they grew on a tree, on a bush, on a vine, or underground. They put their guess up on our graph and then we got to see a picture of how that food really grew! After reading the story Growing Vegetable Soup we drew pictures of our favorite vegetables and wrote the names of them (by sounding out the letters). And then we made our own class vegetable soup!

The Nursery Rhymes that we learned this week were Humpty Dumpty, Little Miss Muffet, and Mary, Mary Quite Contrary. The students enjoyed finding the rhyming words in each of them and also by sequencing pictures from the stories and making thier own Humpty Dumpty!

Mrs. Jones also came for her last visit and we got to do a little quiz and review all of the safety tips she has taught us over this past year. The kids did a great job on it!

We are still reviewing all our letters and the sounds that they make and being able to recognize the numbers 0-20. We are also counting to 100 by 10's and most of the kids can do it all by themselves! Next week we are going to start counting to 100 by 5's!

Planting our seeds!

Our new garden center toys!

Counting and adding seeds!

Coloring pictures of what a seed needs to grow!

Keifer and Grant being gardeners!

Our graphs from the week!

Next week we will be learning about Oceans and Ocean animals!

Have a great weekend!

Stephanie Ray

May 2- May 6

This week we talked about Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Cinco de Mayo, and Mother's Day! We had a very full week! The kids got to see a blown-up globe and talk about how we can keep the Earth clean. We talked about where we are on the globe and they learned about the land and the oceans. We read a few books about recycling and talked about ways that they can recycle things.

For their Nursery Rhyme notebooks, they added Hey Diddle, Diddle, The Muffin Man, and Jack and Jill. They are getting very good at remembering the past ones that we've done! We acted out a few of our nursery rhymes, and then they sequenced pictures from them. We also worked on sorting pictures based on what letter they start with and we played a game called "Letters in my Name." The kids each got a piece of paper divided in half and they had to go around the room and write letters that are in their name on the happy-face side, and then letters that are not in their name on the sad-face side. They did a great job at this and had a lot of fun trying to find all the letters in their name!

We also had a great day on Cinco de Mayo! We got to see a map of Mexico and also found it is on the globe. The students got to pass around a blanket from Mexico, maracas from Mexico, and pesos! We practiced counting in Spanish and then they got to watch some Spanish dancing! We had a fun snack of chips and salsa, capri suns, and cheese roll-ups! They colored Spanish pictures, made maracas, danced with the maracas, and got to hit a pinata! They all ended up getting lots of candy from it too :)

And on Friday, we had lots of fun getting to eat muffins with our moms and giving them are card with pictures of us on it!

Playing the "Letters in my Name" Game

Cinco de Mayo! Decorating our bags to collect candy in from the pinata

Watching the Dancers!

Snack!

Our Pinata!

Making maracas!

Zachary ended up knocking our pinata down!

Then Mrs. Ray threw the candy so we could get some!

Dancing and shaking our maracas!

This week we are talking all about plants! Have a great week!


Stephanie Ray