The student were introduced to three sight words: I like the
They played a game searching around the classroom for the words while Ms. Durber called them out. They each received a book so that they could practice reading the new words to each other.
Ms. Durber led Mind-up lesson #2.
The student learned the difference between being mindful and unmindful. While they read the book:
How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? the students used thumbs-up and thumbs-down to identify if the dinosaurs were acting mindfully or unmindfully.
The class sat in silence and was able to hear tiny sounds such as the clock ticking and other classes talking.
Tuesday:
Ms. Durber tackled a couple more wonder wall questions:
How do trees grow?
Why do leaves fall from trees?
Ms. Durber prepared a felt board for the students to see the changes that a tree goes through as it grows and then through the seasons.
In the afternoon we learned about two new artists: Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso.
We read "When Pigasso Met Mootise" by Nina Laden to learn a little bit more about the artists.
We looked at different artworks made by Henri Matisse and learned that when he was older and couldn't paint anymore he started to cut out paper shapes and glue them down. We made out own cut and paste art inspired by 'Icarus'.
The kids took turns holding a pose while their friends drew stick figures of their position. Then they cut out the shapes as well as stars and a heart for the figure.
Wednesday:
The kids focussed on printing the letter Aa today. In the afternoon, we focussed on Pablo Picasso's art and drew portraits of each other in his Cubist style. After they practiced drawing on white boards at the carpet and then drew self-portraits.
New Game:
Thursday:
The kids were lucky to have Ms. Durber and Mrs. Kinton for the day. They completed an artist study of Emily Carr and used oil pastels to draw trees in her style.
Friday:
The kids started a stem challenge with buddies. The kids were given a red and green piece of paper and told to cut them in strips in order to make the longest paper chain that they can. We will see the results next Friday.
The kids also started their first Journal. We are encouraging the kids to take risks with their writing and start trying to get letters onto the page to represent words. We call this kid spelling.
And some upcoming excitement... the Halloween haunted house is getting a makeover into a gingerbread house! :)
Books this week:
My Magic Breath by Nick Ortner
Some videos to help with letter recognition and sounds:
