Here's an update of our fun first week in March. Now that March is here, hopefully spring isn't far behind. We talked about the saying "March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb". They thought it was pretty funny to think about the weather as an animal and caught on quickly about deciding if it's a lion or lamb day. We are looking forward to more lamb days! We've also been finishing up our transportation unit. We worked on our sorting skills and did an activity where we sorted vehicles by where we find them: land, air, water. It was also a great week to take a break from new numbers and review 1-14. We played a fun game where the numbers were written on the whiteboard out of order. They took turns "swatting" the numbers with a fly swatter. As you might guess...they LOVED it. It's not everyday your teacher tells you to whack the whiteboard with something :)
Our letter of the week was Ee. We got some new letter book and there is a small book for each letter. We read that one and read some of the books of past letters too. For groups this week, we again split into groups by what their individual needs are. And finally, Science Friday made a much anticipated return! Since weather has been such a popular topic with our discussion about the lion/lamb days, I decided to do a weather experiment. This experiment was making pretend clouds and watching them get "heavy" with water until they rained. Our cloud was made by putting a pile of shaving cream on top of water. We slowly added drops of water on top of the shaving cream until it got so full that the colored water dropped down into the water. This might be the record for the longest science experiment by the students choice. They keep at this activity for a long time and even requested to have it set out at center time. I love when they enjoy what they are learning!
We are now finishing our last week before spring break. Many students get to go on trips while others will be taking a break from school by staying in Pella. I will be spending parts of my break preparing for our upcoming state visit. We've been busy working on things in our classroom to display how much fun and learning goes on each day! And thanks for your hard work raising such awesome kids! We just love seeing them learn and grow each and every day. They make our job soooo much fun :)
Roll and Write game
Our morning class has been creative with our cardboard cars and turned them into "puppy" cages.
The afternoon class has still been buzzing around driving their cars. Even Miss Tammy and Miss Lynne joined in on the fun!
The dollhouse has still been quite popular at center time!
Meet these four future teachers. The boys were playing school at center time.
Check our this cool block creation at table toy time.
Land, water, and air transportation sorting
Science Friday!!!
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