It's Field Trip Time!
The kids have had so much fun learning about desert animals and they can't wait for our trip! Our field trip is this Friday, April 13. All children should wear our blue class t-shirts for the trip. Please send your child to school on Friday with a completely disposable lunch, comfortable shoes and lots of sunblock; it's going to be a hot day!
This week in science, guided reading and writing we are learning about the desert and Native American desert folklore. Today the kids learned about the Sonoran Desert. They received a really neat and detailed picture of the desert to color. They wrote an acrostic poem on the back. We will read a variety of folklore throughout the week and practice writing our own folklore.
In writing, we are working on folk tales, thinking beyond the text and using text to text connections in writing. After we read a desert folk tale each day, the kids will re-write the folk tale to their own specifications. This should be a fun exercise for the kids!
The kids came home with Rainbow Words and they are due tomorrow. This week in making words we are working on using environmental print independently. We will continue to examine the tricky, or silent "r" and we are learning more about contractions. We have finished the end of our making words book! From now on, we will be working on a variety of review and also adding some different challenging words and contractions.
In reading we are working to understand folklore and legends. We are comparing these types of stories to fiction and non-fiction.
The kids enjoyed the desert centers this week! The centers for the week include:
1. Listening - The kids listened to a neat cd, Sounds of the Desert, and then they completed a desert crossword puzzle.
2. Social Studies - The kids played "Monsoon Mischief," a desert dice game. Each child took a turn rolling the dice with desert pictures. They had to share 3 facts with the group about the picture they rolled.
3. Writing - The kids practiced their folk tale writing by writing a story about how the coyote got its tail. They wrote their story on special coyote paper.
4. Math - The kids practiced their math facts automaticity with addition and subtraction pages.
5. Reading - The kids chose books to read from the bee quiet corner.
We just completed a difficult chapter on fractions. The kids learned to understand the meaning of the word fraction, understand different types of fractions and partition shapes into three different fractions. We took a test on Thursday and I am extremely pleased to say that each child scored 100%! Way to go, kids!!! In math we are working on ordering and comparing days, weeks and months of the year. The kids have had a lot of practice with the calendar throughout the year and they are doing a great job with this.
We have a fun activity planned for computers this week. If you'd like to see what the kids will do, check back on Friday and click on the blog posting called, “Computers, 4/13.”
Have an A+ week!
Mrs. Johnston
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