Friendship Snack

My co-teacher is so amazing! This week we focused on teamwork so today to finish out our week she had the kids make a friendship snack. Each group had to work together to add their part of the snack and then mix it all up. She included: cheez-its, raisins, marshmallows, pretzels, m&m's, and popcorn. They did so good working together!

A Loose Parts Week

This week we have been working on the concept of teamwork. To do this we have used different types of loose parts. On Tuesday we used beads to make chandeliers to hang over each table. Each table in our room has a color (5 tables- red, yellow, blue, orange and green). Students at the table were given beads that matched their table color as well as white and clear beads. Each student did their own strand of beads and then we tied each strand together to make a large "team" strand. Once they were all finished- we swagged them from the branches above each table.

We also used loose parts to practice team work in another way. Students were put in groups of three and four and they choose a loose part bag as well as a board with line designs. Each team worked together to follow the lines with their loose parts to make a beautiful picture.

Beginning Number Sense

This week we officially started our number sense journey. The first two weeks of school we worked on position words so students would be able to follow directions. This week we kicked off our study of numbers. We know that we will be practicing numbers for quite sometime because it's the foundation for future math skills! We began our study by discussing the difference between letters and numbers. The rest of the week we will be practicing numbers 1 and 2. Here are a few photos of the students working with a partner to sort letters VS. numbers.

Too Much Glue!

This week we read the story Too Much Glue. In the story, the character uses too much glue at school and gets tons of things stuck to him which turns him into a masterpiece! To practice using glue bottles we practiced gluing on dots. We used glue to trace our names and then covered them with sand. Today we made masterpiece t-shirts! The students colored their shirts and chose different objects to glue on their shirt. They did such beautiful work.

 The book, Too Much Glue.

The students sand names.

 The objects for gluing.

 The students choosing their objects.

 Such beautiful shirts!

Self Portraits

This was our first official week of school. We chose to read some "All About Me" books to encourage our students to feel good about themselves. We did two mini projects to go with our stories.  One day we did a shared writing titled: "I like my..." Each student then chose something about themself they liked best.  I took pictures of their favorite part (ex: teeth, hair, hands) and we made a class book called The Best Part of Me.

We also worked on self portraits. On Wednesday my co-teacher worked with the kids on using mirrors to look closely at their face. Each student used a mirror and made a sketch of their face. On Thursday they used multi cultural crayons to color their face and chose a background color. On Friday they used watercolors to paint their name which was a bonus because they also got to work on their fine motor skills.  I think our display turned out really nice!

 Our portrait wall.

 Some of our best part of me pictures.

 "I like my nose."

 "I like my lips."

 "I like my legs."

 "I like my hair."

 "I like my eyes."

 "I like my fingers."

"I like my teeth."