In Fine Motor, we made Christmas Trees! We tore different colored paper to make our very own tree. They look beautiful 6D!

 

 

 

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!!

 

This week, we had our 9th Age Partners come to our classroom and read Christmas stories to us. It was so much fun!

 

 

We are thankful for our 9th Age friends!

Students in Math this week have been talking about the numbers 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15. They have been practicing how to write the numbers correctly, using different objects to represent each number, as well as ordering numbers 1-15. 

 

 

For this activity, the students traced each number with a glue stick and then placed tiny blue squares to represent each number. The number they were tracing had to eqaul the amount of blue squares they used.

 



 

Margaux Ann Armstrong turns 1 month old!

Hello, 6D!

 

My name is Margaux Ann Armstrong and I am Mrs. Armstrong's baby girl!

 

 

Today is my one month birthday!  To celebrate this special occasion,  Mrs. Armstrong took lots of photos of me with my favorite blanket.  Being a baby is a tough job.  You need plenty of sleep and food to ensure you grow to be big and strong.  Mrs. Armstrong read me the wonderful book you made and she has already told me so much about you!  I can't wait to meet you someday soon, 6D.  I'm sure by then I will be EVEN bigger!

 

xoxo

Margaux (and Mrs. Armstrong)

In Fine Motor, we used marshmallows and q-tips to make letters. The students were very creative and seemed to enjoy this activity!

 

 



 

The marshmallows smelled so yummy, that each student had a handful from the bag!

Great Performance 6D!

 

 

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

In Reading, we are practicing how to write sentences correctly. The students wrote a sentence about the story this week, Jack and Rick, and drew a picture.

 

 

 

Each student did a wonderful job!

Our Author of the Month is Tomie DePaola. We read a story called The Legend of the Bluebonnet and each child came up with a new name for themselves, like the girl in the story. Here are some examples:

 

 

The students used describing words in order to create their new names. I loved hearing how they described themselves!

 



In Math this week, we have been counting, recognizing, and representing numbers. We used fruit loops and had a lot of fun!

 

The students had to write the numbers and then use the fruit loops to represent each number. When we were finished, we ate all of it up!

The Multicultural Festival!

Today was the Multicultural Festival! We read the book, The Crayon Box that Talked by Shane DeRolf. Then, we created crayon self portraits.

 

We also discussed a Native American tradition of using a "talking stick" to share our thoughts and experiences. Whoever had the "talking stick" would share, while everyone else would listen to their friend. Students were eager to share about their families and fun experiences they have had!

 

 

 

Happy (belated) Halloween!

6D celebrated Halloween yesterday by dressing in festive costumes and parading in the gym!  They later partied the afternoon away, and most saved time for trick-or-treating at home.  Yay, 6D!

Hopscotch!

The mathematicians are learning about numbers 0-10 in class this month.  In our study of the number 8 the students learned how to play hopscotch!

We began class by learning about how to play hopscotch in different parts of the world:

Although there are many versions of this game, we played the one from the United States.  A hopscotch board was taped on the floor of our classroom:

The class had a blast!  This student completed the entire game with no mistakes and was allowed to tape her initials in any hopscotch square of her choosing!  Nice work!

We concluded class by making a hopscotch board of our own using 8 blue squares.  On Monday we will write the numbers on each square using proper number formation.  Good work, mathematicians!

Sentence Writing

Mrs. Goodman has been teaching the readers about proper sentence etiquette this week.  The two areas she has focused on are:

• beginning a sentence with an uppercase letter
• ending a sentence with a punctuation mark, such as a period.

The students reviewed their understanding of sentences by looking through this week's story titled Ants.  The class noted the uppercase letters and punctuation marks present at the beginning and end of all sentences.  Then, Mrs. Goodman split the students into pairs where they worked together to form sentences from cut words on sentence strips.  The pairs did a lovely job of organizing the sentences properly.

The readers concluded their sentence learning this week by writing and illustrating their own silly sentences about ants.  Kudos!