Thursday

We had such a small group today! Several of our students were out, leaving us with only four. The five of us took time during Math Workshop to talk about shapes. We learned about three shapes today: square, triangle, and rectangle. We counted all of their sides and corners. We also discussed how they are different and how they are alike. After we talked about them, we hunted in the room for those three shapes. We discovered we don't have many triangles, but there are a lot of rectangles and squares. Charlie discovered that if you turn a rectangle up on it's side, it looks like a door. We then picked our favorite a shape out of a pile and colored it with as many colors as we could find. They're beautiful and hanging up on our door.
After MWS we had fruit break and recess. We then went to Betsy's room for buddies. We talked about nature and things you find in nature. We went walking around campus looking for examples of all kinds of nature. When we went back to Betsy's room, we drew pictures of the nature we found. The children found great examples of nature. Some examples were : frog, walnut, leaves, bush, bird, tree, clovers, sap, and grass.
During science exploration, we tested out sinking vs. floating objects as a group. The children predicted what they thought would happen to the object when they put it in the water and then they tested it out. After everyone got to guess a couple times, I had them go around the room to find something they wanted to test. The objects tested were : a feather, a Scooby Doo toy, a little fire hydrant, and a cotton ball. These were all excellent choices. Ask your child what their object was and what happened when they put it in the water. After we tested our selected objects, we journaled about what happened. The children drew a picture of their object either floating or sinking and dictated their words while I wrote them under their picture.

We had a small group, but it was a great day!