We started continued our study of dinosaurs today by listening to another chapter from our book, Dinosaurs Before Dark, read by Tulie. We're almost at the end of the book, the children can't wait to find out what happens! Be sure to ask your child about the story thus far. We then learned how to measure dinosaurs using unifix cubes. Unifix cubes are manipulatives used frequently for math projects. We took out toy dinosaurs and determined how many unifix cubes long the dinosaurs are and how many unifix cubes tall the dinosaurs are. We also did some crayon rubbings of dinosaurs. We'll continue these activites and go further with our measuring on Friday.
Since we're on the subject of dinosaurs, please feel free to send in anything relating to dinosaurs you may have at home; books, toys, stickers, stamps, puzzles, etc. would be great. During conferences, several of you mentioned having books or toys at home having to do with them. If you wouldn't mind us borrowing them for our unit, we'd love to! :)
We're in need of a class sponsor! It is a Community School tradition for the students to walk to Hollins University the Friday morning of the Strawberry Festival to get a "child-sized" portion of a strawberry shortcake. In order for us to do this, we need a class sponsor. Since the portions are "child-sized", they are $3.00 for each child ($24.00 for the whole class). If you would like to sponsor us by donating either cash or a check written out to Community School, please let me know as soon as possible. We will walk over on Friday, April 30th.We thank you in advance!!
As always, thank you for everything you do.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE click on the Strawberry Festival Blog link on the top right hand side of the page to sign up for your festival shift. We're in desperate need of help and there are several of you who haven't signed up yet! Check Quick Notes for the shifts we still need filled. THANKS!
April 21, 2010
April 15, 2010
Thursday
My goodness it has been too long! My apologies - we've been so busy the past few weeks. We've since wrapped up our Dr. Seuss unit with a couple of books and cds that Gracie brought in to share with us. Thanks Gracie!
Since returning from Spring Break, we've been busy preparing for conferences coming up next Monday, April 19th. Please check below for your time and make sure it fits into your schedule. If not, please contact me ASAP so we can arrange a time that suits you better! While preparing for conferences, it was brought to my attention that several of our classmates were interested in learning more about dinosaurs. So, we've began a dinosaur unit! The kids are super excited to learn about them, as am I. We're working on this unit with Tulie's class. We'll get together each Wednesday and Thursday to work on an activity or particular skill (all pertaining to dinosaurs, of course!).
Yesterday, Tulie read book #1 from the Magic Tree House Collection : Dinosaurs Before Dark, by Mary Pope Osborne. This is a chapter book that has really sparked the kids' interest. She continued this book today and wouldn't you know a note fell out of the book on the last page Tulie read!? It was a message from Jack and Annie - the main characters in the book - telling the children to go look on the playground. The children discovered a series of clues that lead them to the sand box, digging for their very own treasure. Each child found a dinosaur egg! The children haven't opened them, we predicted they may hatch at home this evening. The last clue we found told us to go into the classroom. This lead the children to discover boxes full of all kinds of dinosaur things. The children discovered books, puzzles, stamps, art supplies and more all about dinosaurs. They were so excited that Jack and Annie left them these things to play with and learn about dinosaurs with. It should be a lot of fun!
Since returning from Spring Break, we've been busy preparing for conferences coming up next Monday, April 19th. Please check below for your time and make sure it fits into your schedule. If not, please contact me ASAP so we can arrange a time that suits you better! While preparing for conferences, it was brought to my attention that several of our classmates were interested in learning more about dinosaurs. So, we've began a dinosaur unit! The kids are super excited to learn about them, as am I. We're working on this unit with Tulie's class. We'll get together each Wednesday and Thursday to work on an activity or particular skill (all pertaining to dinosaurs, of course!).
Yesterday, Tulie read book #1 from the Magic Tree House Collection : Dinosaurs Before Dark, by Mary Pope Osborne. This is a chapter book that has really sparked the kids' interest. She continued this book today and wouldn't you know a note fell out of the book on the last page Tulie read!? It was a message from Jack and Annie - the main characters in the book - telling the children to go look on the playground. The children discovered a series of clues that lead them to the sand box, digging for their very own treasure. Each child found a dinosaur egg! The children haven't opened them, we predicted they may hatch at home this evening. The last clue we found told us to go into the classroom. This lead the children to discover boxes full of all kinds of dinosaur things. The children discovered books, puzzles, stamps, art supplies and more all about dinosaurs. They were so excited that Jack and Annie left them these things to play with and learn about dinosaurs with. It should be a lot of fun!
CURRENT Conference Schedule for Monday, April 19th
8:30am - Ashlynn
9:00am - Gracie
9:30am - Dillan
10:30am - Jahanvi
11:00am - Alessandra
12:30pm - Anna Grace
2:00pm - Charlie
Remember to bring your child with you, however, we do not have classes on Monday.
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