Friday was the perfect day for the Arbor Day Celebration! Students learned about how to plant a tree and then had an opportunity to plant their own in a pot to take home. They also listened to Mrs. Desjardins from Merrill Memorial Library read some books about trees. The children learned about good bugs and bad bugs and made their own antennas.
In reading the children are continuing to practice using a variety of strategies when they get stuck on words. We have been reading lots of poetry to get ideas for writing poetry. I have been reading individually with each student to assess their progress. I am so proud of all my readers!
Last week math we played a game called Make My Design in which the children used positional language to recreate pattern block designs. One student created a design with pattern blocks and without looking the partner had to make the same pattern by listening to the description.
Students also made classroom maps. This provided them an opportunity to create models of a real world situation. They had to consider which objects were the most important to add to their maps as well as which shapes to draw to represent the objects realistically. On Tuesday, they worked with a partner to create a 3D map using a variety of manipulatives. On Wednesday, the students drew their own maps. These maps will be a part of the children's portfolios which you will get to see at the Student Led Portfolio Share on June 9.
We had two special guests to teach us about writing poetry. Maisy's grandmother, Mair, and her dad ,Zach have published some poetry books. They joined us Monday afternoon to read some poems from their books. Mr. Lipman drew a picture based on the kid's ideas and then Mair helped us write a poem about it.
