These past two weeks have held tons of fun. On the 100th Day of School we shared our collections, including a 100-piece Lego construction, 100 silly bands, a snake made out of 100 bottle caps, 100 small dolls and accessories, as well as a very heavy backpack filled with 100 wheeled vehicles! We counted by fives and tens to 100 in different games and we tried (unsuccessfully) to stay quiet for 100 seconds. For a language arts activity, the class made wonderful writing and drawings describing what they might look like and what they might be doing when they are 100 years old. Math held two different activities – each child created a necklace of 100 beads (10 each of 10 different colors), and each created a “self-portrait graph” using bars of color to describe the school activities they like the most. Most of these are on display in the room, so came and take a look!
Valentines Day also held many fun activities. Hidden around the classroom were 100 paper hearts. As the children found them, they began to create a large number chart on the rug. We also learned the sign language for “I love you” and read favorite Valentine books together. The class also wrote a piece on what “love” means to them. Our afternoon culminated with a great party. Thank you, Tyler, for organizing this, and a big thank you to everyone who sent in food, decorations, and/or showed us to help us celebrate! It was great fun.
In Language Arts, we continue to make good progress, learning more letters and their associated sounds and learning how to write both upper and lower case properly. In math, we’ll be finishing up our unit on sorting by two attributes in the next week or so.
Mr. Lindenmaier stopped by one day, moments after Charlie lost his first tooth. He told us he had the perfect book to read, and returned a few moments later with One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey. Mr. Lindenmaier has an excellent Maine accent, and you can see by the photos that the children thoroughly enjoyed it!
Arts Week begins February 27. There will be a piece of art work from every child on display in the Gym. This is always a great show, so please make time to stop by. Also mark your calendar for Parent-Teacher conferences beginning Thursday, March 1 at 3:15. A sign-up sheet will be available online shortly.
There’s no school next Monday and Tuesday, February 20 and 21. Enjoy the long weekend!
Andrea