Thank God It’s March
Break!
I didn’t post last week
(sorry) so I’ll catch you up on a few things. We started a new unit on poetry,
where our big idea is: “What do the words make you see?”
(oops, my number line is a tad crooked)
We want the kids to be
able to read a poem many different times for many different purposes, and
respond to it through art. We are also placing a strong focus on rhyming words.
A fabulous Pinterest find for my writing centre
We started the unit with
this fun poem:
The Monster
I thought I saw a monster
Underneath my bed---
His tongue was yellow
And his eyes were red.
I thought I saw a monster
Underneath my chair---
His face was purple
And he had pink hair.
I thought I saw a monster
In my room last night---
His legs were orange
And his feet were white.
I thought I saw a monster
And that he saw me---
But don’t tell my mother
She’ll be scared, you see.
It’s a great one to use
for the visualization piece because it has so many adjectives. We actually
deleted some words so that the students had to think of what word would rhyme and make sense. {And I'm sorry, I don't remember the source of this poem.}
We also looked at this
poem:
Chilly
I’m ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-chilly,
I’m c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-cold,
I’m s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-silly,
Should have worn my c-c-coat
like I was told.
Now I’m s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-sorry,
I th-th-th—think I’m
going to freeze,
Let me in so I can warm
up,
P-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-PLEASE?
Now it’s s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-snowing,
And my b-b-b-body’s
losing heat,
My poor nose is g-g-g-g-g-g-glowing,
And I’ve lost the f-f-feeling
in my feet,
How my teeth are ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-chattering
And I think I’m going to s-s-s-s-sneeze,
Let me in so I can warm
up,
P-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-PLEASE?
-Kaye Umansky
This
one was tons of fun because it becomes a whole new poem once you read it
according to the interesting print. It also led us into another learning goal
we want the kids to achieve in this unit: “use better words”.
We
are starting this board in our room so the kids can refer to it to actually use
these words in their own writing. They love increasing their vocabularies!
For WEEKS the kids have
been begging me to bring back Candy Land. If you don’t remember our Candy Land
math unit, you can click HERE to give it a read. It was a great, really
engaging math unit all about number patterns.
I also loved Candy Land, but
I didn’t want to do the same thing again, so I introduced a restaurant. And
they love it.
They need to refer to the
menu in order to solve the math problem. The line at the bottom is for their
number line, because right now we are learning how to add numbers using a
number line.
As for science, here is a picture from last week when we did our food web activity.
During our Friday art
period, we read Clever Tom and the Leprechaun and learned about how sneaky those
leprechauns can be! Then we made mosaic rainbows because leprechauns hang out
near rainbows, after all.
Sadly, only two kids
finished because they were obsessed with the idea of a leprechaun and couldn’t
stop talking about it!
After a productive math-based
PA Day, the beginning of March Break begins! I’m looking forward to a week of
sleeping in (which is like, 8:00), going to the gym, and visiting Toronto with
Rob.
Have a wonderfully fun and
relaxing March Break!
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