Symmetrical Butterflies

In my math class we just started our unit on geometry.  This week we learned about symmetry.  The students had a ball making symmetrical butterflies.

Dictionary Fun

This week we are learning about the dictionary.  To practice our dictionary skills, the students were divided into three groups. Each group was given two guide words and entry words.  The students had to put themselves in ABC order, as they would find the words on a page in their dictionary.

A Letter to Lincoln

My camera battery died, but I was able to capture one photo of the students acting out the play, "A Letter to Lincoln."

Light & Shadow

Last week we learned about light and shadow.  We learned that light travels in a straight line and that you can move the source of light to make the shadow bigger or smaller.  

Learning About Prefixes

Audrey had to uncap the bingo chips.

Ava had to unsnap and resnap her jacket.

Jacob and Ronnie tied and untied their aprons.

Justin had to unpack the bag.

Maddi unbuttoned and buttoned her art shirt.

Valentine's Party Fun!!

Mrs. Haney has some visitors!

The Ellison's surprised Mrs. Haney with a Valentine's treat.  They sent in a quartet to serenade her.  How sweet!!

Valentine's Math

On Valentine's Day the students enjoyed graphing candy hearts.  After we completed our graph they did addition and subtraction math problems with them as well as comparing them.

Finished Products

Here are pictures of our finished world maps.

Learning About Our World

To end our unit on Mapping the World Around Us, the students began constructing world maps.

Penguin Facts

We learned about the Emperor Penguin this week in reading.  Each child wrote 1 fact about the father penguin, 1 fact about the mother penguin, and 1 fact about the chick.

How long is a minute?

In math my class is began learning about time.  As an introduction we learned how long a minute was.  We made predictions of what we could do in a minute and then tested to see if our predictions were correct.

This group is writing their first and last name as many times as they can in 1 minute.

This group is writing the alphabet as many times as they can in 1 minute.

This group is saying The Pledge of Allegiance as many times as they can in 1 minute.

This group is assembling as many unifix cubes as they can in 1 minute.

This week in language we learned about comparative adjectives.  The students were given an adjective and had to draw three objects to compare.  They learned to add the ending "er" when comparing 2 or more objects, and "est" when comparing 3 or more objects.  Each student then read their comparisons to the class.