A Leprechaun Visit!!

WOW!!! We were in for a big surprise when we walked in on Monday! A Leprechaun came and visited our classroom! He changed some things in the room and left little gold coins for the kids!! So exciting!

I made a read around the room for the kids to complete. I placed 12 March words somewhere in the room and the kids had to walk around and search for all 12. When they found them they sat down and had to write sentences using the words! They l,over is activity!!

Our writing assignment for the week was to write a "how to" on how to catch a leprechaun!!! They are so cute! We are taking these through the writing process so I will post some examples soon!!!

Enjoy the pictures!!! Hope you are enjoying Spring Break!!

A whole lot of pictures and some updates!!!

Hi there! Boy have we been busy! In Math, we have been working on graphing so we decided that we would enter a world wide graphing lesson using Lucky Charms! See previous post for more on that! The kids had such a great time and it fit perfectly with our unit!

I have also included a couple pics from our Friday math centers! The kids have loved being able to explore the different math options! I must say I feel the same way! It gives me time to slow down and watch them learn in their own way!

St. Patrick's Day Results-Lucky Charms

Last week we participated with students all over the world in a Lucky Charms graphing activity! The kids sorted all the marshmallows in a whole box of Lucky Charms and then we graphed them. In Math, we have been working on bar graphs so this activity was just perfect!

Check out the map below to see all the participants! This is so awesome! They had so much fun looking at the world! It was almost surprising to them that there were other places out there. Super cute!

Click on the pictures to enlarge! :)

Here are our results:

Horseshoes: 11

Pots of Gold: 40

Four-Leaf Clovers: 36

Stars: 22

Moons: 22

Rainbows: 51

Hearts: 52

Balloons: 22

Misc: 228 (all the left over marshmallows that we didn't graph)

Now here are the results from all of the students that have participated! :) This was such great experience for the kids. 

Oobleck!!!

In celebration of Dr. Seuss we read "Bartholomew and the Oobleck" today!! We also made Oobleck in class while focusing on solids and liquids! The kids had a blast and they even got to take some home!!!

Exciting News!!!

I have exciting news to share! I applied to have our class pilot a Learning Lab 1:1 iDevice experience and we GOT IT! :)

The Learning Lab pilot program is a 2-3 week opportunity in which the kids will utilize individual technology tools throughout their school day to engage in learning. The program is intended to explore how children can enhance their learning through the use of technology. The students will be working towards the same learning objectives, but may go about the process in a different learning manner.

I will be sending home a parent permission "form" with all the details about this AWESOME opportunity. The kids and I are super excited.

I had to send in an application and along with that I sent this movie! Click below to see how we use technology in the classroom! :)

When I found out last night that we were accepted I made this video to show the kids today! It was hilarious to watch all of their faces! Students were reading what I wrote and not really comprehending it and then all of a sudden it set in and they all went crazy! :) Enjoy!

iXL Updated Skills

I hope everyone has been enjoying the weekend! :) We are getting ready to cheer on Justin's FAVORITE team ever (49ers)! I just wanted to send an update for iXL.

I would encourage the kids to get on this site and practice! Please feel free to email or call with any questions. Thanks and have a great rest of the weekend!


Spatial Sense

K.1
K.2

Measurement

M.2
M.4-I think this is just good exposure to word problems! We have NOT practiced these type of problems yet, so please feel free to use it as a teaching moment if your child needs help! :)

Thanks for reading! :)

Subtraction the "Show Me" Way-We used a new app today!

We have been working on different ways to subtract. Click on the 2 links below to see how your child is learning how to subtract using the method of grouping 10's and ones.

**PLEASE remember this is just one strategy. The students can use other methods, i.e. 17-3   :17-16-15-14. I am pushing the use of their number line as well! :)

Carly was our guest teacher today! You can find her example by clicking on the second link! :) Enjoy.

Mrs. Ring


Mrs. Ring's Example


Carly's Example