Lewis Ginter is always a wonderful field trip, although I wish the weather would have cooperated. The children really enjoyed seeing butterflies from all around the world, and their "tasting lesson" on plant parts in the children's garden. Thank you to all of our wonderful chaperones! With all the rain this past week we had to improvise with our recess plans. One day we took a field trip to Mrs. Miles' room in Kindergarten to see all of the animals being used for K's PBL. In math we have been working on addition equalities. One great tool to illustrate this concept works like a balance scale. We did a true/false equality activity using a Star Wars theme. We also did a Promethean board review focusing on the types of questions the children will see on the test. In shared reading this week we first worked on our last nine week's writing sample. This time the children wrote about the summer We have officially met our "kindness bomb" goal! We have kindness bombed every class in the school plus the office, custodians, and Mr. Lacy! Our last tadpole has been released. It left with a group of other tadpoles and froglets from the school.
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This week in shared reading and writing we focused on nonfiction books about ocean animals. One day the children wrote about whether or not jellyfish would make good pets. In Science we have been working on animals. We have differentiated between wild and domestic animals and discussed where animals live. In math this week we have continued to work with measurement but focused on volume/capacity and weight. We did an experiment using rice to see which cup had the greatest volume. The children also did a Promethean board activity comparing the volumes of different items. Then we made a picture showing heavier and lighter on a balance scale. The children worked with a partner to use a real balance scales comparing and contrasting items. This week in shared reading and writing we worked with fiction and nonfiction stories. The children began learning about real pigs before reading fiction Olivia books. This week in math, the children worked on measuring various items using nonstandard measurement. The children first used items in their desk to practice measuring with snap cubes. Later in the week, the children measured a friend! We also did a Promethean board activity! In social studies, the children continued learning about economics. In this activity, the children first became a producer by making a bookmark to "sell". The next day, they became consumers and symbolically purchased each other's bookmarks. The children also learned about saving and spending money. I read the book Alexander Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday and acted out the book using real money and a "saved" and "spent" cup. We celebrated all moms in class! Our safety officer came back one more time to do a lesson on summer safety. She discussed bike helmets, life jackets, ocean safety, etc. "Fuzzball" is now a froglet!
This week in shared reading and writing we focused on nonfiction and fiction butterfly stories. To start the week I read the children a book about the Painted Lady butterfly life cycle and the children wrote about it using our retelling sequence. Later in the week I read the children a story I love called Adios Oscar. In the story, a caterpillar named Oscar believes he will turn into a Monarch butterfly, but ends up turning into a moth instead. The message in the story is beautiful, because Oscar decides he will follow his dream and go to Mexico even though he is not a butterfly. The children wrote about where they would like to travel in the world. I am only showing the pictures so you can guess where they want to visit. :) This week we finished our unit on place value. In one activity the children played a "I have, who has" game with individual cards. In another activity, we used the Promethean board to work through a review on place value. One of our enrichment groups performed their reader's theater play for the whole first grade! In social studies this week we began our unit on economics. This week the children learned about needs/wants and goods/services. In this partner activity we used a page from the book Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs to find various goods and services. Ms. Baker's last day was Friday. :( We are going to miss her! She asked to do morning meeting on Friday and taught the children about "Wonder" and "Wander".
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Mrs. StearnsWelcome! This is my fourth year at Crestwood and my 15th year of teaching. I love the families at Crestwood! I received my undergraduate degree from Longwood University and later received my Master's degree in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in ESL. I am married and have a five-year-old daughter. I also have two dogs and one cat. When I am not teaching you will find me camping, reading, or going fun places with the family. Archives
June 2017
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