50's day

We celebrated the 50th day of school by having a 50's day party. We rotated to different centers that were themed around activities from the 1950's. The children read Dick and Jane books, played pick up sticks and Jacks, hula hooped and jumped rope, and even went to a pretend drive in movie. We finished the day by going to a sock hop. The D.J. played music from the 1950's. We danced and danced!!!

Conner Prairie

We went to Conner Prairie. It felt like we were pioneer children living in 1836. We got to participate in many hands-on activities, such as, candle dipping, and wool spinning. We played with pioneer toys too. We learned how to grind corn and string apples. It was a fun day!

Fire Safety House

The Galveston Fire Department came to our school to teach us about fire safety. They brought a mobile house designed to teach children fire escape techniques. The house was filled with nontoxic water based smoke so that we could practice "low crawling" to safety.

Grandparent's Day

We had so much fun on Grandparent's Day. We played sight word bingo with our grandparents. We read to them too. They could not believe how well we are reading! We presented our Halloween play to them also. The biggest hit was our math double rap song. We sang the doubles rap and then, we sat with our grandparents and they helped us manipulate the doubles math wrap!

Apple surprises

We had an exciting week learning about apples! We made applesauce, sponge painted apples, made apple prints, played apple memory, and made yummy apple smiles. We have also been learning about Johnny Appleseed. He was a real person. His real name was John Chapman.

Leaves

We have been learning about leaves. This week at center time we made beautiful leaf decorations. They are taped to our classroom window to help us celebrate Fall. We made leaf prints, played a leaf graphing game, sorted leaf words, and made leaf rubbings. We are making a special leaf identification book.

King Tut's Treasures

We had a great time seeing King Tut's treasures at The Children's Museum. Before our trip we read many books about King Tut's tomb. We saw many pictures of his treasures and we studied about the men who discovered his tomb. We had a special center day where we participated in many activities pertaining to King Tut. The children were excited that they recognized many of the treasures that we had studied.

King Tut

We are so excited about going to the Children's Museum to see King Tut's treasures! This week our center time activities focused on King Tut! We cut and pasted our names in hieroglyphics, played hieroglyphic memory, decoded our hieroglyphic sight words, put together Egyptian puzzles, and made pyramids. We have read many interesting books about King Tut.

The Beginning of School

It is the start of a new year. We are getting to know each other and we are making a lot of new friends. We have so much to look forward to this year!

Junior Olympics

We had a fantastic time at Junior Olympics this year. The children participated in many different events. It was a beautiful day and the children had a great day together. Our class won the trophy for the relay! We were very pleased.