Week of March 21 – 25, 2016
Monday
We choral read the book, Push and Pull, by Marcia Freeman and watched, Push & Pull on
BrainPop Jr., a fun learning website. Next, we drew objects that can either be pushed or pulled
and sorted them into groups. After reading a non-fiction book, we recorded new information we
learned on a recording sheet. In math, we have begun thinking about measurement. We read
the story, The Three Bears, by Paul Galdone. We talked about Big, Medium and Small. We
sorted objects into their correct size.
Tuesday
We had fun interactively creating different versions of the poem, “Spring is Here” We found sight
words and learned some new words; “so, do, be”. In math, we enjoyed the book, How Big is Big?,
by Harriet Ziefert. Each child got a piece of string of different sizes. They needed to find
objects in the classroom that were bigger, smaller and about the same size. We checked our “How
Wednesday
To” books to be sure our pictures clearly teach the reader. clearly.
We had fun interactively creating more “Spring is Here” poems. Next,
we took some of those responses and created our own individual poems.
Using a balance scale, we compared objects to see which were heavier and
which were lighter. We reread our “How To” books to be sure our steps
Thursday
were
written
clearly.
We
continue
to learn
new
reading We will
This week we practiced writing our last uppercase
letter
“J”information
in it’s proper formation.
begin
working
with lowercase handwriting when we return from Spring break. We listened to
nonfiction
books.
the story, The Mystery of Magnets, by Melvin Berger. Next, we experimented with different
size magnets and objects to see what attracted. In math, we graphed our March weather
data. We looked at the results and wrote about it. During writing workshop, we read our
steps to a partner to be sure they were clear.
Friday