The snow brought, yet again, more excitement and wonder today. It also brought many confused, stuck children. We had a plethora of jacket zippers that were stuck, boots that needed to be strapped on, snow pants that needed to be fixed, and random mittens finding their way to various places throughout our room. The buzz of excitement that it creates is almost magical and it's wonderful to see the kiddos so happy and intrigued. We will start our study of snow next week by reading books about snowmen, comparing and contrasting those books, and then ending our week with a project including marshmallows.
I am happy to report that we are making progress in counting nickels and pennies! We played Penny Nickel grab today with great success. We learned why it is important to start by counting the nickels and how to use what we know about counting on to help us count our change. If you're looking for something easy to do at home with your student, have them count your pennies and nickels.
To help us learn how to use cooperation even further in our room and school communities, we learned how to play a game called "Lightning". In this game, a high five is passed around the circle while the students are timed. The purpose is to do this as quickly as possible. It is a seemingly easy concept, but sparks great discussion about cooperation, strategies, encouraging others instead of blaming them, and using self control so we don't hurt other people. Once we have mastered this, we will add more complex tasks to the game. The kiddos really enjoy getting up and playing, and I really enjoy the discussion that results from it.
Books We Read Today:
[one of my all time favorites] Scardey Squirrel - Melanie Watt
Kitten for a Day - Ezra Jack Keats
There's A Wocket In My Pocket - Dr. Seuss
Interesting Tidbits From Our Day
[after reading part of Scardey Squirrel that talks about how Scardey Squirrel is afraid of bees] "Hey, Ms. Carlberg you can't be around bees either. You and Scardey Squirrel have a connection...YOU'RE JUST LIKE A SQUIRREL!"
"I think instead of yelling at each other to pass the high five we should tap each other on the shoulder. Then we can say good job when we're done."
"Ms. Carlberg, do you know where you are? You keep saying Room H...." (Ha! Morning's aren't really my forte...)
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