Sight Word Writing
With our new sight words on our word wall, we practised writing sight words freehand!
Subtracting from 5
Using math circles with the "5", "-" and "=" already included, we started subtracting numbers from 5 using our bear counters and, for those who were ready, markers to draw pictures or write numbers!
Monarch Butterfly Folds
Using black, orange and white paint, we created half of a butterfly on a blue piece of paper. We then folded the page to create a symmetrical Monarch butterfly!
Living vs Non-Living Sorting
We set up two hula-hoops on the carpet. In one hula hoop, we placed things that were alive (small plants) or things that represented things that were alive (like a toy pig or toy person). In the other hoop, we put things that weren't alive. Some class debates involved whether cartoon characters like Dopey from Snow White was alive (we decided he wasn't, because he was only a cartoon) or if dinosaurs would go in the alive pile (they could, because they were alive a long time ago).
Books We Read
Baby Bird's First Nest
The Wooden Sword
Pill Bugs
Other Things We Did
Our butterfly house finally came! All of our butterfly cocoons are hanging comfortably from the roof or from some tree branches, and some are definitely ready to turn into butterflies! We also talked about things we should and shouldn't include in our butterfly house to make it a good home.
We used a non-fiction book about pill bugs to show that you could make up fiction stories from real pictures using only your imagination!
The idea of subtracting was worked on this week. We used some hula hoops, a "ghost" five that would disappear when our "counters" (kids) would stand on it and reappear when the kids moved to other circles. Using this technique and a little bit of singing and chanting, we worked through all the benchmarks for subtracting from 5.
We watched a video about the Monarch migration from Mexico. It was amazing to see trees that looked like they were completely made from butterflies.
We talked a bit about the idea of symmetry and that it means both sides are exactly the same, only reversed along one line in the middle.
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