Biography Book Reports

Biography Book Reports Due:  Februrary 13, Monday

Below you will see a sample of a "peek through" board.

These are bought and not kid made.  I want the students 

to use a large posterboard to create their own "peek through"

board for their report.

Happy Reading and Have Fun!

Metric Measuring

I introduced to the kiddos centimeter, meter, and 

kilometer in a recent math lesson.  At the end of the

week we partnered with Mrs. Simpson's class to play

a round of Race to Measurement.  Students drew a 

card and read the question and determined which unit

of measure would be used to complete the task.

Fun game and great reinforcement!

We've Got Rocks in Our Heads

Our reading story last week was a biography titled,

Rocks in His Head by Carol Otis Hurst.

Before reading the story,  I handed the kiddos different

rocks, minerals, and fossils to study, touch, and talk about.

When the explore time was over, each group had to

sort their rocks.  They were very creative....they used

color, shape, size, weight, shiny and dull to help them.

They loved the rocks!

Symmetry Lesson

After reviewing the definition of symmetry and doing

a little book work, I put my kiddos to the test.  The ruler

represents the line of symmetry and students had to create

a symmetrical design with a partner.

A few days later, the kiddos designed their own

symmetrical butterfly for morning work.

Introduction to Division

To introduce the division concept, I read 

The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins.

This story does an excellent job of explaining

that division is sharing equally.  We then took

CookieCrisp cereal and acted out each page of

sharing from the book.

12 cookies are shared with 2 kiddos.

Students drew on their desk with pencils and 

equally shard the cookies with 2 people.

(They loved writing on their desks.)

12 divided by 2 = 6 cookies each

12 cookies divided by 4 people = 3 cookies each

12 cookies divided by 6 people = 2 cookies each

12 cookies divided by 12 people = 1 cookie each

Then we took this knowledge to a worksheet of division.

The kids learned to draw a picture.  

Below is a picture of their work as they worked

through a worksheet!

  Awesome learning :)

Compare and Contrast

One of our Reading/Language SPIs is comparing

and contrasting.  Upon return from Christmas vacation

I decided to test the kiddos brains for 3 days.  Boy 

did they do great!

First, I partnered students and they completed a

Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting themselves.

Second, they cut out and created snowmen that

overlap and transferred their information to the 

snowman.  Third, I modeled how to write a paragraph

using myself ad Mrs. Simpson as an example.  The

kids then wrote their own paragraphs.

What a super cute display!

HAPPY WINTER!

Christmas Party

We had a wonderful Christmas breakfast on 

December 20.  The kids enjoyed a lot of grea

goodies, games, and fun.  The priceless presents

turned out to be a fabulous way to celebrate!

I truly enjoyed watching the kiddos open and 

read what their classmates had to say about them.