Autumn

We have been learning about the changes that are happening as Autumn surrounds us. Today we made a Haiku deck to show the things we can see in Autumn. 

You can view it on our twitter account. It will be posted here on our blog soon.

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Comparing notes...

After completing a leaf sort and count, we graphed our information and used mathematical language to compare our data with our friends.  Who had the most, the least, equal amounts...and what if we combined our leaves together.  We learned how to find out how many more and how many less....nature really can teach us a lot!!! 

One Small Square

Nature can teach so many things! Today we took our wondering minds outside. We learned to focus our attention on one thing at a time and really pay attention and look closely. We discovered so much! We looked through"wondering windows". And noticed so much more than at first glance. You could make a wonder window for at home and do some close looking at your world too! You will be amazed at what you can see in one small square. 

"Amazing things are all around me, appearing ordinary at first, until I really look at them closely." Joanne  Ryder. 

Happy birthday to .....

Today we continued our exploration into how we are a little bit different but a little bit the same. We all have birthdays! We read a story about a crazy birthday party and we decided that one birthday cake is better than 200 cakes!   We learned how to sing Happy Birthday in Tagalog and listened to a version of happy birthday from "First Voices" of Canada.  Some of us know how to sing it in French as well.   If you know a different language that has a version of happy birthday let us know we would love to hear more...maybe Romanian or Italian or Icelandic or......so many different ways to be the same! :)

Read to Self

Room 14 is learning how to participate in Daily Five language activities.  We have begun to build our stamina for reading by practicing Read to Self.  During the reading time, children are checking for understanding, tuning into interesting words, going back and re-reading and cross checking for accuracy.  Sounds like a lot of work but guess what ....it is actually a lot of fun and the kiddos really enjoy this quiet reading time. And so does Stretchy Stanley!!! We have him working out for 6 minutes while we read. Tomorrow we are going to see if he can lift his books for 8 minutes! 

We are all special.

We are learning all about who we are. We have been practicing our full name, address and phone number. We talked about why we need to know this important but private information. We discussed who to share it with and when it is okay to tell someone.  Then we began a discussion about how we are all a little bit the same but a little bit different....we are all special in our own way! Check out our twitter feed for an awesome song we are singing in Room 14. Also stay tuned for a book we are making about our smarts! 

We made our mark on Dot Day

These are a few of the dots we created after reading the story "The Dot". They really"stand out". They are 3-D dots.