Doubles Math Facts

In math we are focusing on doubles math facts. We made this awesome bridge map describing doubles. As we created the map each student constructed their model of doubles with snap cubes. 

Life Cycle of a Butterfly

We are studying life cycles in science right now. Today we read a great book about the Monarch butterfly life cycle. After we constructed this thinking map. Each student helped creating a special part of our thinking map. After they wrote beautiful sentences about the butterfly life cycle. 

Half and Whole

In math we learned about two equal parts. I found this adorable idea from Pinterest. We talked a lot about what two equal parts look like when divided by two. Each student made a cookie, and then divided it in two. They wrote about who they would share their cookie with in class. 

Dr. Seuss week

To celebrate Dr. Seuss we learned a lot about him from Pebble Go, and read many if his books. 

We created a circle map of Dr. Seuss and did a directed drawing of him in his later years. 

We made a brace map of the cat in the hat. The kids then wrote about why he is so unique. 

We read Green Eggs and Ham. We made an egg glyph, and created a multiflow map. 

We compared two books, The Cat in the Hat, and the Cat in the Hat Comes Back. We also made the cat in the hat. The hat is the color of each students favorite color.  

Finally we made a timeline of his book. Since he wrote SO many we only included the ones we read. 

It was a wonder week full of fun, and learning. 

The Biggest Valentine Ever

This week and a very exciting week. We celebrated our 100th day of school, and it is Valentines day this Friday. To honor Valentines day I found another one of Steve Kroll's great books, The Biggest Valentine Ever. We discussed the sequence of the book, and then studied the two main characters. This was completed in a Venn Diagram. At the end of the book the two characters make a huge Valentine and it looked like a mouse. We made a similar craft. 

Moon

This wee in ELA we are focusing on procedural text. To wrap up our activities with the moon we made a moon. I simply frosted some sugar cookies, and the students added some delicious chocolate chips to create the craters. 

Thinking Maps

We love using thinking maps in class. Here are a few we completed this week alone. The kids love getting together and completing them as a class. 

circle map

Venn Diagram 

Flow Map

This is our thinking map about the months and seasons. I found this great book from scholastic and used it as the balance to our lesson.