Sunday, March 27, 2011
Spring Break
Spring Break
Kid Blogs
Last week I introduced the kids to the website kidblog. I showed them all this blog and talked about how a blog is sort of like an online journal. I set up each child in the room with their own blog. I like this site a lot for a few reasons. One, there are no ads!! Second, it is completely monitored and controlled by me. Third, it is only accessible through a password. I will be sending home the parent login after spring break. Or you can login as the parent here and ask your child for the password :) They were so excited to see their own work online as well as their classmates! Feel free to have your child add to their blog over spring break!
Kid Blogs
Last week I introduced the kids to the website kidblog. I showed them all this blog and talked about how a blog is sort of like an online journal. I set up each child in the room with their own blog. I like this site a lot for a few reasons. One, there are no ads!! Second, it is completely monitored and controlled by me. Third, it is only accessible through a password. I will be sending home the parent login after spring break. Or you can login as the parent here and ask your child for the password :) They were so excited to see their own work online as well as their classmates! Feel free to have your child add to their blog over spring break!
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Author Visit
Last Thursday Chapel Glen was treated to a special guest for all the kids in kindergarten, first, and second grade. Susan Eddy, a clay illustrator, came to speak to the children. She shared her book, Papa Fish's Lullaby, and showed some of her work. She talked about how she made the clay illustrations for each page and she even showed the kids to of her actual pages from the book. After her presentation, all the kids received their own clay kits to make an ocean scene from clay.
Author Visit
Last Thursday Chapel Glen was treated to a special guest for all the kids in kindergarten, first, and second grade. Susan Eddy, a clay illustrator, came to speak to the children. She shared her book, Papa Fish's Lullaby, and showed some of her work. She talked about how she made the clay illustrations for each page and she even showed the kids to of her actual pages from the book. After her presentation, all the kids received their own clay kits to make an ocean scene from clay.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Measure Around the Room
For the last two weeks we have been working on measurement. We started off measuring with nonstandard units like paper clips and unifix cubes. Then we learned about the rules and how it has inches and centimeters. We also learned where to start measuring and how to round up or down an inch. Then we started measuring in inches and centimeters! The first day we started measuring with standard units, the kids had a list of measurements to find around the classroom. Here they are on their hunt:
Measure Around the Room
For the last two weeks we have been working on measurement. We started off measuring with nonstandard units like paper clips and unifix cubes. Then we learned about the rules and how it has inches and centimeters. We also learned where to start measuring and how to round up or down an inch. Then we started measuring in inches and centimeters! The first day we started measuring with standard units, the kids had a list of measurements to find around the classroom. Here they are on their hunt:
Monday, March 14, 2011
Yikes!
The class website MrsReedsVirtualClassroom is currently down! I hope to have it back up in the next couple days! If there is anything you need, check the blog or Facebook page! If you cannot find what you are looking for, email me or give me a call :)
**Update 3/22/11**
The website is up and running like normal! Sorry!
Yikes!
The class website MrsReedsVirtualClassroom is currently down! I hope to have it back up in the next couple days! If there is anything you need, check the blog or Facebook page! If you cannot find what you are looking for, email me or give me a call :)
**Update 3/22/11**
The website is up and running like normal! Sorry!
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