These past couple of
weeks have been a mad rush to the end of the quarter! We have been busy
finishing our math unit, doing reading assessments, and finishing our realistic
fiction stories that went along with our non-fiction animal reports. Before we
began our fiction stories, we had to make our image that inspired our writing.
Below are pictures of the Image Making Process that we used to create our
illustration and inspire our writing. If I may say so myself-they are AMAZING!
I was a little
nervous to do Image Making because it takes a lot of concentration, patience,
and deep thinking & planning to create their artwork. During our teacher
training this summer, it took me a while to plan my artwork and envision what
papers to use where. After the students got started and I put everything in
their hands, I was truly impressed! I couldn’t stop showing everyone their
work!
Last week we had a
dental hygienist come to our classroom and talk with the students about keeping
their teeth clean and going to the orthodontist. Last year, the students
brushed their teeth at school after lunch. Our hopes with that activity was to
get students used to brushing their teeth after meals. We hope that students
have taken those skills home and use them daily at home.
Our healthy snack
this week is Mangos! Last week was Star Fruit. None of us had ever eaten Star
Fruit before. I thought it was delicious, some students disagreed.
Tomorrow, students
will be bringing home a Spring Break Writing Journal as well as a reading log.
These are to be returned Monday after break. We will have a guest teacher April
1st, 2nd, and 3rd. We are lucky enough to have Ms. Brandon as our
guest teacher. She has been our guest teacher almost every time that I have
been out this year and does a wonderful job with the students.
I hope you all have
a wonderful spring break! I can’t believe we only have one quarter left
together before I have to say goodbye and good luck to the students as they go
into third grade! WOW!
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