Week 9 - Last full week of 1st quarter! (My how time has flown!)

Heard in Ms. Carter's classroom...
The kids LOVE the duck songs.  Below is the 2nd version of the song.  After we listened to this song for the first time one of the kids said:  
     I can't believe they don't have any grapes.  It's a corner store!

:)

Heard during guided reading:
Do you think the kids are listening to what we say?
     (Said in a thick Southern accent):  That's like Paula Deen.  They took my restaurant away.


And finally...

One of the kids expressed her disgust while we were reading a picture book:
     "If I have to hear about love one more time I think I'm going to be sick!"

They're honest, aren't they?



Pictures from week 9:

This is one of our science lessons from the week where we've been learning about force and motion.  The kids had to use the die, cubes, counters and play doh from their math toolboxes to show how objects could roll, spin or slide.  They also sorted their objects into categories based on what motion they discovered.  They kids really enjoyed doing this and seemed to be very engaged with their learning.  There's nothing like hands-on science! 

It can spin!!

Towards the end of our force and motion unit I read the picture book, A Wolf's Tale, which is a little different than the original version of the story, The Three Little Pigs.  In the new version we read, the wolf really is trying to be nice to the pigs and tries to bake them a nice surprise party birthday cake.  That's definitely different from the story we all know!

We decided to recreate the pigs' houses.  The materials? aluminum foil, play doh, construction paper, popsicle sticks, and toothpicks.  The kids had to create pig houses that could withstand the force of the wolf's angry breath (or really just Ms. Carter's hairdryer!).  

We made quite the mess! But the kids LOVED building their houses.  It took us a couple of days to do it, but they were so excited to work!

Pig houses awaiting the angry wolf...

I'll huff and I'll puff!!

Marshmallow measurement!!

As part of our nonstandard measurement unit we used mini marshmallows to measure different lines.  The kids learned to measure by using the same sized units and to line the marshmallows up the same way, end to end.  

Silly Sock Day!!

Measuring around the room with Inchy the Inchworm.  : )

During the month of October we've been visited by a friend! This is Shadow the bat.  : )

He likes to sleep in quiet classrooms and can be found in different places in the classroom each morning.  He leaves us messages each morning but there is one problem... Shadow is not a great writer! So we have to edit his messages before we can read them correctly.  Sadly Shadow will leave us at the end of the quarter, but who knows who will visit in the month of November!

Playground fun! The kids asked to have this silly picture taken.  : ) 

We get to go to the playground on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays.  On the other days we play on either the grass or the bus parking lot.  With so many kids at our school, we've learned to share our recess space.  But the kids definitely like the playground the best! I think not getting to play on it every day makes it even more special for them.  : )

Book character day!

Comparing our princess dresses

Princess Ariel

Birthday cookie fun : )

Birthday girl Fancy Nancy is right up front!!

Silly faces : )

Maverick is ready for his first weekend out with the birthday girl Fancy Nancy! He got to take a ride on the Magic School Bus for his weekend out - Ms. Frizzle got to visit our classroom on book character day by they way.  : )

That's everything for week 9 - we accomplished so much and had so much fun!!

Get a good night sleep, kiddos.  We have a lot of fun to have in Week 10.  

Love you, firsties!

Ms. Carter