Rainbows

We completed the unit the wizard of oz from Abby at the Inspired Apple :) I didn't get to take many pictures because my camera was broken but here are some of our rainbow milk and rainbow estimation!

Plant progression

For our plant unit, the students planted sunflower seeds and lima beans. The kids were amazed at how fast the sunflower seeds grew. Here are a couple pictures of them!

Opinion writing

The new CCGPS has changed persuasive writing to "opinion" writing, which honestly is much easier to teach. I had thought about getting a dog, for a while now so what better way to teach opinion writing than by making it about myself? The kids love to be involved in my life, and this was a great way to include them. I printed out a picture of the dogs that I was considering rescuing. There were a few puppies to choose from, and I hadn't met them, but I had talked to the STARS organization about rescuing one of the puppies. First the students choose a side. We discussed reasonings, and they had plenty to choose from! They spouted out all kids of things. The kids decided if I should get another dog, and then wrote their paragraph. You have to read these. They are SO funny!

Yes votes

Believe it or not, there were several "No" votes.

The kids finally got their answer when I finally told them my decision. They thought I just counted up the votes and tallied them. I explained to them that I carefully considered their writing and made the decision to rescue a sweet baby girl, that I named Zoey. See her pictures here!

Displaying student work

I had a hard time finding the perfect way to display student work. I saw the bag idea on pinterest. I got some decorative duct tape and taped the bags together. It is so easy to display student work now! I use post it notes to write my commentary. Then I used our poster printer to make the poster. Here are some pictures!

Measuring length opener

We used gummy worms to measure length. First by themselves then we stretched them. Then of course they ate them :)

Shapes, shapes, and more shapes!

During our geometry unit we did a TON of activities. I only got a few pictures. First we got a bug piece of paper and a notecard. The kids traced the notecard several times to make new shapes, then they colored them all a different color. The other pictures are of our sticker sticks. We used these to talk about vertices and sides of the shape. The stickers came off after a couple of days use, but it was good for them to see how the sides connected!

Directional words

Quick post! I placed tape down the students desks. We used bears to show the left and right sides on the desk. We also sided words like around and above and used our colors. The kids loved this and it gave us tons of practice!