
This week we continued our exploration of penguins. After learning about the difference between facts and opinions, we wrote interesting facts about penguins and then turned our papers into big penguins. In science, we did an experiment with blubber and ice. We found out the importance of blubber first hand by testing our hands in cold water, one hand in a layer of blubber and in just water. We also experimented with ice and textures to see how well our slippery ice penguins slide down a slope. In math, we worked on graphing and analyzing a penguin’s favorite snack, fish. Well we had colored goldfish. We were supposed to end our unit by making penguins out of oreo cookies, but the teacher forgot! (Teacher fail!). We will do it on Monday.
Monday:
Reading
Reviewed Facts and Opinions
Introduced to new sight words: they & for
Read our new emergent reader, A Penguin is a Bird!
Listened to the book Penguins & watched a penguin video
Identify facts about penguins
Started writing facts about penguins
Watched a the Disney Nature video, Penguins
Introduced to the Ball Word reading Station
Math
Calendar
Religion
Gospel Weekly - Jesus calls us by name and we are to be fishers of men
Tuesday:
Reading
in & ip word sorting worksheet
Listened to the book Penguins & watched a penguin video
Identify facts about penguins
Continued writing facts about penguins
Math
Calendar
Played Tug of War: Numbers
Religion
Watched a video of St Agnes of Rome and colored her picture
Marcam: Building a Church
Wednesday:
Reading
Identified penguin facts
Introduced to 3 new reading games: Crack the Code, Spin to Win, and Sight Word Kerplunk
Turned our penguin writing into a penguin
Math
Calendar
Played Top-It with number cards
Played Tug of War: Numbers
Religion
Introduced to Fixed and Growth Mindset
Thursday:
Reading:
Reviewed penguin facts
Watched a penguin video
Science Experiment:
Why we should not wear stretchy gloves to play in the snow?
Does blubber really keep you warmer?
STEM: Building a ramp to make your “ice cube penguin” slide faster, slower, and longer?
Math
Calendar
Explored the hundreds chart
Put together hundreds chart puzzles
Religion
Watched a video of St Thomas Aquinas and colored his picture.
Marcam: The Colors of the Church
Friday:
Reading:
Completed a Penguin sentence completion worksheet
Math
Calendar
Station Rotation
Beebots
Roll & Record Game
Marble Run
Winter Pattern Block Game
Moose Math on the iPad
Religion
Mass
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