Student: "I’m mad at my momma, cause she went to the fair and she dropped me off at my grandmother’s house! Then, we went to Mexico and then we got locked out of the house."
Impromptu Geography Lesson: Where is Mexico???
In Reading, we were talking about context clues. I told them that they were going to be word detectives. They would look for clues in the story. They would look at the words around the one they didn't know to try to figure out the meaning of the unknown word. So, then I told my lil' word detectives to get their magnifying glasses ready. We were pretending, but one student really got into character. I heard him quietly inform his friends, “I live in the woods.”Today, we made edible land and water maps..another great idea from Pinterest! My students did a super duper job....better than I had anticipated.
We used graham crackers for the base, blue icing for the rivers and lakes, and green icing for land. Flat areas of land were the plains. Hershey's kisses stood for mountains. Chocolate chips were hills. Vanilla wafers were used to make islands. Some of the kids made their vanilla wafers blue instead of green, so they turned into lakes instead of islands. Some of them decided to put their mountains in the water, so they turned into volcanoes. Once their sweet little maps were completed, we went around the room, and each child got to show their map and tell about 5 landforms or bodies of water. It was a fun project!
Day 36
I got a new student. Now, I have a Ta'Niyah, a Janiahya, and an Anaiah. Teaching rhyming words is so much more fun when all of your kids rhyme with each other.
And...I got an email telling me I won a contest! Crayola Dream-Makers Activity Centers! Oh how I love free stuff!!
I rearranged seats, so when I was passing out reading packets, I called out their names and had them say "here" so I could find them faster...because if I didn’t do that, I would keep going to the place where they used to sit. Anyway, you know how when teachers want kids to say “here”, they all try to stand out and say “present” or something different to get attention? Well, I called out one child’s name, and she replied, “President!”
Today, my dear sister sent me an awesome embosser for my birthday. Now all of my little kid books can have my name stamped in them. Wa-hoo!
