The Last 26 Days of School

For the last 26 days of school we did an alphabet countdown which made every day special and fun.

A is for Adventure Day: 

We went on an adventure to Children's Festival. We had our faces painted and went to see a show. 

B is for Bubble Day:

We went to the park and played with bubbles.

C is for Crazy Hair Day:

The children came to school with crazy hair. 

D is for Dance Day:

We danced the day away.

E is for Exercise Day:

We took a walk to the park and completed some exercises. 

F is for Freeze Day:

We played freeze tag and had freezies.

G is for Game Day:

The children brought games and we had a fun morning playing them.

H is for Hat Day:

We wore our favourite hats to school.

I is for Ice Cream Day:

The children wrote down why they should get ice cream and then they ate a delicious ice cream treat.

J is for Joke Day:

The children brought in jokes to tell and we spent the morning laughing.

K is for Kindergarten Day:

We wrote down all of the things that we loved about Kindergarten.

L is for Letter Day:

We created a book for the students next year by each child writing down what they think the next class will like. 

 I found this idea on Pinterest and it led me to this page. I am excited to use this book at the start of Kindergarten next year. 

M is for Marshmallow Madness Day:

We built structures out of marshmallows and toothpicks.

N is for Number Day:

We had fun playing many number games.

O is for Outdoor Appreciation Day:

We went outside and completed an obstacle course.

P is for Paleontologist:

We were paleontologists and we dug dinosaur bones out of hardened clay and put them together like a puzzle. It was messy but so much fun! 

Q is for Q-tip Painting Day:

We painted pictures using q-tips.

R is for Rhinos, Hippos and Monkeys...oh my!

We discussed our favourite zoo animals.

S is for Sports Day:

We wore our favourite sports team jersey or shirt and played various sports (obstacle course, bowling and soccer). My mom and dad joined our class and we had our graduation that night. 

T is for Teddy Bear Day:

We brought our favourite teddy bears and wore our pajamas. We watched "Osmosis Jones" and discussed germs and how to be healthy.  

        

U is for Under the Sea Day:

We created an ocean scene. 

First we painted the ocean background. 
Once it dried we traced an ocean scene and coloured it with crayons or oil pastels. 

V is for Victory Day:

We completed various relay races, including: egg and spoon race, over/under ball pass, bean bag toss, running and potato sack. 

W is for Wacky Water Day:

We had a fun day with water. We had a water relay, played with water balloons and used spray bottles. It was a fun morning!

X is for X-Change Autographs Day:

We wrote our signatures on individual beach balls to take home and remember our friends.

I got this idea from Adventures of Room 129.

Y is for Your Choice Day:

We went on a treasure hunt and X marked the spot. Our treasure was gorgeous cupcakes made by a parent. 

Z is for Zip Up and Zoom Out of School Day:

We played some relay games and talked about what we are going to do this summer. I handed out report cards and last day of school photos. We laughed and cried and had a great last day of school! 

They had to fan tissue paper fish into the trap. 

 They had to blow a cup to the other side of the table. 

 They had vaseline on their noses and had to transfer as many cotton balls to the paper plates in 30 seconds. 

 They had to wiggle a cookie from their forehead to their mouth by just scrunching their face. 

I got the ideas for the relays from Tunstall's Teaching Tidbits.

HAVE A FUN AND SAFE SUMMER!! 

Dinosaur Stomp!

Measurement--Weight:
We continued our measurement unit by focussing on weight. The children learned the meaning of heavy and light. They used a scale to measure how heavy something was and then compared items as heavier or lighter. 

Dinosaurs (continued):
We learned the difference between herbivores and carnivores. 

We learned what a paleontologist does and used these skills when digging dinosaurs out of ice and finding fossils in the sand. 

We read the following poem:
I am a Paleontologist
I am a paleontologist
And this is what I know,
I study bones and fossils
from creatures long ago.
I put the bones together
a dinosaur you will see.
This is how they looked
come learn along with me.

We looked at fossils.

We examined how big a Tyrannosaurus Rex was. 

We learned that dinosaur babies hatched from eggs. 

One of our new favourite songs: Dinosaur Stomp

We made a paper mache volcano and watched it explode!

Butterflies:
We received our caterpillars this week. They are so tiny and hungry. We enjoy watching them crawl and eat food. We are very excited to see them grow and change into butterflies.

We completed a web showing what we already know about butterflies.

We learned the life cycle of a butterfly.
























We learned the parts of a butterfly.

Earth Day:

For Earth Day this year we talked about ways that we can help our Earth. Then we created art using many recycled materials. We also learned about plants and planted our very own seeds. They have now started growing! The children have enjoyed watching the plants grow, seeing the roots and taking care of their plants.

Mother's Day:
We also made beautiful cards, bags and pendants with fingerprint hearts. 
It will be Mother's Day this weekend so we have been working hard preparing a gift for our mothers. I found a great craft from POPSUGAR. We used our measuring skills to create "Peppermint Sugar Scrub" to send home to our mom's. The kids loved making this and the mom's really appreciated the gift. 

We also made fingerprint pendants with the idea from That's What Che Said. 

The idea for our cards was found here.

All of these were placed in a beautifully decorated bag and presented Friday morning. The mother's were also given a muffin and some tea to further celebrate this special day. 

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

Puzzle Pieces:
Our social puzzle pieces are coming to an end. For the final piece the children had to say what made the student of the day special. Then that student wrote down all of the wonderful things on the last puzzle piece called "I'm Special".

Now I will be putting their puzzles together so that they are ready for the end of the year. It has been a wonderful project and memory.

Animated Literacy: 

We learned about Ike's Bike Ride.

We drew a kite.

We learned about Grouchy Owl who chases Brown Mouse for the phoneme "ow".

We drew an owl.

We learned about Abe the Skating Hare who races on roller skates by the bay.

We drew a cake.

We learned about Sheriff Shadrack who shaves with a shark tooth.

We learned about Whirling Irving who races on his scooter.

We learned about Victor Vampire who lives in his van and plays the violin.

We drew a van.

We learned about Yakety Yak who eats yams and wins yo-yo competitions.

We drew a yak. 

For more information on this program please visit http://www.animated-literacy.com/Animated_Literacy_Home.html

Handwriting Without Tears:

We learned about punctuation and sentences. At home you can practice writing words or sentences. You can also practice when to use ? ! or . For information on the teaching order and how to form the letters using the same language please go to their website

Feel free to contact me anytime with any questions or concerns. I can be reached at the school, by email or just drop in (I am usually around before school).