St. Patrick's Day Fun

We had a great last week and a half in March!  We did lots of fun activities!

We made leprechauns and then wrote about when we feel lucky.

We learned the -ot word family and searched for -ot words with our magnifying glasses.

We read a story about a lucky day and then made our own lucky day books.  The kids had a really fun time thinking about what they would do, see, play, etc. on their own lucky day.

We also wrote about someone who was worth more to us than gold and why they were special to us. 

We reviewed syllables this week, since a lot of us still needed some more practice with this concept.

 As a class, we wrote sentences about things that were green.  We practiced capitals, spaces, and periods!

  

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Here are some of the centers we did this last week and a half:

Finding word wall words in a St. Patty's Day book

Stamping short vowel words we found on shamrocks

Playing a sight word game

Adding two numbers and marking them off on shamrocks

Practicing writing 3 numbers that were before or after a certain number

Writing about what we would do if we caught a leprechaun

Matching short vowel words and pictures

Writing down the beginning sounds for objects

Matching numbers to pictures on ten frames

Writing what we would buy if we found a pot of gold

Hunting for sneaky leprechauns and writing down the name of the object they were holding

Practicing counting to 100 by tens

Practicing writing our color words with the pocket chart activity

Hunting for words around the room from the book, "There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Clover"

Writing what we would find at the end of the rainbow

Putting random numbers in order from least to greatest

Playing a sight word game with friends

Sorting words by word family

Writing about lion and lamb weather

Hunting for tiny words on a leprechaun with a magnifying glass

Building short vowel words with a leprechaun's help

Listening to a St. Patrick's Day story

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We did lots of fun things in math this week.  We finished up learning and reviewing the names of 3D shapes.  

We used some fun gold coins Olivia provided for math too!  We used them to add numbers in pots of gold.

We also used the gold for a roll, add, and cover game!

We practiced adding 10 to numbers and writing the teen numbers.

And we wrote our own addition story problems!

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In social studies, we learned more about the state of Utah and its symbols. 

We worked together to read an informational book and then recorded the things we learned on our large chart.

Each student had their own small version to record information on too!

We hunted around the room for Utah landmarks, symbols, and places to visit.

And then we wrote about why we like living in Utah.

We also listened to the state song.  You can watch it here:

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We got to learn about another famous artist this month from Ivory's mom.

 

We studied this painting called "Senecio" (Old Man) by Paul Klee.

The students did a directed drawing.

Then they colored in the spaces different colors.

Next, they got to do a wash and paint over everything orange.

It was messy, but a lot of fun!

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John was our star student and the class enjoyed seeing his bone that he found!

Brecken and Maddison were both recognized as students of the month for showing patience at school!  Good job guys!

Thank you for coming to SEP conferences!  It was so great to meet with everyone and share the progress your child is making with you!