No Gym = Dance Workout

Yesterday as gym was cancelled, we did Wii in the classroom.  Every week, we do an incentive for students to finish their work come Friday.  Sometimes, it's a movie, games, or Wii. 

Here is one example of kids playing to the Wii, dancing to Michael Jackson.

New Health Topic

With concerns of bullying happening in the school, our class is start a bullying unit as a part of Health.  We'll be looking at what bullying is, what it looks like, and how it feels.

Bullying Behavior: 

• is intended to hurt
• is repeated
• involves unequal power and control

4B students said that it:

Feels Like:

• Hurts
• Sad
• Disrespect
• bad
• You don't like yourself

Sounds like:

• Rumors
• Screams
• Yelling
• Swearing
• Scary
• Bang
• Quiet
• Loud
• Hurtful
• Slashing/Hooking
• You're ugly
• Cross checking

Looks like:

• Bloody
• Scary
• Black eyes
• Scars
• Cuts
• Red eyes
• Being forced to do something
• Bloody nose
• Scratching
• Pinching
• Biting
• Kicking
• Pulling hair

This topic will be further discussed in how to deal with it and for students to be aware of what they can do to stop it.

Snowmen Thermometers

Last Thursday and Friday, students made snowmen thermometers.  Using jumbo popsicle sticks that they painted white, students were instructed on how to make their thermometers!  We also placed magnets on the back for students to place their thermometers on any magnetic surface.  If you're a teacher and are interested in this project, find the instructions at http://crafts.kaboose.com/snowman-thermometer.html

Students chose their own sayings...

Hailey

Jazmin

  

Isabelle

Damien

 

 

Antoine

More pictures to come yet!

Sorry for not the best quality photos-I was using my cell phone to take the photos!

Spelling for the Week of March 7-11

Pretests will be taken on Monday with the actual test on Friday.  Work will also be given for this unit.

The spelling words for this coming week are:

Blue: 
back
pack
sack
rack
tack
pick
lick
sick
tick
kick 

Yellow:
by
my
fly
sky
cry
dry
try
why
buy
goodbye

Pink:
stall
shell
jelly
jolly
collect
hollow
follow
fellow
gully

Green: 
brake
mistake
escape
scale
surface
village
voyage
bandage
cabbage
message

First Blog

I am super excited to be announcing this blog.  I hope that parents will find it helpful, students will find it exciting, and visitors will pick up ideas here and there.

You can expect classroom news, happenings, photos, videos, and current topics being studied to be announced here.

Happy Reading!