This post title has more than one meaning this week. We spent our whole group reading and writing time on the parts of a clock and telling time to the hour. We played some new active "working memory" games (more on the importance of those and what those are next week) which had the children moving about, partnering up, and telling each other the parts of the clock. The week culminated with a sentence building activity. I cut up the sentences on our clock anchor chart and gave each student one of the words. They had to find the right partners to put the sentences back together.
We wrote about clocks in our journals. This week Selena and Leland are featured from the PM class. I am so proud of my class full of writers!
We played "Race the Clock" in the Number Work center. The students used counter bears as their game pieces. Whatever they rolled on the dice, they moved that many minutes ahead. (There are minute marks on the clock, you just can't see them in this picture). This reinforced how the minute hand has to go around the clock one whole time before the hour can change.
Another fun center this week (that had nothing to do with clocks) was the Math Games center. Here the students had to spin the spinner and subtract that many dirty teeth by brushing them with a toothbrush. (I used a dry-erase marker on a paper protector). I'm pretty sure they thought they were doing magic!
This post's title also refers to our time with the wonderful Ms. Kendall, who has been our student teacher since January. Friday was our last day with her, awwww. The kids brought her cards, gifts, and treats and said good-bye with lots of hugs. She's heading to a 4th grade class at another school on Monday. Wherever she ends up after that, we know she'll be a fantastic teacher.
Along with all this fun, this week was quite busy with our math open house and picture day. I'll leave you with pics from those events.
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| Abigail's mom was the only parent to look up for the camera! |
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