Researching fish for Carnival

The carnival begins!

This week we started learning our dances for the Carnival of the Animals performance in March. We have also been learning about stage presence and vocal use with Mr. Stankowski. So much fun!!

Classroom readers!

Domino addition

We are in the first week of our addition unit here in D-8! I like to use dominos to help introduce the idea behind adding two numbers together. They help to illustrate the idea well, and the kids love to use them!

Fall fun!

This week we have transformed our classroom into a laboratory! We have been talking about scientists and the tools that they use. The students learned that scientists use all of their senses to discover the answers to their questions. We took a trip outside to practice our scientific observation skills. We also learned how to use our class iPads for reading and math centers. Finally, this afternoon we will have a fire safety assembly with the New Albany firefighters. What a great start to Autumn! 

Math Games

We have started preparing for Math centers by learning how to play math games with a partner. This will be one of the choices that the students will have each day while I work with small groups of students. This one is called "Roll it, Write it, Tally it, and Show it."

Math Guided Discovery

Today I introduced some of the tools we will be using in Math this year. I wanted to give the kids some time to explore with the tools. They had a great time building patterns and structures!