I've been behind the past few weeks! I've been traveling and trying to keep my creativity alive in the classroom, so blogging has taken a back seat unfortunately but here's what we've been doing in first grade:
SCIENCE
Our plants have all been left on the patio so they are a thing of the past now. (Something I need to toss!) For the animals unit I played a class-wide version of Guess Who. I placed pictures of 8-10 animals on the chalkboard and wrote the name one on a notepad for myself. The students asked questions to guess which animal I wrote, such as "Can it fly?" "Does it live in water?" etc. They had a really great time but sometimes would just start immediately guessing. That's to be expected with young ones right?
We also completed an activity with snails where each student received a snail and several types of food to find out what the snail would eat. Those poor snails, haha! Naturally the students were excited and talkative the whole class so we made it through most of the activity and they now know the types of things snails will eat. This activity was Teacher Eduardo's creation so I squealed with the children at the site of dozens of slithering snails. I made it through though!
We also went on a field trip to a farm where the students saw live sheep, pigs, cows, chickens and donkeys. What a day! The location that we visited was highly organized and the students were whisked off into small groups as they toured the grounds and participated in several activities. For me, unfortunately, everything was in Spanish and with so many of them separated I found it difficult to jump in with any English. I think they learned a lot about the material that day...just nothing in English. :(
Now we are starting time so I'm creating some activities about daily routines for the next couple weeks.
ART
After we completed our yogurt ducks we created a beautiful tree full of birds, birdhouses, leaves and flowers...all of the student's artwork of course. One day of art was the day we traveled on our field trip so that sums up everything that has been happening in art pretty quickly. Hopefully I can add some new activities for us soon and help Teacher Carmen with ideas!
domingo, 31 de marzo de 2019
lunes, 18 de marzo de 2019
domingo, 10 de marzo de 2019
Weeks of February 25 - March 1 and March 4 - 8
These past two weeks were slightly off schedule as we celebrated Andalucia Day on February 28 and International Women's Day on March 8. We've also had some teacher's out with various things going on so these past two weeks were definitely a lesson in going with the flow which is very important! All that said, they were very good weeks and the students had a lot of fun with the activities that were related to these two very important holidays.
SCIENCE
In first grade we have continued watching our plants grow (or not). We are having a lot of success in one class, and practically none in the other. To me, it looks like a bird may have gotten to the seeds in our second class but we will continue to watch what happens. The students are very invested in making sure their plants are getting everything they need and remind me when they need water or when we need to look at them. We have also moved onto animals and are learning how they move, where they live and what they eat! This requires a lot of interaction and motion...jumping, chomping, slithering, etc. And the kids love it as much as I do. Sometimes its hard to get a classroom of frogs back in their seats but that comes with the subject matter.
ART
These weeks we spent some time learning about instruments because it corresponded with the Andalucia Day song and other festivities. We also completed our yogurt ducks!
During our class about instruments Teacher Carmen led a game where the students sat in a circle around pictures of the wind instruments they are learning about. They were given a chance to choose the instruments we named, in Spanish and English. They enjoyed it and I also got a refresher on some instrument names...my my my high school was a long time ago! Ha!
For their yogurt ducks, we glued them to the yogurt cups and added an anchored string to the bottom. When pulled with a wet hand it creates a "quack" sound! The students were amazed and I'd bet the teachers needed some ibuprofen at the end of that day. A class full of cute little ducks!
SCIENCE
In first grade we have continued watching our plants grow (or not). We are having a lot of success in one class, and practically none in the other. To me, it looks like a bird may have gotten to the seeds in our second class but we will continue to watch what happens. The students are very invested in making sure their plants are getting everything they need and remind me when they need water or when we need to look at them. We have also moved onto animals and are learning how they move, where they live and what they eat! This requires a lot of interaction and motion...jumping, chomping, slithering, etc. And the kids love it as much as I do. Sometimes its hard to get a classroom of frogs back in their seats but that comes with the subject matter.
ART
These weeks we spent some time learning about instruments because it corresponded with the Andalucia Day song and other festivities. We also completed our yogurt ducks!
During our class about instruments Teacher Carmen led a game where the students sat in a circle around pictures of the wind instruments they are learning about. They were given a chance to choose the instruments we named, in Spanish and English. They enjoyed it and I also got a refresher on some instrument names...my my my high school was a long time ago! Ha!
For their yogurt ducks, we glued them to the yogurt cups and added an anchored string to the bottom. When pulled with a wet hand it creates a "quack" sound! The students were amazed and I'd bet the teachers needed some ibuprofen at the end of that day. A class full of cute little ducks!
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