The Mitten

Today was a fun day filled with the letter M! We began the day by doing our weekly letter Smartboard lesson. Although this is something we do each week for every new letter we learn, we took today's lesson up a notch! Your kids can spell!!!!!
Check it out:)











All I did was sound out the words, and your kids spelled them! I'm a proud teacher.

For the rest of the day we did activities using another wonderful M word...Mitten.

We began by using our fine motor skills to lace up our mitten. This was not an easy task, but everyone did it!








Then it was time to make our white mittens bright and colorful (so it won't get lost in the snow).








Then for our story today, we read the book "The Mitten" by Jan Brett. After nap we reread the book and did a retelling of the story in our own mittens.


The mole found the mitten first and climbed in.


Next, the snowshoe hare joined in.


The prickly hedgehog followed.


Then the owl


And the badger





The fox


Then the bear.


Finally the tiny mouse climbed in and snuggled up on the bears nose.


The end!!

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Polar Bear Polar Bear

To stick with our freezing weather theme, we made some pretty cute, pretty chilly polar bears today. It's no secret I love guided drawings! Not only do the students' personalities shine through, but it's a great practice in listening and following step by step instructions. Here goes...
First, draw the head and body with chalk.








Then use the side of the chalk to smudge some white fur on. (Word to the wise...don't use "no dust" chalk)











Now to add the facial features...

















Then we had to make the polar bears' snowy habitats. We started with snowflakes.





Then tore paper to make the drifts.





Tada!!!!


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Pennies

Today we started learning about money, and, of course, we began with the penny. To begin our penny investigation we all had to pick a penny from the money pot.








Once we each had a penny we began looking very closely at the coin to find out what makes it unique.






We learned that it is the only "brown" coin, it has a smooth edge, that it has a heads and a tails side, and most importantly that it's worth 1cent. We then discussed the pictures on each side. I must say that it began as a pretty funny conversation that I must share. When I asked the kids who's head they thought it was two of them raised their hands, and one answered "God" and the other "John Deere"...haha I love my job. Close, both very very important people, but in fact it's Abraham Lincoln on the heads side, and the Lincoln Memorial on the tails side.

After we learned the ins and outs of the penny, we made a book of penny facts, and did a rubbing on the back!





















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