Celebrating Dr. Seuss

Here's our Dr. Seuss work we displayed for Open House.

Patterning with Snowmen, Snowflakes, and The Mitten

    I modeled making and extending several patterns for the students. Then I started a pattern and choose students to continue my pattern. We identified the type of pattern it was. Then I choose students to start a pattern and they choose who continued their pattern.

   
We read Then Mitten by Jan Brett. Then students colored and labeled a mitten pattern book.

Pumpkin Time!!!

We started by talking about what schema is and then discussing with our partners our pumpkin schema. We corrected misconceptions and added new learning throughout our study. We also reviewed the characteristics of nonfiction/informational text. We reviewed identifying the topic and details of informational text.

We learned about the parts of a pumpkin and each part's purpose. Students worked in small groups to paint a part of the pumpkin for our pumpkin brace map. After the paint dried, students work together to build our brace map and label the parts. Students then shared a part of the the pumpkin and it's purpose with their partner.

We used pumpkin candy to create positional patterns. Students identified and extended patterns I modeled for them. Then they worked with their partner to create a positional pattern. Then we shared and extended patterns partners made. Of course what's the fun of working with candy if you can't enjoy a little bit of it! Then we created and recorded patterns using our thumbprint as the pumpkin shell and our pinkie print as the stem. We labeled our patterns and identified the core (the part of the pattern that repeats).

We also sequenced the pumpkin life cycle. We illustrated and labeled the life cycle on a flow map.

We created a circle map using descriptive words for pumpkins as a class. Then we created our own pumpkins/jack-o-lanterns and used words from our circle map to write a pumpkin poem.

Go Away Little Pattern Monsters!!!

We read Go Away Big Green Monster and practiced making AB patterns using pattern blocks. Then we made them with our partners. Then we created these pattern monsters independently and wrote about them!

Wild Things

After field day, we read Where the Wild Things Are. We reviewed describing words and talked with our partners about adjectives for the Wild Things. We created a circle map.

We we decorated our own Wild Things.



We created a Venn Diagram to compare/contrast our Wild Thing with our partner's.

We created positional patterns using our Wild Things. Then will illustrated and labeled a Wild Thing positional pattern on a sentence strip. We watched the Scholastic video Where the Wild Things Are. Then we reviewed actions words and created a circle map of things our Wild Things can do.

Then we wrote a sentence about what our Wild Things can do.





Texas

We learned about Texas symbols. We colored and wrote about our state bird the mocking bird.

We created a bluebonnet, labeld the parts and wrote about the function of the parts.

We learned about cowboys' clothing and how it meets their needs. Then we colored and labeled his clothing.

We learned about the state motto Friendship and wrote about being a good friend!

We learned drew a pecan tree and how it's needs are met. then we labeled.

We created positional patterns using "Texas" shapes!

We read The Little Red Hen  and Armadilly Chili. Then we compare/contrasted the two stories. We also made chili and graphed if we liked it.

Mrs. Shaw's Most Wanted:

We collected data about our class by making Cowpoke glyphs and then analyzing the data.

 

 

Pixie 2 Patterns

In math, we have been working on creating a pattern, labeling it, and identifying the pattern core. On Wednesday, we went to the computer lab and each student created their own AB pattern, labeled it, and divided the pattern to show the core in the software program Pixie 2. The pattern core is the smallest unit of the pattern that repeats (AB).