Field trips...

Teacher Playdate: Pizza and Painting

I helped with Math Club this year and our kids won district!

Field trip to Waco Mammoth Site

They helped find fossils from current dinosaur dig sites in the United States.

Field Day Fun!

Mission Tour- San Juan

State Capitol Tour

School Wide Field Trip- Cultural Day

Soap Carvings

Amon Carter Museum- Greatness!

Catching up on some events so far this year...

Our first field trip this year was to the Mythbusters Exhibit at the Fort Worth Science Museum.  The kids had a great time exploring some myths and busting them! They even did an experiment with a parent- what a good sport!

This is our "Sock" it to drugs from Red Ribbon Week.

 The class loved working on their Native American tribes to share thier learning with the rest of the class.  They made artifacts to show how thier tribed lived.  I was impressed with all they did!

We have Chromebooks this year (we share with another class).  I am loving the ability to use a computer for so many different tasks and they are too!

We have visited the science lab many times already this year- this is just a snapshot of some of the learning taking place.

We love our buddy time and for this day we helped them measure pumpkins and complete a sink or float activity.  Everyone had a grand time!

Two Great Field Trips

We have had so much these past few weeks!



We went on a field trip to see Kids Who Care: Deep in the Heart. It was more than wonderful!  After that we had lunch in the park- it was a perfect day!

 

 

We had a great science experiment with mixtures and solutions. 

 

We also went to the Dallas Aboretum. I can't wait to go back to that amazing place! We studied the Wet Lands then went on education island to observe and test the water in the wetlands.  It was another beautiful day full of learning experiences!

 

Zoo Fun!

This week has been fun!  We went on a field trip to the zoo! It was cold & the animals were active :-)

We drew a map of what our own zoo map would look like.

 

 

We read about all the different animal teeth and wrote about which teeth we would like best.

 

We also read a book about all different animal body parts and how it makes each animal special.  We wrote about our favorite animal characteristics and drew what it would look like.  We all decided it would be RIDICULOUS and we like ourselves just the way we are!

We have been learning about living and non-living things.

 

 

I included our anchor chart we made.

I also included our anchor chart for measurement.  I did correct the misspelling on the chart in class!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lastly,  I included a picture of some of my students art work. They find these drawings in art class & I am so impressed with them.  These are only a sampling-there were many more just as good!

Making up for Lost Time...

First up, our field trip to Casa Manana to see Repunzul!  It was wonderful and funny!  The kids really enjoyed it and I think the parents did as well!  We compared different versions of the story that we knew from reading books and watching the movie.  We guessed how this play would compare, but I don't think anyone guessed how this play correctly!!

 

 

 

With the help of a parent, I finally have my reading strategies posters ready to hang up as we go over them!!  I am so excited to finally have it DONE!!

 

These are just a few that I have introduced so far.  I love them and how they teach students the different ways to figure out words when reading.  I know they like them too and having the animal clue really helps them to understand what they are doing when reading.

 

 I also found these strategies for writing.  I have the animals for them too, I just need to remember to bring them up to the school. 

 

I have been working really hard with my little friends on their writing.  I thought this was cute and tried it with my friends.  It has been working for the most part.  I think it is simple enough to help remind them what they need to be looking for when writing.

  

This is by far my favorite way to teach counting by 10's or 5's to 100.  I love that the kids can move around while learning and have fun- isn't that how it should be??

 

Field Trip to Perot Museum

 

These were some of our favorite things from Perot Museum:

 

 

The students loved this!!  You could pick from several characters (dinosuar, bird, human) to race against...very cool!

 

 

I loved that they encourage such feedback from museum guests.  Look how cool and colorful!!

 

 

I love all the bright colors that surrounds you at the differen levels!

 

These are wooden blocks that move to reproduce a pixalated picture of you!  



 

Students were encouraged to build structures then to see how they would withstand an earthquake- so neat!

 

SPACE

DINOSAURS

 

 

 

Rocks and Gems

 

 

Model of the Museum

You could throw or kick a ball and it would measure it- kids loved it!

 

What a wonderful and neat experience.  I can't wait to go back with my own children and explore some more!!