In skills the Organic Squirrels worked on vowel sounds and tricky words. The Zesty Wombats continued work on hard and soft g (like glass as opposed to gem) and played a game to find many hard and soft g words. The Screaming Mustaches worked on /ou/ spelled both ou (like mouse) and ow (like cow) and learned how to do a crossword puzzle. It was hard! The Ice Dragons continued reading their Jigsaw Jones mystery.
In centers today Carol worked with a group on handwriting. They're working on letter formation with her. Another group did a "d hunt" around the school. We're working on recognizing b and d this week. The last group learned about brain bubbles. A brain bubble shows people's thoughts:
Michelle and Amy did some role playing where one person would do an unexpected behavior like crawling around the room or playing with their shoe, and the other would write their thoughts as the scenario played out:
We tried to show the kids that when they do unexpected behaviors, people can have negative thoughts that lead to negative perceptions.
Similarly, when they do expected behaviors, people have positive thoughts that lead to positive perceptions:
It was just an introductory lesson, but we plan to continue with brain bubbles throughout the year.
This afternoon, the kids had Spanish in which they sang songs about colors, music, in which they sang more songs, and science in which they were introduced to the body systems like the circulatory, muscular, nervous, and digestive systems.
The kids are working hard to gain more gold stars, and behavior and effort continues to improve. It was another great day!
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