Week 4--Apples

First thing this week we finished up our Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom trees. I had originally planned to put them up on the bulletin board, but the students were so excited about taking them home where it had taken so long to finish, so I sent them home. I love how Rheagan only wanted to use letter Rr on her paper. Some students spelled their names, some used as many stickers as possible, some put one or two on and were done.

 This week we talked about opposites. We showed opposites with our bodies, like running in place for "go" and then stopping when I said "stop." We also showed big and small, light and dark (with the lights). Opposites is one of those concepts that is hard to explain with words, we mostly use examples and actions.

For an activity we practiced opposites with our parachute. We did high/low, fast/slow, stop/go and then just for fun we put the bean bags on the parachute to flip them off. Sorry for the blurry pictures, it's hard to get a good one!

 Here are a few pictures of our apple craft. We painted in small groups as the students arrived. This is one of those little secrets I learned after I started teaching and it makes it go much, much smoother. The students got to choose between red and green paint. Then we did the rest of our work while they dried and then added the stems and leaves at the end of the day on Thursday.

 Here are a few pictures of our apple party. There weren't a lot--I was too busy getting the students everything they needed! First we each tried a small piece of a green and a red apple. Most of the students liked both kinds, but a few said that the red was much better.

After that we tried three different apple products--sliced apples, apple juice and apple sauce. Again, most students said they liked all of the different kinds, but apple sauce was probably the least favorite. The morning class went through TONS of sliced apples, while the afternoon class drank a lot of juice.

 This is the finished product! Sorry about the line in the bulletin board... I have been having a few issues with the memory card. I thought these turned out very cute! I love having a fun, colorful bulletin board!

 Thanks for sharing your great kids with me!