Butterfly Bonanza!

 

Butterflies & Bees

During reading circle, the children built sentences on the chart.  After the words were decoded and sorted, we divided into groups to write the work.

The girls decided to gather together at the red easel.
(Crossed legs were also a group decision!)  The children were able to move around as needed, and manipulate the word cards, for easier eye-hand coordination.

Oceans Of Fun

I am a fan of the library; our book box is filled with a wealth of ocean literature.  The children went on a "word walk" through many books and chose words to write on the chart.  

Teamwork = Ring Toss!
Everyone cheered on their classmates as the rings (sometimes) hit the mark.
The winning score was 175 points!  We enjoyed this addition activity!

Online Game & Video-Numbers/Dolphins

Illuminations-- Ten Frame Game
Check out this link!  The prompts reinforce addition and subtraction skills to ten.

Dolphin video
National Geographic Kids hosts this interesting video about dolphin babies and their moms!

Double-Digits and Graphs

The dot cubes contain a smaller cube within, which allows us to create double-digit numbers, addition equations, and subtraction equations!  The children rang the bell if they rolled a 66 (the highest number possible) and received star stickers for doubles.

During this partner activity, a picture cube was rolled and data was recorded on a bar graph.  The children cooperated with each other!  
Good work, everyone!

Egg-citing!

"Mrs. Platts, I think you should bring us some scrambled eggs!"

Balsamic vinegar allowed us to see the rubberized side and the shell side of the egg.  Soak a raw egg in white vinegar to see the inside and to produce a total rubber effect.  (A bit of yuck:  our egg leaked yolk from the shell side when it was tossed away!)