IPS/Butler University Laboratory School

As we progress through the year we use a lot of things in the classroom.  Our class is in need of a few of the following items:

*Clipboards

* Dry Erase Markers

*Ziploc Bags, gallon size

* Blue or black pens

Thank you!

Michael leads our calendar time.

This month, we have started a new routine in our class: calendar. Each day, we add a day to the calendar and talk about the name of the day, the date, and the month we are in. We also talk about important dates that are coming up (Airport Field Trip, Thanksgiving) and count down how many days until those special dates. At the end of each day, a different child gets to write an important event from the day on our day on the calendar.  Doing calendar each day is important to children’s understanding of the concept of time. We also enjoy this time as a special time to reflect on the past and present.

Good morning everyone!  I just wanted to send out a wish list of things we need for the classroom.

They are:

number dice

kleenex

snacks (anything really for snack now except things with nuts)

clipboards

glue sticks

Thank you thank you thank you!

Happy Monday to you all!  This week we will be practicing for our show on Thursday.  We are and will continue to read books about bravery and courage when it comes to performing in particular.  The kids decided today that they would like to perform their shows for the preschoolers so on Thursday we hope to practice in front of an audience.  I cannot begin to tell you how proud they are of themselves for this whole puppet project.

Today was a special day because Mrs. Williams, Heaven’s mother, came into our class to do yoga with us.  She has been doing it everyday for a while with Mrs. Clark’s class, and now she is going to start doing it with us everyday.  It was AMAZING to see the children respond in such a respectful and hardworking way towards Mrs. Williams.  Today we focused on breathing and downward facing dog.  The children really did a wonderful job so I am excited to see how it continues to go in the future!

Mrs. Williams discussing the breathing you must do during yoga.

Madeline P. focusing on her breathing during yoga.

DeOnna practicing the downward facing dog pose.

We have added a new exciting thing to our Math Materials.  This week we introduced the hundreds chart.  The kids helped me write the numbers 1 to 100.  This is a very valuable tool when talking about number sense.  It is a visual so kids can see patterns in numbers.  As we progress with our skip counting by 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s we will change numbers so we can visually see the skip.  While I have all these educational uses, I do believe the kids favorite thing to do with the hundreds chart is play “The Missing Number Game”  This is where a child goes up and takes out a number from the pocket.  The rest of then class then opens their eyes and has to guess the missing number.  I believe they would play this all day if I let them 🙂