Five for Friday: First Week Back!

It's finally Friday! To all those teachers who had to come back this week from their holiday break...we made it! Now it's time to celebrate with a Five for Friday!

On Monday, we read Squirrel's New Year's Resolution to learn what a resolution this.

[Click image above to see it on Amazon.]

Then we came up with some resolutions for the class as a whole...

...and also came up with

individual resolutions while completing a New Year's flipbook by Teaches Third in Georgia.

I got (well, requested) a bluetooth speaker from the boyfriend for Christmas! While messing around with trying to figure out how to upload music to my iPad without having to use iTunes, I also discovered iTunes radio. Did you know that there's a "Frozen" station which basically plays Disney songs only? No commercials too! (Probably being its a station for kids). So while we were working on a birthday book for a classmate, the class got to enjoy listening to different Disney songs on iTunes radio via my new bluetooth speakers!

This week was also snowman week! Snowman week included labeling a snowman, writing instructions on how to build a snowman, and creating a torn paper snowman masterpiece!

We also started our geometry unit this week. The kids always love it when the pattern blocks come out, especially when they are told to just use them to build whatever pictures they want!

We also started our new science unit on air and weather. Means we are adding some new Science vocabulary to our word bank!

You've read about my week. How was yours?? :)

Five for Friday

Another week done! Only 50 more days of school left! @@

Our geometry unit continues with some geoboard fun!

Some of the kiddos creations...

Tilt your head to the left.

This is meant to be a fox, but I was lazy and didn't rotate the picture before uploading it. Now it looks more like a fish. :)

A parent came in during our usual music time to introduce the students to some woodwind instruments, the clarinet and flute. 

The only St. Patrick's Day related activity we did (there's just NO time!). I led the kids through a directed drawing of a leprechaun all thanks to First Grade Blue Skies. I decided to do the lesson on the classroom iPad rather than on the whiteboard or a piece of paper for a special reason. Read on to find out why! But first, some pictures of kiddos working on their drawings!

And here's the reason why I did my lesson on the iPad! I had some kiddos who were pulled out for some intervention work when I was teaching this lesson so I used the app, EduCreations, to record myself. When the kiddos came back from their pull-out time, I set them on the carpet with the iPad and some headphones and viola! Now, everyone has their drawing completed! :)

I'm still learning how else to use a single iPad in the classroom, but this is definitely a good start!

More geometry fun! This time we made shapes using pattern blocks!

This was probably one of the most hands-on week for the kids ever! For Art, we worked with clay. Every year the kids get to make one clay project and it's always the one they look forward to. Last year when I was in first grade, the kids made clay fish. This year in second grade, the kiddos made coil "pots"!

Hopefully they all make it through the kiln! Can't wait to find out!

Oh, remember back to the beginning of March with the Currently? (Is it really mid-March already???) My answer was Frozen and my question was, "What movie have I not seen yet?" Well...guess who pre-ordered the dvd...

I haven't watched it yet but I plan to tonight! :)