Mrs. Domenick

                  Spring is Here!
                                                                                                                                                                 

Hi everyone, today we had a great language lesson.  We have been reading “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric Carle.  It tells of the hatching of an egg on a leaf and how the caterpillar eats many foods. He grows big and builds a chrysalis around himself. And finally he becomes a beautiful butterfly. We focused on vocabulary (names of stages and foods) and number( 1 apple, 2 plums).  We finished the lesson by making the stages of a butterfly using noodles!  They will hang in the hallway to show everyone what we know.   It will come home soon so you can hang it on your refrigerator! Have a great weekend.

Ribit...ribit....ribit..... April 13, 2012

Mrs. Orr's class and those in speech have been spending a lot of time learning about frogs and their life cycle.  We finished the unit today singing "Five Little Speckled Frogs,"  doing an interactive activity on the SMART board,  and creating our own individual frog life cycles.  These hang in the hall to show everyone how much these students have learned.   Ms. Friedman's class concentrated on the M and N sounds and this is what they did:

• We sang along with the interactive book “Nicki and Mickey” and focused on the N and M sounds. 
• Since Nicki and Mickey were hiking in the woods, we did a sequencing activity with a bird building her nest. 
• The students created this sequence in a cut and paste activity and it is hanging in the hallway. 
• For each lesson, we begin with a hello song and end with a goodbye song.  The children love to sing!  We also do a little yoga at the end to calm down and relax.

How Are Animals Different? March 3, 2012

Our focus this week was on how animals differ - they are different sizes, different colors and they move differently, especially a snake and a horse!  The book that helped our area of interest was "From Head to Toe" by Eric Carle.  He has wonderful drawings of animals in this book that made it very plain to see their differences.  We finished by answering some WH questions about animals in a class activity and posted our answers in the hallway. 

Living and Non-living Things February 24, 2012

In Ms. Friedman's room today, we looked at the interactive book and sang songs about Pat and Abe.  This book focused on the B and P sounds. We named more P and B words and finished with an art activity where we made our own baseballs and dispalyed them in the hall.  In Mrs. Orr's room we talked about the features of things that are living - they breath, eat, drink and grow.  We looked at pictures in several books to help us decide if these items were living or non-living.  And then we had a fun activity on the SMART board in which we took turns sorting living and non-living items.

I Love You! Februalry 17, 2012

 

Today we read the interactive book "Valerie Loves Valentines" and reviewed all the things and people that Valerie loves.  Then we talked about who and what WE love!  There are many many things!!! Our special activity was to decorate a lovely valentine heart and weave beautiful ribbon around the edge and place a photo of our own special valentine in the middle.  Have a fun-filled, lovely weekend!

Yummy! Hot Chocolate January 20, 2012

 

We have been reading a cute story about the Boot family on Apple Tree Farm and their experiences in "The Snow Storm."  Our focus has been on the main characters in this story, the setting and three things that happened.  Our friend Braidy helped us to remember these parts of the stroy.  And our ending to class was fantastic!  We talked about the steps to making hot chocolate, we made hot chocolate and then we drank it all down!  Yummy!!!

Br-r-r It's Cold! January 13, 2012

The students in Mrs. Orr's MOID class and the students in Ms. Friedman's Autistic class had fun reading the interactive story" Br-r-r It's Cold."  We had fun soriting summer and winter clothing items and trying them on!  Reading and listening to a  story called "The Frist Day of Winter" by Denise Fleming was a good way to calm down and get cozy!

International Night

Please join the ranks of those making Eastvalley's International Night possible!  International night will be held Saturday, April 28 from 4-7 p.m.  Come join us and show off your country of origin!

• 12 countries on 5 continents are represented so far
• 46 families and staff are already volunteering to serve as "Cultural Ambassadors"
• It's not too late to show your pride in your heritage or country of origin, please submit an International Night Volunteer Form or contact Michelle Jokay at jokaymhale@gmail.com before Spring Break (March 31st).

Our Beautiful Christmas Tree!

We had a great time today decorating our little Christmas tree as we learned concepts.  First we read a book about placing favorite items in, on, under and beside the tree.  But the most fun was placing these items with a real tree!  The children's receptive knowledge was assessed as they followed directions. Their expressive knowledge was displayed when they answered questions such as "Where is the present?"  Sign language was used to prompt their verbal response.  The children enjoy sign and it is always used with the spoken word.  Sign is known to prompt verbal speech and not hinder it.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

 

Today in Ms. Friedmans's class we had to figure out what was in our surprise bag. It was a turkey!  We made some friends for him with our turkey finger puppets. We read a wonderful story showing us how we are thankful for some of the same things as the Pilgrims, like our homes, people who help us such as Mom and Dad and Grandma and Grandpa, our friends, our food, our teachers and our special time together.  The book is called "Celebrating Thanksgiving" by Joel Kupperstein.  In Mrs. Orr's class, we did a group story using body movements about a native american brave going hunting. This was fun!  We finished our lesson with a special turkey poem that Mom and Dad will love!  Have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!!!