Kindergarten and Grade 1 Experiences at Rosser Elementary
After reading The Lorax, we brainstormed ideas that the Once-ler should have done to protect the environment and nature. Devastation happened to the area because of the Once-ler’s greed. Students then chose one of our ideas, or wrote one of their own. These were written onto Truffula tree templates. All of these can now be seen on the bulletin board in the hallway,
As part of our unit on Dr. Seuss we looked at a variety of real turtle shells online. Students then created and designed their own turtle shells (top and bottom) out of paper plates. These turtles are now gracing our bulletin board in our classroom.
We have been enjoying the many fun books by Dr. Seuss.
Students had a directed drawing lesson on the human face and then drew themselves. They then gave themselves a Cat in the Hat hat!
“I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o’er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host of golden daffodils …”
William Wordsworth
As a wrap-up to our fairy tale unit, we have been enjoying two books by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. The first one is pictured above – The Jolly Postman or Other People’s Letters. The second one is the sequel – The Jolly Pocket Postman – pictured below.
We then created our own versions of these books. Our booklets have two envelope pages. One page contains a postcard to her stepmother from Cinderella while the other contains a jigsaw puzzle of the Three Little Pigs sent by the Big Bad Wolf. All these things were created by the students. These are hanging on the bulletin board at the back of our classroom.
We had a directed drawing lesson on a bear. Students used pencils, china markers, and oil pastels to create these wonderful pieces of art. They are on the bulletin board outside of our classroom in the hallway.
Last week we studied the fairy tale Goldilocks and the Three Bears. We discussed the actions of both Goldilocks and those of the bears. We created Wanted Posters for Goldilocks for her crimes of breaking and entering, vandalism, trespass, and theft.
We have completed our second week of Jolly Phonics lessons. Last week we did the letters s, a, t, and i. This week we did p, n, c/k, and e. We have a lesson on most days. The blue duotangs are sent home each Friday with the pages of the letters learned that week. Thank you for helping your child with their practice on the weekends. Please remember to send the duotangs back to school after the weekend.
Ms. Teal read the students a story titled, “Have You Filled a Bucket Today”. This is about how our words and actions can make other people feel. Students created their own buckets.