Last Tuesday we had our annual all school End of the Year Sing. The kids did a fantastic job performing for all of the families that came to visit us. The gym was packed! We know some family members were not able to make it to the sing, so we hope you enjoy watching the videos on here.
AM Class
PM Class
Monday, May 21, 2012
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Life Cycle of a Ladybug-We have ladybugs!
This week has been really crazy as we finish up end of the year stuff and worked on our super secret Mother's Day projects! But I do have video of our ladybugs to show you! We have spent a lot of time using the magnifying glasses to look at our ladybugs as most of them have come out of the pupas as ladybugs!
When they first come out of the pupa, they are orange-ish. After a little time they start to turn more red and you can see their spots.
The little ladybugs have been running all over their habitat. We will let them go this week. You will notice at the bottom of their habitat, there are raisins. Since we don't have access to aphids, ladybugs natural food, they like to eat rasisins.
Check out a video of the Eric Carle story: The Grouchy Ladybug. Your child will love the retelling!
When they first come out of the pupa, they are orange-ish. After a little time they start to turn more red and you can see their spots.
The little ladybugs have been running all over their habitat. We will let them go this week. You will notice at the bottom of their habitat, there are raisins. Since we don't have access to aphids, ladybugs natural food, they like to eat rasisins.
Check out a video of the Eric Carle story: The Grouchy Ladybug. Your child will love the retelling!
Friday, April 27, 2012
Lifecycle of Ladybugs-Larvae Update
Last week you read about our new classroom friends. Our larvae continue to grow! We have been surprised every day this week with how much bigger they look! Many adults around here (including Miss Stephanie) have been surprised that lady bugs look like this when they are babies. We've all probably seen this little bugs outside and had no idea they were going to turn into lady bugs one day!
You can watch a video about the lifecycle of a ladybug here by clicking this link.
When you watch the video, you will see what happens to lady bug spots as a lady bug gets older.
YOUR HOMEWORK
-Watch the video with your son/daughter and listen for what happens to lady bug spots as they get older.
-Draw a picture of what lady bugs look like before they get old and then what starts happening to them when they get older.
-Bring it in on Monday!
Check out what our larvae look like this week!
You can watch a video about the lifecycle of a ladybug here by clicking this link.
When you watch the video, you will see what happens to lady bug spots as a lady bug gets older.
YOUR HOMEWORK
-Watch the video with your son/daughter and listen for what happens to lady bug spots as they get older.
-Draw a picture of what lady bugs look like before they get old and then what starts happening to them when they get older.
-Bring it in on Monday!
Check out what our larvae look like this week!
Look at us cleaning!
We wanted you to see how hard we work in our room to clean up after ourselves. One day this week we had quite the mess of corn on the floor from the messy table. The boys had the idea (all on their own) to get the broom and "the black thing" to clean it up. They were hard workers and picked up (almost) every piece of corn! We like to have fun and get creative....but we also know it is important to put our classroom back the way we found it every day!
Monday, April 23, 2012
Ling Sounds Sound Check
Check out a new link on the right in the "Listening and Speaking" section for kids with hearing aids and cochlear implants.
You can print your own "Ling Sounds" information and sound check for at home. We use this at circle time at the beginning of the day to make sure everyone's equipment is working properly!
From the website:
The sounds ah, ee, oo, sh, s, and mm indicate a child’s ability to detect all aspects of speech as these six sounds encompass the frequency range of all phonemes {speech sounds}.
This check can be used to determine what sounds the student is able to detect, discriminate, and identify.
Click on this link to download your own listening check sheet!
Another printable activity: flashcards and activities to practice the Ling Sounds
You can print your own "Ling Sounds" information and sound check for at home. We use this at circle time at the beginning of the day to make sure everyone's equipment is working properly!
From the website:
The sounds ah, ee, oo, sh, s, and mm indicate a child’s ability to detect all aspects of speech as these six sounds encompass the frequency range of all phonemes {speech sounds}.
This check can be used to determine what sounds the student is able to detect, discriminate, and identify.
These are the Ling Sounds
Another printable activity: flashcards and activities to practice the Ling Sounds
Friday, April 20, 2012
Slippery Fish on the Smartboard
One of our favorite songs in class is "Slippery Fish". We have been singing it in both English and Spanish. This week we have been practicing the different words in both version and trying to say them clearly.
We have some videos for you of us interacting with the song on our Smartboard!
AM-One of my deaf students playing with the Smartboard and reenacting the song. He is practicing how to say the words.
PM-Three of my afternoon students listening to the song on the Smartboard and moving the ocean creatures around to follow along with the song...in Spanish!
You can hear the song here and sing along with it in English:
Here is the Spanish version:
We have some videos for you of us interacting with the song on our Smartboard!
AM-One of my deaf students playing with the Smartboard and reenacting the song. He is practicing how to say the words.
PM-Three of my afternoon students listening to the song on the Smartboard and moving the ocean creatures around to follow along with the song...in Spanish!
You can hear the song here and sing along with it in English:
Here is the Spanish version:
Our New Classmates-Life Cycle of a Ladybug
You may have heard that we have a bunch of new classmates....
of the insect variety!
They arrived on Thursday and we have been excited about them ever since. The afternoon class still doesn't not know what they are! The morning class did get let in on the secret though.
Both classes drew in their journals when we first saw our new friends. They drew pictures of what they insects look like now. The afternoon class also predicted what they thought the bugs were going to be when they got older.
Some guesses:
-big ant
-butterfly
-snake
-dinosaur
-big spider
-caterpillar
-ladybug
-beatle
The afternoon class drew pictures of their predication in their journals as well.
They were told today that if they went on the classroom website this weekend, they would be able to find out what our new classmates will be when they grow up!
We are going to learn about the stages of a.....
of the insect variety!
They arrived on Thursday and we have been excited about them ever since. The afternoon class still doesn't not know what they are! The morning class did get let in on the secret though.
Both classes drew in their journals when we first saw our new friends. They drew pictures of what they insects look like now. The afternoon class also predicted what they thought the bugs were going to be when they got older.
Some guesses:
-big ant
-butterfly
-snake
-dinosaur
-big spider
-caterpillar
-ladybug
-beatle
The afternoon class drew pictures of their predication in their journals as well.
They were told today that if they went on the classroom website this weekend, they would be able to find out what our new classmates will be when they grow up!
We are going to learn about the stages of a.....
ladybug!
Check out the clip below to see pictures from our ladybug fun! You will see:
-Us seeing them in the tube they arrived in (they are tiny!) Right now some are in the egg stage and some are in the larval stage. Those are called larvae. They crawl all around.
-Us drawing pictures of what we see in tube (PM) or in the ladybug habitat (AM)]
-Us (PM) drawing pictures of what we think these little bugs will become!
Make sure your child has a chance to see the blog post this weekend so he/she can come back on Monday and share that he/she knows what they will become when they are done with their lifecycle!
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Exploring Different Objects
Check out the most recent slideshow of some of the interesting things we have been doing over the last few weeks.
Things to notice:
-Exploring rocks with our eyes (using magnifying glasses) and touch (using our hands). We tried to come up with as many different ways to explain what we noticed as possible and write them down. You can see our list below.
-Exploring lids and their containers. We did an activity matching up containers to their various sized lids. We talked about why we thought different lids would fit with different containers based on size, shape, and way the lid was put on (push it on or twist it on).
-Coming up with our own ideas about what to put in the messy table and getting the materials out by ourselves.
"What do you think?" is one of the most often used phrases in our classroom. It has really helped us come up with our own ideas and brainstorm all kinds of new ideas. Try it out at home when your child comes to you with a question. We have gotten some pretty intelligent and creative answers!
Here you can see the morning class breaking out into singing the alphabet song during snack time all on their own. Miss Stephanie grabbed the camera really fast!
Things to notice:
-Exploring rocks with our eyes (using magnifying glasses) and touch (using our hands). We tried to come up with as many different ways to explain what we noticed as possible and write them down. You can see our list below.
-Exploring lids and their containers. We did an activity matching up containers to their various sized lids. We talked about why we thought different lids would fit with different containers based on size, shape, and way the lid was put on (push it on or twist it on).
-Coming up with our own ideas about what to put in the messy table and getting the materials out by ourselves.
"What do you think?" is one of the most often used phrases in our classroom. It has really helped us come up with our own ideas and brainstorm all kinds of new ideas. Try it out at home when your child comes to you with a question. We have gotten some pretty intelligent and creative answers!
Here you can see the morning class breaking out into singing the alphabet song during snack time all on their own. Miss Stephanie grabbed the camera really fast!
Monday, April 9, 2012
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
President Obama Uses Sign Language
Regardless of political affiliation, it is neat to see the President of the United States using sign language. Check out this blurb and the video!
From the site:
http://www.signingtime.com/blog/2012/04/president-obama-converses-with-deaf-student-in-sign-language/
From the site:
Stephon stood just a few feet away from Barack Obama. The president, busy shaking hands, looked right at him. “It was like he was waiting for me to say something,” he said later. So the 26-year-old Prince George’s Community College student took his cue and spoke to President Obama in his first language: American Sign Language.
“I am proud of you,” Stephon signed.
The president, almost involuntary, instinctively, immediately signed back, “Thank you.”
Another deaf student then signed to the president, “I love you.”
The president smiled back at her and shook her hand.
http://www.signingtime.com/blog/2012/04/president-obama-converses-with-deaf-student-in-sign-language/
Friday, March 23, 2012
The Three Little Pigs-Movie Style
This week we finished up our 3 Little Pigs focus by acting out the stories for the video camera. We have been acting them out on our own during work time. We have enjoyed reading different versions of the story too! We didn't rehearse at all! We just did our best to tell the story from remembering what we read as we went along!
AM Class-Check out our version of 3 Little Pigs in sign and voice!
JTT MM CK KG
IE CK JT DA
T/Th Class
PM Class: KP EK CH NP MD
JP PG JR MV
JC AC MP MJ
MJ SL CP MM
AM Class-Check out our version of 3 Little Pigs in sign and voice!
JTT MM CK KG
IE CK JT DA
T/Th Class
PM Class: KP EK CH NP MD
JP PG JR MV
JC AC MP MJ
MJ SL CP MM
Story Retelling on the Smartboard-Three Little Pigs
As you saw in our last blog post, we have been talking about The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf. We had a story on the Smartboard that we used to retell the story during work time. This week some of us used the microphone to record ourselves retelling the story. Miss Stephanie has included just a few examples of us retelling the story so you can get an idea of how it works.
Story retelling is a great skill to practice at home! After you've read a story, ask your child, "Tell me about it" and see what he or she remembers. Your child can flip through the pages of the book or retell from memory. You can talk about what happened first, next, and then last.
Check out 2 of my deaf and hard of hearing students retelling the story! They recorded the story in the microphone. In addition, I took notes of their words and signs. We may have a hearing loss, but we love to talk!
JT
KG
Check out two students from my afternoon class retell the story!
CH
MV
And one of my T/Th students!
OP
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Fun in the Room
Check out our slideshow of some of the fun we had in the room!
At the beginning of the slideshow you will see us exploring with magnifying glasses. We saw a roly-poly bug in our classroom and several of the kids had the idea to run and get magnifying glasses to look at him more closely. Then we brought him outside and set him free.
At the beginning of the slideshow you will see us exploring with magnifying glasses. We saw a roly-poly bug in our classroom and several of the kids had the idea to run and get magnifying glasses to look at him more closely. Then we brought him outside and set him free.
Monday, March 12, 2012
3 Little Pigs Houses
Last week started reading different versions of The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf. After reading the story, we came in the classroom one day and found a big cardboard box. We had the idea to paint it yellow like the straw house. Someone asked if there was straw, so that night Miss Stephanie went home and got some straw from her barn. The next day there was another box in the room and we painted it grey like the sticks. Miss Stephanie left some sticks in the room and we glued them on to the box. The third day, we saw another box in our room and we wanted to make it the brick house. We painted it red and decided that bricks would be too heavy to glue to it, so someone thought of the idea of cutting out red bricks.
We have been playing The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf for the last several days. We have a had a lot of fun repeating the lines from the story!
Suggestion: Ask your child to act it out with you to see what he or she is able to to retell!
Wolf: Little Pig! Little Pig! Let me in!
Pig: No! No! Not by the hair on my chinny chin chin. I will NOT let you in.
Wolf: Then I will HUFF and PUFF and blow your house down! (huff...puff...blow!)
We have also had some more independence in the classroom. Check out the video where several of us are filling up the water table on our own! Miss Stephanie has been putting items in the empty water table and waiting for us to ask for water. When we ask for water she lets us fill it up by ourselves using the pitchers. There have been a few spills; but when we spill, we just get paper towels to clean it up! Miss Stephanie and Miss Sandy have been letting us solve our own problems and letting us come up with our own ideas a lot lately. We love it!
We have been playing The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf for the last several days. We have a had a lot of fun repeating the lines from the story!
Suggestion: Ask your child to act it out with you to see what he or she is able to to retell!
Wolf: Little Pig! Little Pig! Let me in!
Pig: No! No! Not by the hair on my chinny chin chin. I will NOT let you in.
Wolf: Then I will HUFF and PUFF and blow your house down! (huff...puff...blow!)
We have also had some more independence in the classroom. Check out the video where several of us are filling up the water table on our own! Miss Stephanie has been putting items in the empty water table and waiting for us to ask for water. When we ask for water she lets us fill it up by ourselves using the pitchers. There have been a few spills; but when we spill, we just get paper towels to clean it up! Miss Stephanie and Miss Sandy have been letting us solve our own problems and letting us come up with our own ideas a lot lately. We love it!
Monday, March 5, 2012
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Over the last few weeks, we have read many different versions of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. We have enjoyed talking about the differences and similarities between the stories. Last week while reading the story one day, we wanted to act it out. We all took turns being different characters while Miss Stephanie read the story. Then we thought it would be really fun to videotape it! We made costumes for the video and then we put them in the Pretend Play area. We have also enjoyed acting out the story during work time!
Check out the videos below to see our rendition of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. We didn't rehearse or memorize lines! We just picked our parts on Friday and we told the story as we remembered it ourselves.
(For the afternoon class-the title of the video has the initials of the children who played a part in that video.)
If you have any versions of the story at home, you can read them at home and talk about how they match up with the play we did!
Check out my deaf and hard of hearing kids acting out this story. We use signs and words together to share our stories!
AM
Afternoon classes:
PM-NR/MV/CH/MJ
PM-JP/KP/JB/MP
PM-PG/NP/MV/EK
PM-JR/CP/MD/MM
Check out the videos below to see our rendition of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. We didn't rehearse or memorize lines! We just picked our parts on Friday and we told the story as we remembered it ourselves.
(For the afternoon class-the title of the video has the initials of the children who played a part in that video.)
If you have any versions of the story at home, you can read them at home and talk about how they match up with the play we did!
Check out my deaf and hard of hearing kids acting out this story. We use signs and words together to share our stories!
AM
Afternoon classes:
PM-NR/MV/CH/MJ
PM-JP/KP/JB/MP
PM-PG/NP/MV/EK
PM-JR/CP/MD/MM
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Learning Around the Room
In addition to Valentine's Day, we have had a busy two weeks. So busy Miss Stephanie didn't get all the pictures uploaded!
Check out some of the things we have been up to lately!
AM Class
Some of the things you will see in this video:
-retrieving our own materials
-cooking in the pretend play area
-selling items with the cash register
-matching capital letters
-looking outside at the weather
-playing Memory
-matching our symbols
PM Class
Some of the things you will see in this video:
-writing notes in the Literacy Lane
-sorting on the SmartBoard
-building in the Construction Zone
-playing with magnetic letters
-cooking in the Pretend Palace
-Listening in the Library
-Reading to ourselves in the library
-sorting with dinosaur counters
-building with small blocks
-exploring sand in different sized containers
-making patterns on the SmartBoard
-Putting together puzzles with our friends
-Dressing up
-Writing on the SmartBoard
-Making Valentine's Day cards
Check out some of the things we have been up to lately!
AM Class
Some of the things you will see in this video:
-retrieving our own materials
-cooking in the pretend play area
-selling items with the cash register
-matching capital letters
-looking outside at the weather
-playing Memory
-matching our symbols
PM Class
Some of the things you will see in this video:
-writing notes in the Literacy Lane
-sorting on the SmartBoard
-building in the Construction Zone
-playing with magnetic letters
-cooking in the Pretend Palace
-Listening in the Library
-Reading to ourselves in the library
-sorting with dinosaur counters
-building with small blocks
-exploring sand in different sized containers
-making patterns on the SmartBoard
-Putting together puzzles with our friends
-Dressing up
-Writing on the SmartBoard
-Making Valentine's Day cards
Valentine's Day Fun
Check out the photos from our Valentine's Day celebration last week.
First, we passed out valentines to our friends. We took the time to look at the cards we brought in and gave them out to our friends. When our friends handed us a card, we made sure to say "thank you" each time.
After that, we had our work time. During work time, Miss Stephanie called a few of us over at a time and we graphed valentine hearts. We each had a cup of hearts with various colors. We laid them out on the graphing sheet by color. Some of us read the color words and some of us had colored squares to help match them.
We talked about each of our graphs. Each one was different!
Questions we asked:
-Which color has the most?
-How do you know?
-Which one is the least?
-How do you know?
-Are any of them tied?
Some of us counted the hearts.
Some of us drew lines to see which ones were the most and which ones were the least.
Some of us used our fingers to figure out most and least.
PM Class
AM Class
First, we passed out valentines to our friends. We took the time to look at the cards we brought in and gave them out to our friends. When our friends handed us a card, we made sure to say "thank you" each time.
After that, we had our work time. During work time, Miss Stephanie called a few of us over at a time and we graphed valentine hearts. We each had a cup of hearts with various colors. We laid them out on the graphing sheet by color. Some of us read the color words and some of us had colored squares to help match them.
We talked about each of our graphs. Each one was different!
Questions we asked:
-Which color has the most?
-How do you know?
-Which one is the least?
-How do you know?
-Are any of them tied?
Some of us counted the hearts.
Some of us drew lines to see which ones were the most and which ones were the least.
Some of us used our fingers to figure out most and least.
PM Class
AM Class
Monday, February 13, 2012
Day In the Life-Circle Time (AM)
Welcome to our new series!
"A Day in the Life of Miss Stephanie's Class"
Last week we videotaped our circle time so our families can see a glimpse of what we do during the day! Our circle time consists of the following parts:
calendar
weather
letter of the week
daily message
counting jar
You can see each part of our circle time in a separate video.
There will be other posts coming in the coming weeks so you can see: Work time, snack time, play plans, and sign-in!
You will notice that the audio has been edited to remove kids' names. I try not to pair kids' faces with their names on this website.
The kids are VERY excited about the videos and sharing them with you at home.
Suggestions:
-Watch with your child.
-Ask questions about "what" we are doing "why" we are doing that.
-Point out things you see around the room and at circle time and ask about them.
We hope you enjoy getting a glimpse of us in the classroom!
Calendar
Weather
Letter of the Week
Daily Message
Counting Jar
"A Day in the Life of Miss Stephanie's Class"
Last week we videotaped our circle time so our families can see a glimpse of what we do during the day! Our circle time consists of the following parts:
calendar
weather
letter of the week
daily message
counting jar
You can see each part of our circle time in a separate video.
There will be other posts coming in the coming weeks so you can see: Work time, snack time, play plans, and sign-in!
You will notice that the audio has been edited to remove kids' names. I try not to pair kids' faces with their names on this website.
The kids are VERY excited about the videos and sharing them with you at home.
Suggestions:
-Watch with your child.
-Ask questions about "what" we are doing "why" we are doing that.
-Point out things you see around the room and at circle time and ask about them.
We hope you enjoy getting a glimpse of us in the classroom!
Calendar
Weather
Letter of the Week
Daily Message
Counting Jar
Day In the Life-Circle Time (PM)
Welcome to our new series!
"A Day in the Life of Miss Stephanie's Class"
Last week we videotaped our circle time so our families can see a glimpse of what we do during the day! Our circle time consists of the following parts:
calendar
weather
letter of the week
daily message
counting jar
You can see each part of our circle time in a separate video.
There will be other posts coming in the coming weeks so you can see: Work time, snack time, play plans, and sign-in!
You will notice that the audio has been edited to remove kids' names. I try not to pair kids' faces with their names on this website.
The kids are VERY excited about the videos and sharing them with you at home.
Suggestions:
-Watch with your child.
-Ask questions about "what" we are doing "why" we are doing that.
-Point out things you see around the room and at circle time and ask about them.
We hope you enjoy getting a glimpse of us in the classroom!
Calendar and Weather
Letter of the Week
Daily Message
Counting Jar
"A Day in the Life of Miss Stephanie's Class"
Last week we videotaped our circle time so our families can see a glimpse of what we do during the day! Our circle time consists of the following parts:
calendar
weather
letter of the week
daily message
counting jar
You can see each part of our circle time in a separate video.
There will be other posts coming in the coming weeks so you can see: Work time, snack time, play plans, and sign-in!
You will notice that the audio has been edited to remove kids' names. I try not to pair kids' faces with their names on this website.
The kids are VERY excited about the videos and sharing them with you at home.
Suggestions:
-Watch with your child.
-Ask questions about "what" we are doing "why" we are doing that.
-Point out things you see around the room and at circle time and ask about them.
We hope you enjoy getting a glimpse of us in the classroom!
Calendar and Weather
Letter of the Week
Daily Message
Counting Jar
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Circus and Snowmen
In addition to our Circus fun this week, we also had a lot of fun exploring snowmen!
Check out these website to participate in some fun interactive fun with your child!
Build a snowman
Snowman online coloring page
Build another snowman
Check out these website to participate in some fun interactive fun with your child!
Build a snowman
Snowman online coloring page
Build another snowman
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