The day began with some of our friends in their integration programs and participating in math ring toss and math worksheets, counting by 2's, 5's, 10's, and grouping numbers. We worked on our fine and gross motor skills, visual spatial awareness, hand-eye coordination, accuracy, turn taking, teamwork, sportsmanship, and math skills.
Here are Ms. Elizabeth and Mr. Carter pretending that they are pilots!
JUMP Math worksheets.
Before snack and recess we participated in the Thinking Goes To School creative-abstract-fine motor skills game called "Complete the Picture". Students were given various shapes, lines, edges, curves, etc. and then asked to create a picture, image, character, etc. with the design provided. We all worked hard to use our imaginations, creative artistic skills, fine motor skills, visual spatial skills, and math skills.
In gym today we tried to play a fun team building game called Island Fishing. Before we could play, our friends had to get into four equal groups, and then build their boats. This was a very difficult task and we had some great discussion and brainstorming ideas for our social problem solving. In the end, we did not get the chance to play the actual game, but finished with a great conversation on social problems, sportsmanship, emotions and feelings.
Here we are unwinding after gym and discussing how the session made us feel, and what went wrong and/or right.
Elizabeth is holding our "speaking ball".
Mr. Carter and Mr. Ojani asked for some relaxing music and deep pressure squishes.
To begin the afternoon we participated in a fun drama, role-play session with Ms. Jessica's class. Friends had to act out specific situations with a peer, while the rest of the group had to try and guess what they were doing (e.g. customer at the grocery store and clerk, swimming teacher and student, etc.)We did so well together using oral communication skills, turn taking, role-play, creative and abstract thinking, problem solving skills, and complex communication skills.
In the sensory gym we worked on our hand-eye coordination, teamwork, sportsmanship, motor planning, fine and gross motor skills, proprioception skills, vestibular and bilateral movements, math, time, phonics and rhyming skills, and balance and coordination.
At the very end of the day we decided to make our costumes (t-shirt) for our Ghostbusters Game that we created yesterday. Our friends had to use their creative arts and problem solving skills, turn taking, oral communication, and fine motor skills.
HOMEWORK TIPS:
1) Work on two and three-digit addition and subtraction questions, whether you write down some questions for your child, or use math to cook, clean, set the table, do chores, play games, create a game, etc.
2) Discuss good and poor sportsmanship. Use examples and pictures, videos, role-play, etc. Also, discuss big/medium/small problems and have your child make a chart showing where they think specific incidents should fall under.
3) Spend 15 minutes reading a book of your child's choice, a cartoon, instructions, recipe, comic strip, etc. Make reading fun, engaging, an adventure, and not a boring chore.
4) Wherever you are-in the kitchen, basement, garage, backyard, car, grocery store, bank, etc.-ask your child what if _____ starts or ends with a particular sound/digraph. For example, while in the car, ask your child what sound is after the /c/ sound. Answer would be /ar/ sound. You could also engage in rhymes, for example, what rhymes with 'wheel', 'seat', 'belt', etc.
Mr. Jacob : )
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