Robots and Readers
2/8/2019
Our text prompt this week was Harry and the Robots. His toy robot gets broken and while he waits for it to be fixed he makes some robots of his own. The children loved taking ownership of this design task and creating all different looking robots. Some fabulous fine motor skills in action! Although we had fun exploring robots as toys, the children also found out about how robots help us and many were especially interested in how robots can explore space and deep under the oceans. Many were equally amazed at how they can help doctors and police. I think we covered every profession that our young students want to be when they grow up. The children took turns at being "programmed'. Becoming blindfolded and directed by their partner around classroom obstacles. This really helped us work on our listening skills and also revise our lefts from our rights. The most amusing part of our discussion was thinking about what we would program our robots to do... making beds, tidying toys and emptying the dishwasher were some very popular ideas. Mark making with gears and cogsIn addition, this week we have really been enjoying finding new sight words hidden in and around our classroom. We are putting these to good use as we begin some guided reading sessions with Ms Claire.
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Melissa SmithMs. Smith has a degree in Early Childhood Education and has taught kindergarten for many years. Alaska has been home to Ms. Smith for 28 years, and she can't imagine living anywhere else! She has four children, a dog and two cats. She loves reading, camping, gardening, and genealogy! Archives
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