Dental Health and Groundhog Day

February is such a fun month because there is so much to celebrate!  We began the week with a discussion about Groundhog Day.  We read some great books that taught us about groundhogs, then we watched the news broadcast of this year's groundhog prediction from Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.  Looks like spring is in our near future!

Groundhog puppets

Great books

Groundhog cupcakes

 February is also dental health month.  The students loved learning all about their teeth and ways to keep a healthy smile.  Everyone was wiggling their teeth to see if they had any ready to pull!

 Fun games on Colgatekids.com

 Don't forget to brush!

 Everyone got their own toothbrush and toothpaste

A tasty treat - Apple lips and marshmallow teeth

 Students rolled to place marshmallows on the mouth to make a full set of teeth.

 Healthy foods book

 We also discussed the five senses this week.  One of everyone favorite activities was the "feely bags".   Students used their sense of touch to figure out what was hidden in each bag.

 We are all excited about Valentine's Day, we began to decorate our room.

Student of the week: Aaron

Coming Up...

Phonics: Digraph ch

Math: Money

Thematic Unit: Valentines

Thursday, February 14 - Valentine's Day party at 1:45 PM - Students may wear Valentine themed clothes on this day.  All students are asked to exchange Valentine cards with their classmates.  We have 22 classmates, I sent home a class roster, if you need another copy please let me know.

February 18 - No School - Presidents' Day

February 25 - March 1 - Dr. Seuss Week - Guest readers needed!! If you or someone in your family is interested in being a guest reader during this week please let me know as soon as possible.  We are hoping to have at least one guest reader each day, and we ask that you share your favorite Dr. Seuss book with us.  If you don't have a copy of a Dr. Seuss book, our classroom library is well supplied.  We look forwarding to enjoying many guest readers throughout Dr. Seuss week!

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Lots of February Fun

This week we learned about several different topics.  We discussed our five senses and dental health.  We also celebrated Groundhog Day and had a fun Super Bowl day on Friday.

Listen to the students sing a fun Groundhog Day song with puppets.

"I'm a little groundhog in my hole.

On February 2 you will know,

If I see my shadow you will see

Six more weeks of winter for you and me!"

We read many great books about groundhogs, and learned some very interesting facts about these fun animals.

Puppets

Groundhog cupcakes

 Shadow cookies

 This year Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow.  So we traced our shadows on the Promethean board.

 We also discussed how important our five senses are.  These great books helped us explore our senses. 

 We made Mr. Senses, he had ringing ears, tasty mouth, scented nose, wiggly eyes, and feely hands. 

 The students really enjoyed these "feely bags".  They had to use their sense of touch to figure out what was inside.  Keep your eyes shut tight! 

 February is dental health month, we had a fun time learning about our beautify smiles.

This fun display shows the students giving a big grin to show their teeth! 

 We learned a lot from our guest, Mrs. Michelle.  She is a dental hygienist.  She brought a giant pair of teeth and a toothbrush to show us the correct way to brush our teeth. 

 The students loved this demonstration about how to floss.  Two students were the "teeth" and the other two used giant floss (jump rope) to floss between the teeth.

 We read many fiction and nonfiction books about dental health.  We learned that kids have 20 primary teeth and as they grow they will get 32 permanent teeth.

 Toothbrush craft

 Yummy apple smiles

 The students used marshmallow as teeth to complete a full set of permanent teeth.  They each took turns rolling a dot cube, they added that many teeth to their mouth until they reached a full set of 32 permanent teeth. 

 Friday we celebrated the Super Bowl.  Austin brought Super Bowl cupcakes!!

 Many of us wore football jerseys to school.

 We made these super cute football players and wrote our predictions about the big game. 

 Some of us predicted the Patriots to win. 

 Others chose the Giants. 

 And some wrote that either the Patriots or the Giants would probably win!

Great job writing, everyone!! Guess will all have to watch Sunday to see who wins!

 Student of the Week: Cruz 

Coming Up...

Phonics: Review skills

Math: Subtraction

Thematic Unit: Valentines

Tuesday, February 14 - Valentine's Day class party - 1:45 PM - Bring Valentine cards to exchange with classmates (a class list was sent home Wednesday).  Students may wear Valentine themed (red, pink, etc.) clothes to school on Valentine's Day.

Monday, February 20 - No school - Presidents' Day holiday

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