Five For Friday Linky Party (Feb. 8)

I'm linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for "Five For Friday Linky Party" today to share 5 things from my classroom this week.  It has been a busy week learning about different types of communication.

We are watching You Tube videos on the iPad using the QR codes I created.  (See this post for more on QR codes in my classroom).  This guy is watching the sign language alphabet and trying to make the letters on his own.  We are also learning to say hello in different languages on You Tube.

We are sorting valentines by vowel sounds.  I circled characters on some extra valentines and students are sorting them into Target dollar bin mailboxes.  You can see a post about this activity here.

We cut out symmetrical hearts at the dramatic play lab.  Students then "addressed" and "stamped" them and had the opportunity to be the mailman and deliver them to their friends' mailboxes.  The mailboxes are just paper bags with students' names and pictures on them.  They will take these home at the end of our 2 week unit.  The postal vest is from JoAnn Fabrics.

We are using the Zoob Car Designer kit to build vehicles at the block lab.  Students have built everything from cars to lawn mowers. I thought the lawn mower was pretty creative!  They are loving this center.  He is looking at directions on how to build a car, but students were encouraged to try their own creations too.

"The mailman brought a letter for my mom and my dad.  my sister got one too."

We are working on writing in response to a story.  Today we read "The Jolly Postman" and wrote about what the postman might bring to someone we know.  I plan to write a post with more writing examples this weekend, so check back later this weekend!

What was on your agenda this week?  What are you looking forward to next week?  I'd love to hear your plans!