Germs Make Me Sick!

The last day of a weekly theme is always so busy....there are too many good communication activities and we don't want to miss any!

Today was no exception.  Our book today was Germs Make Me Sick by Melvin Berger.  This text is long and difficult, so we shortened it when needed to maintain attention and comprehension.  You can experience the book first hand with the Reading Rainbow link below.  We learned a few new words and added facts to our Germ Tree Map.  We each took turns 'reading' the map.  The kids are getting really good! 

 

We also enjoyed a through review of our sounds.  Each day, the children pull a consonant from our 'Mystery Sound' box.  Then, they have to add it to each of the three vowels, sounding out each nonsense word.  For example, if a child pulls out a /b/, then they add it to 'ee' to say 'bee'.  The other two vowel sounds are /o/ (as in Bob) and 'oo' as in 'boo.  You can help by having your child play sound games using the rhyme 'fee, fi, fo, fum'.  Change the initial sound to other sounds, such as 'thee, thi, tho, thum' or 'kee, ki, ko, kum'.  The kids get a kick out of this sound play.

Continuing our work on categories, we spent time sorting germ vocabulary words into two groups:  healthy and not healthy.  We will continue to add to this activity as the monthly theme gives us new vocabulary- fruits, vegetables, exercise and emotions.

During lunch, we played a Reading Rainbow movie called, 'Germs Make Me Sick'.  Yes, it was a blast from the past...complete with LeVar Burton......but good none the less.  Here is a link if you are interested....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEwrD7ptvjw

Big changes coming to Show and Tell- more information is coming in an email.

Have a great weekend.  Next week we will learn all about healthy and unhealthy food.

Visiting Mr. Josh and Ms. Jamie at Dilworth drugs

Today we began by reading a book about pharmacists, then we headed to Dilworth Drugs to experience the pharmacy first hand. Ms. Jamie and Mr. Josh gave us goodies, told us about their jobs and showed us lots of medicines. We learned about medicines and how they work to keep us healthy.

Thank you Dilworth Drugs!

Once back at school, Ms. Kelly demonstrated how a sneeze spreads germs. She pretended to sneeze into her hand, blowing a handful of pom-pond all over us! The pom-pom germs went everywhere! Finally, she sneezed into her elbow and the germs stayed in her arm, helping to keep us healthy. We all practiced covering our mouth with our elbow. Please, please practice and encourage this healthy habit at home!

We also read a book about germs and watched two songs about germs. I looked over the children's faces during the movie- they were so engaged.....but faces filled with complete disgust! What a great touch this has been!

I can't wait to see my friends tomorrow- we will finish our study of germs. Next week we will learn about healthy food.

They even provided us with goodies.  The kids LOVED having their own hand sanitizer!

Thank you Dilworth Drug!

We saw Officer Wade on our walk!

Our favorite community helper stopped to make sure we were being safe!

We Made Germs!

Most Requested Germ Video of the Week

This is a great introduction to germs......yes, gross at times.....but that's why they like it. 

Germs Are Yucky!

Whoever knew a theme as yucky as germs could be so much fun???!!!  In typical boy humor, this topic (which includes some potty talk and villains- germs) is perfect!

We began by watching a video about germs, the perfect way to learn about something that is so small and 'invisible'.  This kids loved it!

We didn't have an official book today....instead we took information from the videos to begin our tree map about germs.  Germs can...... and Germs are...... are the two categories for this week.  See the picture posted above.  We will continue to add to it as the week progresses. 

Your child learned a new poem about Germs today.  This week's poem is shorter and with more repetition that previous poems.  Hopefully it will be easier to learn since the week is short!

During calendar, we noted that it is a new month- welcome February!  We're counting down to Ms. Ellen's favorite holiday- Valentine's Day!

Here are links to two videos we used for instruction:

Sid the Science Kid's Song:  Journey of a Germ:
http://pbskids.org/sid/videoplayer.html?pid=S_OvY87VG5PTpNUK2wMoKC_hBaq9phIB



Tomorrow we're off to the pharmacy- Pharmacist Josh will help us learn how to stay healthy!  

How do germs travel?