Monday
Dragon Eggs – Students be-jeweled their baby dragon’s egg to look like a proper dragon egg.
Math – Coin Book – Meet the Dime –  We looked closely at the dime and opened the dragon shop to purchase items for our baby dragons.
Read Aloud – The Funny Little Woman by Arlene Mosel – This story takes place in China, the funny little woman’s dumpling gets lost down a hole and she meets a magical world when she goes down to get back her dumpling.

Tuesday
Math – Coin Book – Meet the Quarter – The biggest coin in our book, the quarter!
Castle Simple Machines – Pulley & Lever –  Using simple machines, we created a drawbridge and catapults to launch pom poms into the castle walls.

Wednesday
Guided Reading/ Literacy Apps – Students read to me individually.
Math 1-on-1/Math Stations – Mrs. Swanson continued math assessments
Puppet Theater Story #2 – Jack and the Beanstalk –  Students enjoyed a production of this classic tale,  included a beanstalk that grew to our ceiling with the help of a pulley.

Thursday
Math – Dragon’s Pearl Trading Game – Using our learned coin skills.  Student rolled the dice and earned coins, trading them in to get bigger coins and ultimately the coveted dragon’s pearl.
Symbolism – Family Crest – We looked at some examples of existing family crests and guessed what the imagery and words tell us about each family.  Students then thought about their own families and made choices to represent their family.

Friday
Game Day – Intro to Chess – Mrs. Swanson gave an overview of the game of chess and how each piece moves.
Finish Family Crest – Students continued work
Read-Aloud – The Boy Who Painted Dragons by Demi