New Year, New Students, New Classroom!

Hi everyone! This year I have moved to a new classroom. I am excited for this opportunity. I have moved from the Senior Life Skills room to the Intermediate I classroom. It has been a big change, but a fun one!

This year we have started a positive reinforcement system called "Money in the Bank." Every time a teacher catches one of our students acting appropriately the student gets a penny. Ten pennies at the end of the day and you get extra free time! For those students who fall short, they can spend some time doing some extra work before getting some extra free time.

The students voted on our Classroom Expectations for the year. We have 5:
Listen to Teachers
Use Nice Words
Keep Hands to Self
Clean Up
Take Turns.

Keep checking back for more news about our upcoming experiments!

3-20-13

This week in science class we are learning about the structure of plants. We are identifying the qualities of living things in plants and their characteristics.

 In math, students are working on solving word problems by using each of the 4 math principles (Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division).

We continue to work on and develop our skills in the community and our activities of daily living. On Tuesday we made sandwiches, fruit salad and yogurt parfaits.

Wednesday we enjoyed a half day of school. Students are working hard and looking forward to spring.     

Jellyfish in a bottle!

The class did a pretty cool experiment for science class. All we needed was plastic 2 liters, food coloring, yarn, and a wegmans plastic shopping bag. We filled the 2 liters with water, almost to the brim. Then we cut a square out of the shopping bag and tied the yarn around the middle. After that, tentacles we cut into the bag and food coloring dripped into the middle. Pushed into the water, the jellyfish floated!!!

Sakura Home Japanese Resturant

Mr. P's class finally raised enough money to go out to eat! Since we were learning about Japan, we decided to go to an authentic Japanese resturant this past Tuesday.  Everyone got the hibachi lunch, dramatically cooked right in front of our eyes....

Everyone's ready for the food!



Josh, Noah, Cameron and Carli are all excited to finally eat Japanese food.







YUMMY!!!

WOW! Everything's on fire!



Carli, Ashlee and Jake enjoyed the bridge over the small lake.









Noah listens to Josh explain whats happening.

Catch up

Here is a quick over view of what has been happening:

December:

•  Identified planets and moons in the Solar System and possibilities of life?
• Wrapped up graphing unit in Math
• Practiced using grocery store advertisements to plan a dinner party for friends
• Discussed our IEPs and what our strengths and needs are

January:

• Studied space travel: Moon landings, Mars rovers
• Began geometry and algebra units
• Began our action plan for planning our future: Define the Problem, Outline the Options, Identify the outcome for each option, Take action

February:

• Began unit on Living Things: Characteristics
• Continue geometry and algebra units
• Began discussion of reading advertisements, determining best values
• Began learning about Community Services that are available and how to access them now and after graduation

Amerks visit

Last week the Rochester Americans came to take on the staff of Holy Childhood in a friendly floor hockey game. Mr. P played for Holy Childhood and they beat the Amerks!

For Tuesday ADL days we have made: sandwiches, pasta, and a chef's salad. The students are enjoying the experience of creating the shopping list, independently shopping, and making their own lunch.

We have gone to the Henrietta Library where some students have received library cards and checked out books. We have also made a trip to AC Moore to shop for materials to use for our Thanksgiving craft.

Here is a picture of our craft and some from when the Amerks came. Enjoy!

1st Quarter

Hello Blog World! Wow is this school year going by extremely fast. Here is a quick recap of what has been happening: we have been spending Tuesdays learning how to budget, create shopping lists, shop, create a meal, clean our mess, search for community activities, go to the public library, and many other activities. In Science class we have been learning about space: the big bang, the creation/make up of Earth, and now the Sun. In Math we have been working on graphing and budgeting. We have a transition class this year where we are learning about how to be involved in planning our IEP. I hope this is a good start to what we have been doing. Have a great week!