Weekend News, Self-Portraits, Classroom Jobs and More...

 

Monday

         Welcome To The First Edition Of Our Weekend News 

What is weekend news? It's dictation given by each Cardinal weekly on Mondays after returning to school from the weekend. It's another way for young children to strengthen language skills, develop longer sentence structure, gain skills in recalling and retelling of information, understand sequence of events and to further develop memory skills.  

As the weeks and months go by you will see your Cardinal gaining skills in all of the above areas. Some weeks you will notice that your Cardinal had a lot to say while other weeks not so much or the information given maybe from your Cardinal's imagination and this is okay. The purpose of the weekend news is to help foster language development.

Cooper - I had umbrella in my car. We eat breakfast and french toast too.

Hayden - I watch Transformers and I sleep and I did not go outside cause it was raining.

Lily -  I play and relax and watch tv. It was too rainy so I didn't go outside. 

Oz - I play games with Aba. I go to studio and play more games. It was raining and I ate snacks. My sister came back cause she was shopping. I got a bath and dinner and then I had dessert. Then I sneak out of bed. 

Jackson - I play with cars and trucks. Also Miss Melissa babysit sometimes, and she put Jalen down to sleep and I watch dinosaur hunt on Miss Melissa phone. Then it was day off school and I watch Paw Patrol. 

Adam - I play with Mimi in my room. I also drive my toy mack. I also had fun playing with Mimi. I also play with all my pups in my bath tub.

Ekin - I play with my toys really fast. I build a big train track. Dad got me a cupcake for my birthday. I saw the big car at my home and daddy build it and I drive it. 

Phoenix - I play tag with my brother and we build legos. Me and My brother made biscuits with mommy. 

Riley - I play with George my stuffy. I play Wild Kratts board game. Someone give it to me and that was so nice. I eat cucumbers.

Shanga - I play dinosaurs with daddy. I went to sleep and then play with my toys. I went to a hotel and we play on the bed then we went back home. 

James - I got some really exciting news. Dad was trying to get me to go back to sleep. We went downstairs and suddenly, there was M and M and jellybeans. I play with toys.

Sidney - I play in my room with my sister. I watch tv with my mom and dad and my sister. I play in the play room with my sister. 

Blaise -  I watch the football game. It was the Eagles against the Jaguars. The Eagles win the game but I don't remember the points. Then we watch another football game before we move on to watch soccer. Then before dinner cousin Normie come to drop off the Eagles shirt and Eagles glove. 

Angeline - I play with my sister. I eat pasta and I had salt on it. I went to sleep and when I first got up I ate yogurt. 

 Ekin is 4 years old!  To celebrate with his friends Ekin brought in cake to share with his friends. Thank you, Ekin for sharing your birthday with us!!

Happy 4th Birthday Ekin!!

Gym class with Josh and Lisa was fun as the Cardinals engaged in, large motor skills, balancing skills, following direction and eye hand coordination skills. Friends did activities with small rings such as spinning, rolling, driving (using the small ring as a steering wheel while following the different line sizes on the gym floor).  Ask your Cardinal what was their favorite part of gym class today?

Tuesday

Spanish class with Alicia began with greetings in Spanish, day of the week, new month, date and the hundredth chart. We had lots of chances to practice counting in Spanish! Nice work Cardinals!! We went over the body parts to Head -N- Shoulder in Spanish. The Cardinals are becoming really good with singing this song in Spanish! We played the game Canima (Walk) where we walk around the classroom and then Alicia says para (stop). Alicia called out a word in the song, in Spanish, and the Cardinals had to point to that part on their body. Then it was the Cardinals turn one at a time to try and call a body part in Spanish.  The Cardinals were amazing! Today it was Cooper's turn to squeezed la vaca!

After morning meeting, snack time and a read aloud, the Cardinals  worked on their October self-portraits in groups of three.

Friends rotated through three stations while waiting to do their self- portrait. The Cardinals took turns, cooperate and solved conflicts while working together to create some amazing final pieces! 

On this rainy day, the Cardinals took an inside walk and discovered that the black box (which is part of the theater department) was not being used. It's a large open space and the Cardinals used it to have some much needed large motor fun! After 20 minutes the black box was needed by some upper school students. And so the Cardinals took a walk through middle school and on to upper school. We discovered a classroom that was not being used and so we test out how it feels to sit in upper schoolers chairs!

Wednesday

School closed for Yom Kippur

Thursday

Dancing free style to Micheal Jackson's song Black or White was the way the Cardinals began music class today. Followed by a moment of silence and stillness. We then sang our Jambo song in which the Cardinals are doing a great job of singing the words to the song! We sang and did the movements for The Bees when to the Barn with Bagpiper under their Arms. This song entailed counting, following directions and movements all while singing! Keisha gave out egg shakers and the Cardinals shook eggs and then, made a post, jumped, ran, hopped or skipped during the song. We sang our goodbye song and head back to classroom for snack followed by morning meeting. 

                            Playground fun on this sunny day!!

Friday

Here are our classroom jobs, friend's job last a week and changes on   Mondays.  Feel free to ask your Cardinal what their classroom job is each week? 

Many Cardinals were asking to go outside to play early this morning. And so we did, after many days of rain it was well deserved!! We took advantage of our campus by playing on the playground. We then took a walk down to the creek and observed life there. We saw three frogs and a few fish. Next time, we will plan to wear our rain boots and walk in the creek. Our next stop was the smith field where the Cardinals ran and played with balls. Friends took an extra long time getting back to the classroom as their little legs were so tired! Ask your Cardinal what they thought of the creek?

 

                             Have a great weekend!