Cardinals Blog 2022-23: Weekend News, writing letters, Our Airplane's Name and Color, Airplane Cockpit attached and More

Monday

Weekend News

Jackson - I went to Costco and I buy some food and American cheese. I play with my toys and with my Jaylen and we watch some tv.

Adam - I play Sorry and Trouble with my daddy. I love my papa and I got to play on my computer. I talk to my Meme on the phone and I was eating chocolate. I won Sorry and my daddy won Trouble.

Ekin - I made a new Friz tab for myself. I went to the park behind the school and I play with Blaise. I went back home and we ate dinner and I went to bed.

Phoenix - I went to Ben's birthday party and I went rock climbing and I had cake. I ride in Oz's car. I watch a movie with my mom and my brother.

Riley - I play Wild Kratts board game with my family. I hope my grandma comes back from Florida to Pennsylvania to see me cause she is so excited to see me. I love grandma so much.

Shanga - I ask my dad if I can order a toy and he said yes. I got a transformer. I eat dinner at my house. I play catch with my daddy. We went to sleep and that was it.

Sidney - I went on a bungee and I hold on and I jump so high. I went to LegoLand and I saw a lot of legos. I ate chicken parmesan in the restaurant. I got present from mama's worker. I took a nap and that's it.

Blaise - I went to the park with Clarke and I saw Ekin at the park. I play basketball with my friends. I play the game until the sun was setting.

Angeline - I play with my sister and I went to my friend's house with my sister. My sister went for a sleep over at her friend's house. Her friend's name is Lizzy. Me and mom and dad had a sleepover and we eat chocolate ice cream. When we came to pick up my sister from her sleep over. Lizzy's mom gave me a pencil.

Cooper - We ate lunch and I play Jack with my daddy. I go to Elmo's World. That's it.

Hayden - I go get my haircut and I was not scared this time. I got the toy Rat Trap and then I got pizza for dinner.

Lily - I went to a place and I got my nails paint and someone did my nails for me but I forgot their name. I play with my toys and I watch tv.

Oz - I go to Ben's party and I go rock climbing. I went to basketball practice at the YMCA. I touch the top of the rock climbing. I went to New York city. My sister was at two birthday party at New York city. I come back home and I went to Alysa's house and then I went home.

The first graders are presently studying Heroes. Each student chose a hero and along with their study, they made that person into a stamp for their post office part of their hero's museum. Early this morning, some Cardinals and a teacher went to buy some stamps. Each stamp cost 10 cents. At the end of their study, first graders will count the money and donate it to an organization of their choosing! The stamps the Cardinals bought were used to begin the process of giving dictation or receiving help to write letters to friends/people of their choosing in school. Stay Tuned!

In gym class the Cardinals worked on foot skills while exploring soccer.

Tuesday

As we walked into Spanish class, Alicia counted each Cardinal in Spanish. Friends either knew the number in Spanish and said it on their own or Alicia helped them and they repeated after her. Great work Cardinal!! The Cardinals took a look at different buildings/houses to identify shapes around us and around the world on the smart board. As friends pointed to a shape, they called the shapes in Spanish. Today it was Lily's turn to squeezed la vaca!

We continued our work from yesterday by writing our letters. We set up four stations such as two writing tables, magnatiles, snail pace game and duplos. Friends rotated in these stations as teachers continued to help with writing letters. Each Cardinal chose a stamp and placed it on their letter. Soon, it was time to take our letters to the first grade mailbox and off our letters will go to our buddies, friends, or siblings.

Wednesday

What a busy morning the Cardinals had, first we started working on a journal entry titled, "What do you like to build with and why?

Followed by morning meeting and snack time, then the Cardinals worked in small groups. One group worked on listening to letters begin called out and then writing those letters on their chalk board with a small wet sponge. Another group worked on the AT family, sounding out letters and then putting them together to make a word, such as cat, mat sat. While another group worked on rhyming and recognizing letters and making letter sounds with Erica the lower school learning specialist. Friends rotated through these groups.

In Art class the Cardinals used different colored wool to create their very own pompoms. Friends choose the colors they wanted and the size pompoms they wanted to make.

Thursday

The Cardinals had a group discussion in which we talked about and voted on the color and name for our airplane. The choice of colors were blue and orange, 12 friends voted for the color blue, while one friends voted for orange. One friend suggested that we put orange strips on our plane, so the one friend wouldn't be sad! And so our airplane will be blue with orange stripes!

The Cardinal were asked, "What Airline should we call our airplane? Here is what each Cardinal taught we should name our airplane.

Angeline - Spirit Airline

Oz - Black Panther Airline

Ekin - Turkish Airline

Cooper - Cardinal Airline

Riley - Big Jet Airline

Lily - Cotton Candy Airline

Shanga - Cardinal's Airline

Jackson - Blue Airline

Phoenix - Cotton Airline

Blaise - American Airline

Hayden - Prime Airline

Sidney - Cardinal's Airline

Adam - Star Airline

After each friend gave a suggested name for our airplane, we voted to decide on a name. We went through all the names aloud and saw that two friends said Cardinal Airline and two friends said Cotton as part of or the full name for their airline. We continued our discussion by bringing this to the Cardinal's attention. After a conversation about why we were voting on the two above names, 10 friends voted for the name Cardinal's Airline and 3 friends voted for Cotton Airline. A friend said, "I know, we can do both names like the blue and orange paint? And so we voted again, and all the Cardinals voted to call our airplane Cardinal's Cotton Airline! This process of voting was most impressive as it unfold and to hear the Cardinals openly sharing their opinions and understanding of fairness!

Friday

Cardinal's Dance Party

This week we borrowed a Twister game from Alicia, which gave us two Twister games to play with for Friday Fun Board games! Friends on the sideline called out colors and where to place hands and feet as the friends in the game maneuver their bodies! The Cardinals are really enjoying and understanding the logic in playing games.

We bought a window well and got it cut to fit the window part of our airplane's cockpit. The Cardinals glued many different types, sizes, colors and shapes caps to simulate the mechanical part of the cockpit. Today, Adam's Papa (Stephen) came in, framed out the cockpit and helped us attach our airplane's cockpit. Thank you, Adam, for sharing your Papa with us! Stephen, thank you for taking the time to help us create our airplane, it was very much appreciated!