Weekend News, Unannounced Practice Fire Drill, Celebrating the Earth and More...

 

Monday

                                    Weekend News                    

Shanga - I go get my haircut at the barber and then we went to the mall.

 

James - I play with my mom and dad. I did some fun stuff at my house. I got hair cut but Ralph did it cause Maria was a little bit busy. 

Sidney - I watch a movie on tv with all my family. I eat some avocado and I brush my teeth and went to bed. 

Blaise - I play with my friends that live next door to me. We play volcanoes and ride our bikes.  

Angeline - I play with the neighbors and we try to save a little baby bee. I play with my sister and I ate dinner. I had a sleepover at my grandma.

Cooper - We ate dinner and we play. We plant a tree, it was bigger than me. We put in it middle yard. 

  

Hayden - I get my haircut the barber his name is Mr Mall. I buy a toy and Amazon just came to our door. I ate rice and beans and chicken and corn for dinner

Lily - I had tired weekend. I eat breakfast upstairs. I watch tv and play Ema and my toys. 

Oz - I had playdate with Phoenix and we eat Sonic food. This day I go to dentist and I get my teeth clean and I had strawberry toothpaste, it was kinda disgusting but I like strawberries. You know at the end I get x-ray it was so so bad.

Jackson - I was the goal keeper and I stop a lot of goals but one of them I didn't. I water and snack cause I was playing in the game not watching. 

Adam - I made two goals went Jackson was the goalie but Jackson block five goals. My team won. I give Jackson high five and we say good game. All the kids did it. 

Ekin - I was playing with Fiona, my cat. I play by myself. Fiona and I race and I ran with Fiona. 

Phoenix - Oz went over to my house and we got a Sonic blast and it had vanilla ice cream and m & ms on top. My mom did my hair when Oz left. My brother and Ever was at Gus's house cause they had playdate. 

Riley - I watch Tinker Bell with my mom and dad. I play with my dad and mom and we play bingo and Paw Patrol.  We ate food and I sleep in my own room. 

Last gym class some friends were asking Josh about choosing their own equipment to work with. This week, Josh put out a few large motor activities for friends to choose from and explore with.  Friends choose from frisbees, basketballs, paddle balls and toss and catch equipment. Ask your Cardinals what choice/ choices they made?

Tuesday

After Amanda greeted us at the door, we stood around the big table as Amanda explained why the stools were on the small tables and covered in orange, red, blue and purple cellophane paper. The Cardinals were SO.. excited with many questions and couldn't wait to get started. Friends declared it was Upside Down Day. Amanda explained that sometimes artists collaborate which means working together to paint. She asked the Cardinals to take a minute to think or look out the window for signs of Spring. After some suggestions from the Cardinals such as, "I see flowers, green leaves, white and pink flowers and baby leaves". Amanda said, "Make sure you ask a friend if you could add to their work before doing so.  However, if friends say no you need to respect their work and not add to it". The Cardinals did a wonderful job working and having many conversations together. Ask your Cardinals what they like about this art project? 

                               

Back in the classroom, we ate snack followed by working on a journal entry titled, What do you like to do in warm weather? While working on our journals we had an unannounced practice fire drill. At first, all of us including teachers had a second of wait what is happening, then we got into motion. The Cardinals quickly got to the back door and we walked quietly to the grassy area as we practiced in the past. The Cardinal class were the first class outside. None of the Cardinals got upset because of the loud noise. 

When we got back inside one of the friends asked, "Why didn't you tell us about fire drill? The teacher said that, "The teachers didn't know about the fire drill but we all went outside like we have practice. Another friend then asked, "How you know it wasn't real fire? The teacher said, "If it was a real fire the fire trucks would come to school with loud sirens and we would have to stay outside. These questions were very much appreciated as we always explained any changes to our daily routine to the Cardinals. Our daily schedule (which is one of the classroom jobs) tells what our agenda for the day will be and a fire drill was not on it today. We told the Cardinals what a fantastic job they all did! Way to go Cardinal, we are SO... proud of you all!

Wednesday

Today instead of going to the meetinghouse for meeting for worship. The entire lower school took part in a celebration of the Earth. We all met in front of the lower school and sang songs. All classes then took part in a campus clean up.  The Cardinals paired up with their second grade buddies with gloves on and went out to the Meadow field to look for and pick up trash. We talked about how everyday is earth day and how we all have to do our part to take care of the Earth! 

After our morning routine, we met with our second grade buddies again, this time they read books to the Cardinals, played boardgames, built with wooden blocks and had a dance party.  The Cardinals then invited their buddies to play on the playground with them!

Thursday

In Spanish class with Alicia, the Cardinals were very high energy on this cloudy, rainy and chilly day. Alicia was flexible and changed her original lesson to more quiet and movement activities. Friends connected different parts of an airplane with the Spanish names. Today it was Oz's turn to squeeze la vaca!

On our third trip to upper school, we finally saw the baby duckling and their momma duck. Ask your Cardinal what they think of the duckling?

Friday

The Cardinals engaged in a math workshop in which teachers worked with friends in small groups. We worked on number recognition, writing numbers, figuring out the missing number, and figuring out what number comings after, before and between other numbers. For example; what number comes after 8, before 15 and between 20 ( ) 22. These numbers were lower or higher base on each friend! Great work Cardinal!!

Soon it was time for library class with Ashanti. She helped us settle our bodies by having friends take deep and quiet breaths before reading the book Albert by Donna Jo Napoli. The book was about how a big Cardinal bird  discovered a man's hand, made a nest and took care of the Cardinal baby birds. Friends then picked a book, checked it out and brought it back to our classroom. Ask your Cardinal why they chose the book they did?

                                Have a nice weekend!