Friday, September 11th, 2009

Primary (Ms. Emily):
1.) Today, we painted the body tracing projects that we’ve been working on.
2.) During cooking, we made edible stop lights using red, yellow, and green apples.
3.) In dance, Mr. Aaron showed us some fancy floor spins and we played freeze dance.

Inters (Ms. Lynn):
1.) Today we talked about feelings. We read a very silly book called, Today I Feel Silly. We laughed a lot at the story.
2.) Ms. Jen, from Speech, spent the morning with us. She will spend every Friday in our classroom. We look forward to working with her!
3.) Mr. Aaron also danced the day away with us. It was a great start to the weekend!
ENJOY THE WEEKEND!

Inters (Ms. Jenni):
1.) In Language Arts we read a book about emotions and practiced showing various emotions with our faces and with body language.
2.) During indoor recess, we worked cooperatively to complete several large floor puzzles. The most difficult puzzle was the Prehistoric one.
3.) We painted self portraits in the afternoon. We each had a mirror and painted a picture of ourselves.

Uppers (Ms. Kate):
1.) During Science class with Ms. Patrice we read the story The Wind Blew. It described all the things the wind can blow. We made comparisons between windy weather and calm weather, created wind socks, and hung them in front of a fan, in order to replicate windy weather. Streamers on the socks assisted us with a conversation of directionality, and wind’s role in the change of seasons and falling leaves was discussed.
2.) Language Arts-Social Studies – we studied our maps closely, determined geographical locations of grandparent homes, and placed tacks in appropriate places. We spoke of the variety of names we use for our individual grandmothers and grandfathers, sharing a lesson in our rich, cultural diversity. (i.e. Italian for grandma is “Nonna”, grandpa in German is “Opa”, grandparents in Spanish are abuela/o, and other derivations of grandparent, from granny to granddaddy were talked about.
3.) Post Office trip—each student addressed his/her (grandparent) envelopes and we headed to the Post Office! Once we arrived our students went to the counter and purchased stamps. We learned that a stamp for a letter costs 44 cents. We put our stamp in the right corner of our envelope and gave our letters to the postal worker to be mailed off!

Uppers (Ms. Barbara):
1.) We filled out a K-W-L chart about Maryland. We listed what we knew about Maryland and then made a list of questions about Maryland that we would like to investigate.
2.) We completed a time telling puzzle that matched clocks with the time written in words.
3.) In science we reviewed our bubble experiment and studied the water cycle.4.) We had a fantastic time in music with Ms. Deanna singing a variety of fun songs.