Friday, September 4th, 2009

Primary (Ms. Emily):
1.) During Dance today with Mr. Aaron, we found a partner and made a bridge together while our friends climbed under.
2.) We had a special tour of the playground and explored all the different toys outside (houses, bicycles, race cars, jungle gym, fire truck, music center, and sandbox). Later we talked about which one we like the best.
3.) During cooking, we make pancake faces. We warmed up pancakes, and then added blueberry eyes, a raspberry nose, and chocolate chip lips. YUM!

Inters (Ms. Lynn):
1.) We had our first dance class with Mr. Aaron. We did our name dance and it was a lot of fun! 2.) In math we built towers with Unifex cubes following special patterns.
3.) We earned 3 Diener Gold coins for our 1st week and had a party with Ms. Jenni’s class!

Inters (Ms. Jenni):
1.) Today we read the book, “Jack’s Talent” and then made our own classroom talent book.
2.) We talked about our last classroom rule: Be Your Best. The students drew pictures of ways they could be their best such as trying your hardest and being ready to learn.
3.) We had a popcorn party for doing such a great job following the classroom rules this week!

Uppers (Ms. Kate):
Three cheers to Ms. Kate’s Uppers, who came into class greeting others, put daily folders and homework in proper places, and immediately began their work!
1.) During Language Arts our students made a “classroom chain of talents.” Students brainstormed, and then listed personal talents, wrote them on individual chains, connected them to form a chain, and each reach out his/her own to foster positive sense of self, class strengths, and a sense of unity.
2.) Students continued to put their creativity to use and practiced social skills during a small group, team-based activity. They continued to work on their alien planets/creatures. Impressively, they remembered their alien-language greetings/gestures, employing the salutations as they learned more about each other.
3.)During Math small group activity the class worked with time lines using their birth month and birth year, utilizing the concepts of older/younger, ordinal numbers.

Uppers (Ms. Barbara):
1.) The students each wrote a letter to their parents for back to school night.
2.) They practiced multiplication facts by playing Prehistoric Times.
3.) This afternoon they will finish a two day bubble experiment with their science teacher, Ms. Patrice.