Thursday, September 10th, 2009

Primary (Ms. Emily):
1.) Today we met Mr. Jim during Drama. He had a magic suitcase and pulled out lots of toys for us.
2.) During gym with Mr. Aaron we ran through an obstacle course and knocked down bowling pins with balls.
3.) We traced our bodies for our "All About Me" projects. We will be decorating them soon. :)

Inters (Ms. Lynn):
1.) Today we read the story, “Jack’s Talent,” by Maryann Cocca Leffler.
2.) We talked about our special talents as well as some of our favorite things.
3.) We had fitness with Mr. Aaron & Drama with Mr. Jim. Mr. Aaron made a special tunnel for us today. It was fun!

Inters (Ms. Jenni):
1.) In Language Arts we read a story called Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse and talked about the items in the story that were Lilly's favorite. We then discussed some of our favorite things (many of which were shared in the Personality Bags) and completed an activity in which we colored, cut, glued and wrote our favorite fruit/vegetable, sport, color and type of weather.
2.) In math we practiced ABAB, ABBA, and ABC patterns and identified patterns going from left to right and up to down.
3.) In fitness we played a bowling game with Mr. Aaron and worked our upper and lower body muscles on the scooters.

Uppers (Ms. Kate):
1.) During Language Arts students wrote letters to their grandparents. Letter content included information each student gathered during an interview process with a class friend, using the K-W-L graphic organizer. Tomorrow we will learn how to address the envelopes and mail them. 2.) As an OT activity with Ms. Kathy we made birthday cards for Mr. Jim, our returning drama teacher. Mr. Jim received the wonderful cards during our first drama class, in the afternoon. Students used several different mediums, with a variety of colors, textures and shapes, to complete the project. This exercise continues to build upon the concept of contrast taught by Ms. Feinberg, during art class, on Tuesday.
3.) During drama class Mr. Jim had us play a game where we had to introduce ourselves! He also introduced our new classmate to some last year classic drama games, such as Fruit Salad, Statues and the Magic Suitcase!

Uppers (Ms. Barbara):
1.) In drama we played drama games such as Taxi Driver and Magic Ball.
2.) We finished reading "Monster Manor Frankie Rocks the House," by Paul Martin.
3.) We learned a song to easily remember the 7's table. We sing it to the tune of "Happy Birthday".