This week in science, we continued to explore the solar system and discuss the planets. The primary students blasted off and had a wonderful time making Paper Tube Rocket Ships. The inters and uppers made their own personalized models of the solar system and learned new facts about each planet. The uppers also discussed the Planet Poster Project, which is due next Friday, February 5, 2010.
We went on an adventurous walk in the Social Club and we worked on saying please and thank you to our friends. We also worked on creating multiple circles of communication by asking questions and thinking of appropriate responses.
We rocked and rolled in Beyond Cooking this week! The kids had the opportunity to make their own Rice Crispie Treat Sushi Rolls. We talked about how they were the same and different from regular sushi and even made a vin diagram to represent these similarities and differences. Our kids had so much fun decorating their own 'take out' boxes and rolling their sushi rolls. Ms. Jenni and Ms. Abbe added their own creative flare to our awesome treats! Everyone agreed, it was the best week yet!
In Hands On Science, we continued to experiment with sinking and floating. We used eggs to test our hypothesis, which was "Will our eggs float or sink in fresh or salt water?" Even though our experiment didn't quite work how we thought it would, the kids still enjoyed themselves. We created boats out of foil and tested to see if they would sink or float. They ALL floated! We added egga and recorded how many eggs we could fit in our boats before they sank... What an 'egg-cellent' experiment!
This week in Ms. Jenni's class we continued our lesson on facial expressions and emotions. We acted out different scenarios using props and the students had to guess which emotion was appropriate for the situation. Everyone did a great job acting and following directions!
Miss Emily's class had a great week in OT. The letter of the week was "Y" and we made our very own its, bitsy, book of "Y" words. We practiced our cutting, coloring, and folding skills.
This week in Social & Life Skills, the Upper boys learned about the components of play and how they relate to big/little problems. We discussed how worrying about "little problems" such as what color piece you get or who goes first often takes away from our valuable game-playing time. We reviewed what makes a problem a "big problem" and how to try not to "sweat the small stuff."
The Inters read a book called Today I Feel Silly and brainstormed as many feeling words as we could come up with. We worked on nonverbal communication by showing our feelings with our faces and bodies. We also played a speedy memory game using Feelings Faces cards. We had lots of fun!
This week in music, we read an interactive book called "Carnival of the Animals." This was accompanied by the CD of the orchestral recording of "Carnival of the Animals" by Camille Saint-Saens, a famous French composer. We got to learn a little bit about Saint-Saens to continue our study of composers, and we got to review the instruments that are in an orchestra. With the book and the CD, we listened to each piece and discovered how each one sounded like a different animal-lions, elephants, kangaroos, and even some silly ones like fossils and pianists! We discussed the different instruments we heard and differences between loud and soft, fast and slow. We also continued to sing our favorite songs and play our favorite movement games.
This week we continued to work from our Handwriting Without Tears Workbook. Each student is making wonderful progress. The students then enjoyed a visual-motor activity that addressed spatial awareness and correlated with our math lesson regarding fractions/shapes.
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