Celebration!

 Today, the class was able to celebrate their awesome job during our Fear Factor game!  I brought in pretzels, cheese & crackers, gingerbread men, apples & caramel dip, and a fruit "pizza".  The kids enjoyed some free time snacking, listening to music, and playing with friends.  It was a much deserved celebration... They ate Brussell sprouts and eggplant for goodness sake! 


Spanish-  Ms. Cindy began class with review songs before moving on to their bilingual children's book assignment.  She took a look at some of the books that the children brought it.  One of them brought the Spanish version of the book, "The Giving Tree".  Ms. Cindy read this to the class, who were enthralled.  Such a wonderful book!  After the book activity, Ms. Cindy used folded paper "fortune tellers" to practice Spanish phrases.  The kids each made their own "fortune tellers"... which I had not made since I was in elementary school!  They had a great time asking each other to choose a picture, choose a number, and then answer a Spanish question.  What a great way to reinforce their skills!  They also created a Spanish booklet about things to be thankful for.  They will go over more of these in class next week.

In art class, Ms. Nancy has been teaching about dimensions and perspective.  Today, the class worked on creating a 3 dimensional space with simple squares.  They are learning great techniques that they will no doubt incorporate into art projects from this point on!  Ms. Nancy taught me these lessons when I was their age, and I remember them to this day, and use them!  I am thrilled that my children, ALL of "my" children, get to have the same art experience that I did as a child!


In social studies class, Mr. Dennis taught about Japan and WWII.  They learned about Kamikazes, and the atomic bomb.  The class is finishing up their unit on WWII next week.  On Tuesday, they will be competing in a review game of Jeopardy.  On Thursday, they will be turning in a take home test, and finishing up the unit.  When we come back from Thanksgiving break, the class will begin learning about the Cold War.