Mr. David’s LE classroom had a wonderful week; building shoebox rooms, planning sailboats, learning new words, and delving into math. We also had an EXCELLENT Halloween Parade! Unfortunately I needed to be out on Thursday to take care of a minor plumbing emergency at home.

Monday, October 30th

In Word Work, we continued matching words to their beginning sounds, writing the words we were learning, and sorting words by short, long, and ‘oddball’ vowel sounds. The children are really enjoying discovering and sounding out new words. We practiced yoga with Ms Vanessa and played some movement games; Night at the Museum being a particular favorite. In this game, Ms. Vanessa chooses a particular theme for the museum (scary creatures, rainforest animals, etc.) and then challenges the children to hold the pose while she’s looking. The moment she looks away, they can change their pose and she has to figure out what new character they have taken on!

 

Tuesday, October 31st (Haloweeeeen!)

The children loved wearing and parading in their costumes today. There were many inventive and thoughtful costumes to be seen across the school. In the afternoon, at theme time, they began using a multitude of materials (fabric samples and scraps, clear plastic sheet, string, cardboard, etc.) to furnish and decorate the interior of the box that they had brought to create their ultimate room!

 

Wednesday, November 1st

This was the last week for the first session of Creativity Morning. On November 8th the children will begin a new 4-week session of new activities. The children wrote songs, created multi-media art involving batteries and LEDs, and built towers, robots, and other creations in Free Build. In the afternoon, Mr. Anthony introduced the Day of the Dead (Día de Muertos) by presenting a slideshow of art. We then worked on creating Day of the Dead banners for our classroom. The children folded and cut many layers of tissue paper to create intricate and delicate panels.

 

Friday, November 3rd

Friday LE had Construction time with Mr. Josh. He shared with the children a model sailboat from his childhood. They discussed the various features (mast, keel, bow, stern, etc.) and then Mr. Josh showed the children how to draw a design for their own craft. Over the next few weeks the children will complete their plan and then bring it to realization using their burgeoning shop skills. We enjoyed Game Friday in the afternoon with a wide selection of games from our library and games brought from home. The children enjoyed being the ‘expert’ and showing their friends how to play a favorite game.