Weekend News, Team Building, Creating Snow People/Animals, Friday- Game Play Day and More...

 

Monday

                            Weekend News 

Ada - Sled, make Olaf with snow. Brother was at school hehehe that's it, nothing else

Surai - I went the hotel with mommy. My aunt fall ice. I say feel better.

Addy - I went outside I didn't play with Logan. I watch snow plow with Logan.

Jackson - I play in the snow and made snowballs and I did not make a snowman and I broke some ice.

Ellery - Play at home with dada and momma. We play single and that's it 

Shanaya - Play in the snow with my brother, mommy and daddy. I go sledding in the snow and throw snowballs at each other. 

Cooper -  I was playing with my sister. I made snowballs. They were medium and I throw them. I play with my friends.

James V. - I had hot chocolate, play with Apollo and learn how to steer the sled. Not anything else.

Zoey -  Play snow, I make snow angels and I play Magnatiles. I exercise with mommy and daddy.

 

Willow -  I watch tv with my family in the big big bed and then we go downstairs to eat breakfast. Then, we got dress and then I play a little.

 

Julian - I play with mommy, daddy, Elliot and me. Then I play, I don't know really we were playing inside but not a game. 

Lydia -  Play in the rainbow, play in the pumpkin in the rainbow me and mommy play with boo boo. My sister Rudolph.

Grant - Play in the snow, play my sled. My sled is red. I play with Kennedy and Jackson.

James M. - So I went sledding at the Abington Art Center.  Then I also, like I was getting ready to go home and I did one more sled. Aunt Kelly was going to catch me but I was too fast for her and I slid under the stage and scrap my chin. I went sledding with aunt Kelly and uncle Jeff and my mom and dad. I also was crying really good after I went under the stage. I'm ok now.

Olivia - Play in the snow. I play with my mom. I play with my dad and my mom. We made big snowballs.

Ekin - I play in the snow. I sled down the hill and I went home. I play a little bit and I ate lunch and I ate dinner, nothing else.

The Cardinals working on a journal entry titled, "What do you like to do in snow? Why?"

Gym class with Josh was fun as always, today the Cardinals worked on an obstacle course! They ran through cones and balanced on balanced beams, of all different shapes, as they pretended the floor was lava! Josh challenged the Cardinals to go through the obstacles hopping like frogs and walking like cats. Friends did an amazing job and the obstacle course was no match for them!

Tuesday

The Cardinals were very creative in art class with Johanna. Today we worked on cutting with scissors and using our imagination. Johanna gave out many different images on one sheet of paper. Friends all took a close look to see what they noticed and which pictures they identified with. Johanna then explained, we were going to create our very own individual collage story. Friends used glue and added drawings to go along with their cut out pictures.  At the end of class the Cardinals got a chance, if they wanted, to show and talk about their work. Ask your Cardinal what story they created in art class?

Here is what friends said their collage stories were about:

Ekin - A story about railway trans.

James M. - A sheep and a duck playing with each other, a little red river and the night sky. 

Ada - All the things for my birthday, it's a story.

Grant - All the things I like.

Julian - I make a race track story.

Shanaya - I did a story of the rings.

Jackson - It's about my lamb stuffie.

James V. - My neighbor who had a tennis court and I went for a ride on it.

Addy - The goose was eating the fish.

Lydia - A story about the dog.

Willow - I riding my scooter and Ren riding her bike.

Surai - Playing in the park.

Zoey - I make sand castles.

Olivia - Going to the beach.

Ellery - Going the beach.

Cooper - I'm at the beach and I driving a car with my family. 

                                 Outdoor exploration!

Wednesday

Friends worked one on one with a teacher as they worked on counting numbers, number recognition, writing numbers, and doing simple addiction and subtraction equations. While friends waited to work with a teacher they explored with number puzzles, geo boards, counting with dinosaurs, Magna-tiles, pattern and sequencing.

Today, the Cardinals had meeting for worship in our classroom. We used wooden blocks to help guide us through our silences. Friends two at a time went to the block area and got two wooden blocks each and placed them anywhere they chose on a large piece of green paper. Before we began we reminded the class of two important rules to follow, "You can not move anyone's blocks and we need to do our activity in silence." After our silences, the Cardinals were asked, "What do you think of our creation?"  Here what friends had to say:

Jackson - Mind-craft world

Shanaya - House

Willow - Castle of play

Julian - Farm

Ekin - Cat city

Addy - Castle

James V. - Tornado in a village

Grant - City

Ada - Movie theater

Ellery - Building

Lydia - Jenkintown

Cooper - City

Olivia - House

Surai - School

Zoey - Bridge

James M. New York City

                               

Keisha greeted the Cardinals outside the music room. She asked them if they noticed anything different about her. Jackson said, "You wearing something you don't usually wear, a microphone". Keisha explained that the microphone will help with her voice recovery. We then got scarves and warmed up by dancing and listening to the song, You Can Feel It All Over by Stevie Wonder. After a few questions for the Cardinals, Keisha and our moment of silence. The owl Hootie greeted us and sang our hello song Jambo with us. Followed by Keisha reintroducing the five little cows songs which friends remembered pretty well. 

Keisha then introduced two games: "Match your feet to the beat" where the Cardinals got to match their steps and jumps to the beat of Keisha's drum. The next one was, "Jack in the box" The Cardinals got down on their knees with their heads down to hide in their box. Keisha recited a poem and the Cardinals got to pop out of their boxes. After so much fun and excitement the goodbye song was sung and we thanked Keisha for an amazing class.

The Cardinals working on creating their very own individual snow person/animal. We mixed shaving cream and glue to make snow, cut out hats and noses. Friends also used buttons, pipe cleaners and markers to finish their work. 

Thursday

Friends continued their work of working one on one with teachers. They worked on counting numbers, recognition numbers, writing numbers, and doing simple addiction and subtraction equations. 

After our morning meeting and snack time, the Cardinals engaged in a Team Building activity. The teachers put 3 pieces of red, blue, purple and orange paper, plus 2 green and 2 yellow pieces of paper in a bin. We asked each Cardinal to pick a color without looking in the bin and to hold it behind their backs until all friends had a paper. Friends then showed their paper, paired up by paper color and worked in groups of 3 or 2 to create one masterpiece. 

Friends worked with different building materials such as Crystal connectors, Wooden blocks, Duplos, Unifix cubes, Gear connectors. and Connect Jr.

The Cardinals were given 30 minutes to work together and then another 5 minutes to come up with a name for their masterpiece. The Cardinals worked on negotiations, conflicts, perseverance, team work, compromising, cognitive, language and social skills. At the end of our allotted time, we all gather back on our morning meeting rug. We talked about being respectful of each other's work by looking with our eyes and not touching, like in some museums as we go to observe each masterpiece. 

Each pair of friends gave a presentation on their masterpiece, while the rest of the Cardinals looked and listened. At the end of each presentation, we applauded our friends and their amazing work. Ask your Cardinal about their creation?

Here is what friends had to say as we visited their work areas and what they named their masterpieces:

Addy, Ada, Grant's group named their creation Philadelphia. Grant - "So, we put some cars on it and a bridge.  Addy - "I made this part a castle. I like laying them flat".  Ada - "We put these things here and put more on top and I made the broken down house".

James V, Suari and Ellery made a creation together. Surai named it a House, and said, "I made the spiders that are right here, lots of spiders".  Ellery named the creation Spiderman and said "I made this part it spins around and pops out on the floor, it gets spiders away". James V. named the creation Over Grown Grass with a House. He added, "It's something that goes up and down here and it fills up the pool. The yellow part at the top, it pumps out rocks and it hits the different levels".

Shanaya, Ekin and Lydia named their creation Spinner Garden. Lydia said,  "We made this and it goes around and around, this part, it pinch and pinch and pinch". Ekin said, "Actually, it's TeamWork Garden, this makes wool it's a wool making machine. I put sheep fur and it makes yarn. You can even do it faster and faster".  Shanaya added, "I made this part that spins around, it's a spinner that spins, it's a Spinner Garden".

Olivia and James M. named their creation Dog City Garden. Olivia told us "So, like I put this part on and it makes bad guys go away". James added,  "It goes up to the sky and this part here is where the yogurt stops and it shoots up at the aliens. Olivia added, "They eat it, their mouths and they get dirty and don't clean themselves up". James M. told us, "So here is where it blast yogurt into space, also its electronic so it sucks up all the light".

Jackson, Willow and Julian each had a different name for their creation. Jackson calls it, "Ice Cream Truck".  This is where the trailer comes in the truck, the bunny and driver both have a bed". Julian named the creation, "Food Truck, we put these legos together then this guy here, this is the trailer and this is the person that drives". Willow called the creation "Cannonbal world", she told the friends " This part is the slide it slides down and the rug is the pool, it's a diving pool and you go down and say weeeeee".

Zoey and Cooper named their creation "Supper Belt". Cooper explained to the friends, "It's a thing that can blast hot air balloons. The top part pops out the air balloons".  Zoey told us "It spins around and it pops, it goes down and pops and this is the forest". 

                 

Friday

Today we worked on math in small groups. Erica our lower school learning specialist join us. Friends worked by rotating through 3 stations such as making patterns, counting, tracing numbers and continuing to work one on one with a teacher.

The Cardinals returned their library books and listened to Michelle as she read to us. Followed by each friend picking and checking out a book to bring back to our classroom. 

The Cardinals enjoyed taking part in our Friday- Game Play Day! Today, we had our Game Play Day downstairs in the extended day space. The Cardinals cheered, (Yay....) when we told them about it! We played two rounds of musical chairs, red light green light, what is the time mister fox, and duck duck goose! Ask your Cardinal which game they liked best?

                        Have a nice weekend!!