Cardinals Blog 2023-24: Weekend News, Stuffy Clinic, African Mats, Letter Hunt and More...

Monday

Weekend News

Shanaya - I roller skate by myself and my brother roller skate too by himself. I went home and I had lunch. I watch tv and I watch tv all day and then at night time. I just went to bed and then I got out because I got scared. I went to Mommy and Daddy's room and it was comfortable in there and that's it.

Cooper - I build like this ginormous airplane that shot out the water but it was pretend water. I build it out of legos and there's some pieces not connected and it's like 3 or 4 or 5 humans. I think like 4 and one got a jet pack.

James V. - I saw Nana and Frank and I also forgot the rest meeeeeep.

Zoey - Ummm my nails sparkly, I go ummm in nail salon so many people outside. So many people in nail shop pokemon.

Willow - I play and have fun with my aunt Leah. And I had best time at bedtime because I got a song from Leah and Leah slept over. We had some brunch which was bagels at Alex and Ellie's house.

Julian - I work with mommy and play with Elloit. I build a police station. I put a cruiser and Hess truck in.

Lydia - I play with my toy bear. I play with it and it went up and down. I have a lion and a dog at home and that's it, yeah.

Grant - I go home and then tomorrow. I go the museum and I sleep at home.

James M. - Well, I play soccer and I play baseball in the house but I play soccer outside. I play this horse video game that me and my dad play. I also went out to dinner at Halligan's pub last night and that's it.

Olivia - I play with my dolls and I play with my mommy. I play with my baby dolls and then watch tv.

Ekin - Meow meow meow meow meow, I made a clock and I made some time on it. I hug my mom a looooooooooooooooottttt and I kiss my mom a looooooooooooooootttttt meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep.

Ada - I go to the beach. I climb on big giant rocks. They are even bigger than the big kid playground rocks. I go on a hike and I went to my grandma's house. I went on another hike and that's it.

Surai - I went to American doll store and her got her ears pierced. I ate lunch and I had fun and I really really really love it and I really love it.

Addy - I saw the airplane. And I push the button and it flies sooo sooo high and it fall down.

Jackson - I built some Minecraft Legos and I'm already almost finish. I'm on bag 5 already. I watch some tv on Youtube. I'm thinking...., I didn't do bag five yet but I'm on it tonight. I might make it to bag five. I play Snow Runner and I play in the basement.

Ellery - I read books. I did pop-pop's birthday. I take walk with dada.

Spanish class began with our regular Spanish jobs. We also counted by 10s to100 all in Spanish. Alicia finished the book Sparkle Boy but before she began reading. Alicia asked the Cardinals, "Who remembers what happened in the book?". Many friends recalled most of the highlights of the book so far. We began this book last Thursday and it was great to see many friends showing their comprehension and recall skills as they shared much information about this book. Today it was James's M. turned to squeezed la vaca!

The Cardinals explored focusing and catching skills in gym class. Friends were instructed to get a ball and a scooper. Josh then demonstrated how the Cardinals might practice tossing the ball and catching it. After we practiced our catching, Josh challenged the Cardinals to scoop the ball into the scooper as the ball bounced on the ground. The Cardinals enjoyed the challenge. Josh ended gym class with a joke. Ask your Cardinal to tell you a joke!

Tuesday

Today the Cardinals participated in a letter hunt literacy activity. In which uppercase letters were placed on or under a table or in a chair at the back of the classroom. Each friend, one at a time, got a chance to pick a letter of their choice, bring it back to the group, say what letter it was and the sound it makes. If a friend was not able to do any of the above another friend or friends worked together to help. Friends were also challenged to say a word or three that their letter began with. When this work was finished, we used the letters to see how many words we could create. We worked together and came up with 24 words! Great Job Cardinals!!

The Cardinals were super super excited to visit the upper school's Stuffed Animal Clinic. We got to the Stewart Lobby and the upper school students were all set up and ready for us! There was a check-in station, nurse practitioners and doctors giving check-ups and referrals for surgery if needed. Surgeons were on hand to performed surgery if needed. Friends even got stickers afterwards! The upper schooler put smiles on the Cardinals face as they fixed our stuffed animals for us. And yes, the Cardinals all showed their appreciation by saying thank you and giving hugs!

Wednesday

Music class was fun as Julian led us into the music room. We warmed up to Holiday by Madonna. Followed by warming up our voices like our friend Whooty the owl, we then sang Jambo our hello song. Keisha introduced the movement and song to This is Grandma's Glasses. Keisha and the Cardinals sang the words to the book, Over in the Meadow, while singing the Cardinals also acted out the movements of the animals in the book and called out each number as they counted in number order from 1-10 for each page! Great work, amazing Cardinals! Ask your Cardinal to tell you 2 or 4 animals in the book.

The Cardinals made their very own African place mats today. Friends chose from African colors and decided how to design their placemat by weaving their chosen paper. Each Cardinal wove strips of colorful paper to create patterns similar to those seen in traditional African mats. Each color represents something different. The color red represents strength, yellow for the sun, green is for the land and black for pride in the color of skin.

Thursday

Alicia told us, today we were going to play a game but it will be a little different but fun. The Cardinals worked in pairs of twos. One friend wore sunglasses with a picture of the Spanish clothing we have been learning about in class on it. The other friend looking at the picture gave clues as to what the picture was without giving it away. The friend with the glasses on, need to make guesses and answer in Spanish. Great work Cardinals!! Today it was Jackson's turn to squeezed la vaca!

Today we began working on cutting out our animals for our study.

Friday

The Cardinals attended our lower school assembly in the auditorium early this morning. The 4th graders start us off with our assembly hello song, followed by the 4th graders singing their mold song which was very funny. Then 1st graders introduced us to their post office study and talked about how to buy stamps. They also told us that the stamps are of people they choose as their heroes. 1st graders then sang us their hero song which was very touching!