Weekend News, Earth Day, Making Cookies, Fine Motor Work, Animal Research Presentations and More...

 Monday 

                             Weekend News

Lydia - I play with Rubble and eat breakfast at home with my mom and dad.

Grant - I have Dunkin Donuts and I go in my room to sleep. I wake up and get my hair done.

James M. - So I did my race like I do all the weekends. I think I came in third. I don't know if it was third. There was a kid with a rectangle on the back of his jacket. I was like battling that kid because it was so hard. I went to a restaurant after my race.

Olivia - I play with my dolls. Momma play with me. We play Bluey and Peppa Pig and dolls.

Ekin - I built a big train track at home with my mom and I went to circus, it went good. I don't remember the rest. 

Ada - I went to school that me and my cousins make up. There was show and tell and we made puppets. I made puppets with my cousins out of paper bags. I went to a ice cream store. I went to the playground with my ice cream.

Surai - I went to bowling and I got strike. Me and mom-mom got strike. I went to the new studio on Saturday cause I took pictures and that's it.

Addy - I watch the Sixers on tv and I like it. I had strawberries for breakfast. I play with Logan.

Jackson - I was working on my homework. I took a break and watch tv after I did a little bit of my homework. I don't remember anything else. 

Ellery - I see my cousins and play outside.

Shanaya - I stay home and I watch my tv all day long and play with my toys. I was in my room playing with my toys and then mommy did my hair. That's all I did.  

Cooper - I build some legos and I color and I play with my sister outside that's all.

James V. - I draw the rest of my body picture and I jump on Apollo's new trampoline and it was purple. I forget the rest.

Zoey - I go Dinosaur park. I saw dinosaurs and bubbles and cars but it's not for driving, it's for bouncing. I go aunty Lauren. She come with us dinosaur park. I go the restaurant and aunty Lauren come and Man Man, Mason and Gavin come too. 

Willow - I only remember one thing and that's eating waffles with syrup for breakfast.

Julian - One of daddy's work man came last night and then we went to a sleepover at one of the houses. Then mommy and daddy came home to our house and we came home too. Daddy's work went to New York City and he's going to be back today like at night and he's going to lay with me.

The Cardinals engage in an activity in celebration of Earth Day (which is everyday)! Friends used markers, tissue paper and glue to design a printed out template of the Earth. Each Cardinal then gave dictation or wrote about how they can help the Earth! Yay Cardinals!

Tuesday

Today was Josh's birthday, we walked over to the gym to sing to him! Josh was very surprised and happy to see us. He offered us a store bought cookie cake but unfortunately. The cake had nuts in it. The Cardinals were disappointed, of course. As we were walking back a Cardinal reminded us that we said we were going to make cookies after reading the book, Grandma's Cookies. Back in the classroom, we checked and had most of the ingredients to make cookies. We got chocolate chips for a Kindergarten class and eggs and butter from the faulty room. The Cardinals cheered as they heard we had all the ingredients to make cookies! Friends were great helpers in adding ingredients and mixing batter! Each Cardinal ate one cookie after finishing their lunch and got another one to bring home!!

Wednesday

Most of our Animal research homework came back to school. If you have not sent yours in yet. Please do so, as we will be starting our presentation soon!

This morning, we had an assembly with the whole lower school in the auditorium. After some time in silence, Andrea read us the book, There was A Tree by Rachel Isadora. The book was about the Earth and some of the animals that live on Earth with us. The book had a very catchy repeated part and soon the auditorium was filled with singing. We then sang along with  Keisha as she led us in singing Peace Like A River, Rainbow Around Me and Sing When The Spirit Say Sing while playing her guitar!! What a wonderful way to start our day!

 

The Cardinals had a little later music class today. Grant led us into the music room. We warmed up to Let's Do The Twist by Chubby Checker.  Followed by friends singing Little Wheel Turning In My Heart as Keisha played the guitar. We then sang and did the movements to Rowing Down The River and Keisha's new version to Head Shoulder Knee and Toes. Nice work Cardinals you sure sounded awesome!!

By the time friends ate snack and had morning meeting it was almost 11am. It was time for some unstructured time and outdoor exploration.

Thursday

The Cardinals working on fine motor skills. Friends used scissors, stencils, tiny cubes, magnetic alphabet boards and of course the loved magna-tiles to help strengthen their fingers muscle. 

In Spanish class today the focus was on learning and saying the names of the animals we are studying. Alicia read us the book,     . The book was about different animals and numbers in Spanish. Followed by Alicia putting the pictures of our animals around the Spanish room. Friends then played a game of Camina, Camina (walk) in which we walked around the classroom and when Alicia said para (stop). We stopped and listened for the animal being called. The Cardinals looked for and pointed to the animal's name that was called. Today it was Addy's turn to squeeze la vaca!

Today we began our presentations of our Animal Research Homework. The audience were quiet listeners as each presenter presented. Each presenter sat on a very big chair and spoke about each page of their research. A teacher helped those who needed it with remembering. At the end of each presentation the presenter took questions from their audience. Stay tuned for more presentations!!

Here are some of the questions that were asked today:

What do Hippos do in water if they can't swim? They go down and their ears go up.

What does hunt mean? To catch food.

Do Hamsters eat oatmeal? I actually don't know but they eat cereal.

Can Flamingo fly? Some can, I think.

Friday

Erica worked with a group of friends on literacy in her room. While the other friends work one on one with a teacher and in small groups with other teachers on literacy as well. 

The Cardinals returned their books to the library and listened to the stories My Friend Is Sad and I'm A Frog by Mo Willems read by Ashanti. Soon it was time for friends to choose and check out a book to bring back to the classroom.

    

Four more friends did their presentations today! Yay Cardinals!!

Here are some of the questions that were asked today:

What do Lizards like to eat? - Bugs

What do Giraffes like to do? - They're excellent at dancing around and eating leaves. 

Is the Gerbil powerful? - Baby Meep is but not Eco Gerbil.

What do Elephants like to do? - Stomp around. 

We had such a busy day that we did not have time for our               Game Play Day!  After lunch we joined our entire school out on Smith field in celebrating Arbor Day which is an AFS yearly tradition!

                                   Enjoy the weekend!!