Cardinals Blog 2023-24: Weekend News, Journal Work, Meeting for Worship, Habitats, and More

Monday

Weekend News

Willow - I forget, I play with my aunt Leah. She babysit us and she had breakfast with us and sang us our bedtime song. She also read us a book and nothing else.

Julian - I ate and actually go to this place the yellow restaurant. We were talking about it. We are going today and then I play with Elliot. Then I went to the mall and buy balloons.

Lydia - Play with mommy and play baby with my stuffies. I had two babies with my stuffies. I play penguin baby.

Grant - I went to Chuck E Cheese. I saw Chuckie there and I went to Dunkin Donuts and go in my room and I stay home.

James M. - So, I went in the 75 yard dash and I was first place. I was like pretty fast. I was pretty fast through the start and I was in front of the group. Then I start picking up speed and then I unconnect from the slow group. I was in the medium group. I was in the fast group because a kid fell down and then I was 4th place and then another kid fell down. I was in first place for a while and that's all.

Olivia - I don't know, I play with my dolls and Peppa Pig and Bluey. I play with my mommy and my baby dolls.

Ekin - I don't remember, I made a downstairs bed it's for my space cat.

Ada - I went to the beach with my dad, mommy and my baby brother Anis stay home. I climb the rock at the beach. There are big big rocks at the beach. There were geese floating in the water for some reason. There was a cave at the beach and I also went to a museum but you can touch everything at the museum and that's it.

Surai - I drive in my car, go on the airplane and then taxi to hotel.

Jackson -I went to basketball and then I went to swim. I don't remember anything else.

Ellery - We talk the walk. We read books play with magna-tiles

Shanaya - Just stay home, just stay home, just stay home. I just play with my toys and watch tv.

Cooper - I go to Lidia's party. My sister and I made my own pizza. I put things on me so I don't get sauce on me. I ate a waffle and I ate a chocolate, chocolate, chocolate waffle with syrup.

James V. - I got a new stuffy. Me and daddy went to somewhere and that's it.

Zoey - Mommy do my hair. I go Beauty and the Beast my mommy and daddy and me there at the night time see the show. Mommy play with me. We paint house, our house not yet because we moved stuff.

After reading the story, Grandma's cookies. The Cardinals worked on a journal entry titled, "How would you make your favorite cookie?

Today the Cardinals practiced yoga in gym class with Josh!

The Cardinals having fun enjoying the beautiful weather!

Tuesday

Johana met the Cardinals at the art room door. She explained that today, we will be working on sand art. Johana then demonstrates some of the things friends could create. Friends were then given glue sticks to use as pencils or pencils, along with brown, white or yellow paper and different colored sand. The Cardinals were creative and very excited as they designed with glue sticks, added sand of choice and then shook the sand off and discovered magic. Ask your Cardinal what they did in art class?

Wednesday

The Cardinals engaged in Meeting for Worship in our classroom. We did our activity with blocks. Friends have done this activity a few times now and did a great job remembering the two important rules. The rules were not to move someone's blocks and that we need to be in silence as we worked. We then asked each Cardinal, "What were you thinking about and What do you think our creation looks like?" Here is what friends had to say:

James M. - I was thinking about my highland cow stuffy. It looks like a highland cow city.

Willow- I was thinking that it was a city with all the tall buildings.

Ada- I was thinking maybe it was going to be bunny land and it is.

Shanaya- It looks like New York City. I was thinking it looks like the farm.

Cooper- I was thinking we making statues. It looks like pumpkin city.

Jackson- I was thinking it was part of my Minecraft and bat stuffies and cat world.

Zoey- It looks like gymnastics.

Olivia- I was thinking a house, it looks like my house.

Lydia- I was thinking about it was horsey town.

Ellery- I was thinking it looks like New York.

Ekin- I was thinking about space cat because it looks like space cats city it's as big as that.

James V. - I was thinking it looks like a city

Julian- I was thinking it was like my city and my home.

Grant- I think Penguin puffin city house and city house.

Ada led us into music class. We warmed up with scarves and egg shakers to the song, Turn up the Base by Asir. Followed by the sing and movements to, There's A Little Wheel Turning In My Heart and John The Rabbit. Keisha then had a conversation with the Cardinals about the animals they're studying and which music instrument we could use for each animal group. The instruments the Cardinals decided on were bells, drums, sand blocks and rhythm sticks. Ask your Cardinal what instrument you chose for your animal study?

Friends continued working on the outside of their animal habitats.

Thursday

In Spanish class with Alicia, the Cardinals did their greetings in Spanish. Followed by reading the book Max and the Talent Show. Today it was Ekin's turn to squeeze la vaca!

Friends continued working on the outside of their animal habitats.

Friday

The Cardinals attended our lower school assembly followed by joining our entire school in participating in a day of silences. We all met in the gym as it was raining and stayed in silence for 10 minutes before returning to our classroom.

After morning meeting and snack time, the Cardinals returned their books to the library and listened to a story read by Ashanti. They then picked and checked out a book to bring back to our classroom.

The Cardinals decorated plastic cups and planted microgreens like some friends did last night at our all school Science Festival! Toward the end of next week each Cardinal will bring home their microgreens with instructions as to how to care for them!