Dec 13 2011

Friendship pictures, Planning Books, and the Funga!

Posted at 8:38 pm under Bucher

Today, I was capturing our friends being good friends to those around them!  We are currently making a question…”What is friendship?” out of wire and beads, and then underneath it we will have pictures that I take of our friends being good friends to others.  I was proud of our friends today, and I am excited to see more photographs of the children being good friends to each other.
I introduced planning books today in Writer’s Workshop.  The thought behind these laminated books is that it is a good way to organize our thoughts and plan a book before we actually make it.  Isaac today did a wonderful job of using a planning book to figure out what he wanted to write about.  Then, he got a “real” book to start working on adding more detail and words to his book!  I look forward to seeing how the planning of books will help our writers!
Sabra Logan is the Founder/Director of Iibada Dance Company.  Not only is she the Founder of a dance company, but she has worked in other schools around the city helping children learn various dances.  I am so excited because tomorrow morning she will be teaching an African dance called Funga which is a welcome dance from Liberia to our class.  She will be in our class for about 45 minutes teaching the dance and a song to go with it.  This is such a great experience because it is another way to get that movement that we love during the day!  I am excited to show you the pictures tomorrow of our little dancers!

Makayla working hard to create her wire "h" for the question..."What is Friendship?"

Isaac using his planning book to help him organize his thoughts for his actual book!

Mekhi being a good friend to Malachi by listening to him while he is reading his book during Reader's Workshop!

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