Archive for December, 2011

Dec 16 2011

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Singing Along in Mrs. Argus’ Class

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Regan and Messi lead friends in their rendition of Jingle Bells.

Our class absolutely loves music. Whether its singing, dancing, or just listening, they are so happy when they hear a tune! This morning as they were creating Mexican yarn paintings, Messi and Regan began singing various holiday songs  and friends couldn’t resist joining in the fun.

 

Messi, Monica, and Jenesis sing two songs for us.We have begun something new during morning meeting as well. Each morning, after we have greeted one another and done a song or group activity, we share news. News can be something that has been brought in to share (preferably to do with reading, writing, math, or the outside world), an event that happened, or news that someone is looking forward to! Through this component in morning meeting, we are becoming better listeners, and learning the trait of empathy in learning how friends appropriately respond to different types of news. Today during morning meeting, we had several friends want to share songs. Some were self created, some were songs a lot of us knew. I greatly admire the courage our friends displayed in getting up in front of our class and singing. We talked about how brave these friends were and made sure to be good listeners and celebrate our performer's experience afterwards.Sascha and Journey sing together.

 
 

 

 

 

 

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Dec 15 2011

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Morning normal, afternoon change

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Hello hello!  Today we had a normal morning working hard and enjoying each other’s company.  This afternoon I had to take my Charlotte to the doctor (she has a sinus infection) so I missed the afternoon portion of our day, and in my place we had Miss Lauren, Mr. Lucas, Miss Templeton, and Mr. Hughes with the children.  I am looking forward to hearing from the children how their afternoon was (some were pretend crying when I was leaving this afternoon-so sweet).

 

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Dec 15 2011

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Recycling Plan

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Tomorrow is our first day of collecting each classroom’s recycling bins.  Today the class brainstormed and came up with a plan to figure out how we could collect over 20 different boxes.  We kept in mind that we needed to be efficient with our time and also respectful to the classrooms as we come and get their boxes.  As a class the kids decided that it would be easier to split into two groups to get through the whole school.  After we split, each group looked at school maps and came up with a route to use each week.

Our recycling plans!

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Dec 15 2011

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Trip to Mexico on the 20th and Winter Cookie Recipes

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The kids are very excited for our trip to Mexico! We have been talking about Mexico’s distinguishing characteristics, including culture, animals, climate, and food, and we are ready to share it with you and your families! Please come to our flight after school on Tuesday, December 20th from 6-7pm.

We have a special request for families as winter break approaches… Today, I sent home a green piece of paper with a note card stapled to it. On the note card, please talk with your family about your favorite cookie recipe (holiday or regular!) and write the recipe on the card. We will compile all of our cookie recipes and create a class compilation to share with each family for the holidays. What a sweet treat!

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Dec 14 2011

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The Funga!

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I cannot even tell you how amazing our time with Sabra was today!  We learned the Funga dance and song today!  It is a beautiful Swahili song that says, “Welcome, we greet you, you and you.  Welcome!  Hello! Let us be friends.”  The children did such a wonderful job listening, dancing, learning and being engaged while Sabra taught us a lot!  It was such a memorable experience so I hope that we can do it again.  It was fun because all day long we were singing the Funga song…so great!

I have some pictures, but I will have to show you a couple videos some time soon of the children singing their Funga song welcoming their friends!

Our friends being such great listeners!

Some friends playing the drums!

The children learning the dance!

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