Feb
09
2012
Mrs. Argus
- Lucas and Hutton hit the dance floor at the end of a busy day.
We had another great day today. We were joined by our Butler Block A students, Miss Pistello, Miss Roby, Miss Barr, and Miss Legg. The kids are enjoying getting to know our new friends through games, working in small groups, and working individually with these adults.
Tags: Butler, friendship
Feb
01
2012
Mrs. Argus
Cameron reads wih Miss. Legg, a new Butler friend.
- Our new 6th grade friend reads us a story.
Today we have had quite the day! Our new Butler Block A friends began working with our class and we were so excited to meet them all. We also had a visit from a mentor 6th grader who shared a story with us about bullying. He then led a discussion about bullying and how we can treat one another peacefully. The kids made many connections with what we have been talking about during our friendship circle times and in class!
- Regan and Carriea practice interviewing one another.
We have also begun something really exciting in writer’s workshop- writing biographies. Next week, we will begin writing biographies about our classmates. We are preparing for this by practicing the skill of interviewing and asking questions. We are excited to find out more about our classmates!
Tags: Butler
Jan
11
2012
Mrs. Argus
Aidan counts the friendship links. Does it match the number of pictures?
What a great day! I have to comment on how enthusiastic and well behaved the kids have been since we have been back from break. Today was no exception. Before break, we began creating a board with pictures on it of people in our class showing friendship. There is a sign that reads, “What is friendship?” We also started keeping a chain which has descriptions of each friendship moment on it that is documented. This morning when he walked in, Aidan noticed almost immediately that there were new pictures. He and Monica talked about the new pictures. “But it they don’t match the chain, Mrs. Argus!” Aidan exclaimed. I asked him what he meant. “There are only six chains, but there’s eight pictures.” I asked Aidan how many chains with descriptions we needed to add. He counted the chains again, then the pictures. Then he looked at his hand and held out two fingers, one at a time, “Seven, eight. We need two more chains! I counted on!” Later in the day, Miss Schmidt led a discussion with our friends about both new pictures. One was Angela helping her friend Michael zip up his coat for recess. Another was friends helping assemble our unifix cubes in two groups of five, to equal ten unifix cubes-such great teamwork. We wrote a brief description of each event on a link, and added it to the chain.
David points out a new friendship picture to the class.
Our trip to Clowes Hall today was a lot of fun. The kids were excited to see Butler University and asked a lot of questions about college on the bus ride there and back. We saw the play, A Caterpillar, a Bear, and a Moonby Eric Carle which showcased many of our favorite Eric Carle characters through really neat looking black light puppets.
Carriea shares Angela's heavy load to the library.
Tags: Butler, friendship, project, relationships
Mar
20
2011
Mr. Smith
