Cardinals Class 2021-22 : Weekend News, Making Pizza, Math Workshop and More..

Monday

Weekend News

Alycia - I went to bed at night time. I play with daddy then I read a book.

Rowan - Ben came my house to play together. I eat pizza.

Reyn - I went in my jumpy house. I play outside and I play tag with mommy.

Hayden -I had a great sleep. I eat breakfast. I play with Taylor.

Ekin - I play bubble bath. I sleep and I eat lunch and go park. I play mommy and daddy.

Ben - I play with my mom and dad. I watch a movie, it name Raya. I went to Rowan house and had playdate.

Stephen - Watch tv

Melanie - I sleep over grandmom and Pop-pop's. We read books and we eat dinner. We eat meat loaf and potatoes that grandmom make. Mom-mom came to my house for dinner. We eat pizza, spinach and broccoli.

Clarke - I was playing with my daddy. Me and daddy was visiting at the doctor's to see mommy. Me and My mommy and my daddy we got dinner and we eat.

Tristan - I get present my birthday. I get control tracker. I get cake and I play all my toys.

Blaise - I play my mommy and watch tv. I stay home and read with Tata and Pop-pop.

Isabelle - I play with Callie. I went to the forest festival with Mommy and Poppy and daddy and me. I went to a fire monster truck. I eat hot dog.

Oz - Mommy buy Christmas trees and we decorate them. I eat dinner and dessert and I play my toys.

Phoenix - I bake chocolate cake with my mom and my brother. I went with my mom to the store. I see Beverly at gym.

Emma - Someone was coming over my house. I play outside with my mommy and daddy and baby.

James - I had cake with Grandfather and Granny and my daddy and my sister and my mommy. Granny and Grandfather sleep over my house. I play inside my toys.

We told the Cardinals we were going to have a special snack today. Oh boy, were the Cardinals very excited to make their very own pizza bagels for our morning snack. Each friend got a half of a bagel and decided if they wanted to add sauce and cheese or just cheese or just have a plain bagel. Friends waited patiently for their turn. We wrote each friend's name under their pizza bagel so we would know which belong to whom. We also made some extra pizza bagel. The Cardinals truly enjoyed making their special snack so much that we are planning on doing a cooking/drink activity with the Cardinals every other week!! All the Cardinals except for two friends had seconds of our delicious special snack!!

Today, we began music class by taking deep/slow elevator breaths to settle our bodies. We then sang our hello song Jambo. Followed by practicing the song Thanks A Lot that we will be singing together as a whole Lower School the day before Thanksgiving! See Below! Each friend got a bell and then followed directions as Keisha called out the movements we needed to do such as galloping, tipped-toe, jumping, skipping and flying around the room! We sang our goodbye song before heading outside for some large motor fun and exploration!

Thanks A lot by Raffi

EC/K

Thanks a lot

Thanks for the Sun in the Sky

Thanks a lot

Thanks for the Clouds so High

1st Grade

Thanks a lot

Thanks for the Whispering Wind

Thanks for a lot

Thanks for the Birds in the Spring

2nd Grade

Thanks a lot

Thanks for the Moonlit Night

Thanks a lot

Thanks for the Stars so Bright

3rd Grade

Thanks a lot

Thanks for the Wonder in Me

Thanks a lot

Thanks for the Way I Feel

4th Grade

Thanks for the Animals

Thanks for Land

Thanks for the People Everywhere

All

Thanks a lot

Thanks for all I've Got (2x)

Tuesday

Join us in welcoming Zomaira to the Cardinal classroom as an assistant teacher. Zomaira is currently in college studying Early Childhood Education. Welcome Zomaira!!

The Cardinals enjoyed yet another Spanish class today. Alicia greeted us in Spanish and each Cardinal responded in Spanish as well! After our momento de silencio and calendar work in Spanish, Alicia began a discussion on another way we are all igual y diferente (same and different) which is the clothes we wear. Alicia read part of a story called Mary wears what she wants. The book is based on the true story of Mary Edwards Walker who was not allowed to wear pants during a time long, long ago. The Cardinals had much to say as they did not think, "it was fair, not nice, kind, or spectful (respectful)." Alicia then taught us two words that described pieces of clothing, pants (pantalones) and dress (vestido). This week it was Isabelle's turn to squeezed la vaca.

Wednesday

After Meeting for worship in the meetinghouse with the other two EC and Kindergarten classes we headed to Gym class. Josh and Lisa created yet another fun filled gym class for the Cardinals where we explored some of our favorite gym equipment, bean bags and pom pom balls! We began by sharpening our eye-hand-coordination as we threw and caught our bean bags. Next, we practiced our balancing skills as we moved around the gym while balancing our bean bag on different parts of our body. To end class, we played a game called slide tag. The object of the game was to get as many points as you can by sliding your bean bag across the floor and trying to slide the bean bag so it touched a friends foot. The game was pretty tricky, but we had a lot of fun tagging our friends and dodging sliding bean bags :)

Thursday

The Cardinals engaged in a math workshop in which all the activity were math related. At the tables friends worked on counting in number order, number recognition, writing numbers with pencils and in sand on trays with chopsticks, number bingo, sink or float (making predictions about how many pennies it would take for a cup to sink or float and counting the pennies.) and number puzzle. Friends counted the objects and then connected it to the correct number to complete each number puzzle. Friends also trace their fingers in the sand and count them. Great work Cardinals!!

In art class with Amanda and Emilie, the Cardinals continued their work on our big canvases. For our last step of this project, we made our very own flowers out of construction paper. Using different shapes of pre-cut construction paper, we observed the different shapes in flower pictures and worked on creating our own flowers. It was just like doing a puzzle! When our flowers creations are finished drying, Amanda and Emilie will glue them on to our big canvases. We are very excited to see our canvases hanging in the hallway by our classroom!

Friday

Today we had a special snack in honor of celebrating Blaise's birthday! Thank you Blaise for sharing your birthday with us.

Happy 4th Birthday Blaise!

Our Library class began with each Cardinal returning a borrowed book. Ashanti read us two books Grumpy Cat and Brave Charlotte. As always each Cardinal picked and checked out a book to bring back to our classroom!