Cardinals Class 2021-22 : Weekend News, Sink or Float, Play Dough Making and More...

Monday

Weekend News

Phoenix - I went to Oz's house and I carry Oz's dog. I eat dinner at Oz's house. I play with Oz and Ever. We also had picnic.

Emma - I make a candle at the sheep farm. We dip it in water and wax. I didn't pet the sheep. We only feed them. The sheep get all the hair off. Then we go to somebody's house and we eat popcorn. Then we play find the remote.

James - I got a Owl, it's like Ben's Owl. I had pizza for dinner with my whole family.

Alycia - I had a surprise at my home. Aunty Shelly and Gabrielle come to my house. My DJ is sick.

Rowan - I had a playdate with Ari and my aunt Chelsea came with baby Hubbie. I had dinner with my grandma and pop-pop.

Hayden - I read a book. It's Bear Wants More and I watch tv. I went to church.

Reyn - I went to the playground with mommy and daddy and baby Jag. I play with my brother and he was laughing.

Ben - I play with my mom and dad. I went to the Karate tournament and I got a trophy after. I go to the beach house and I go to the beach.

Stephen - I climb tree. I play.

Clarke - I get ice cream and I go the playground. I watch a movie.

Tristan - I play in my room. I go to the library and I pick books out with my family.

Melanie - I went to Lasco's house for a barbecue. I play with his toys and with Ej. I went to grand-mom's house three days ago.

Blaise -I plant a tree. I went to Noah's house.

Isabelle - I play with Callie and we did water balloons.

Oz - I play my dog Ellie and I hug and I kiss him. Phoenix come my house and we play the swings. We eat dinner burger and ketchup.

Friends having snack!

Today, the Cardinals experiment with a sink or float activity. Each friend made predictions about how many pennies it takes to sink or float a cup. Friends verbally made predictions before testing out their hypothesis. The Cardinals choose to use a small or big cup. Here is what friends discovered:

Stephen - Big cup, 5 to sink, it took 18

Clarke - Small cup, 12 to sink, it took 29

Emma - Big cup, 16 to float, it took 5

Tristan - Small cup, 102 to sink, it took 10

Phoenix - Big cup, 23 to sink, it took 65

Rowan - Big cup, 100 to sink, it took 67

Hayden - Small cup, 45 to sink, it took 16

James - Big cup, 11 to sink, took 49

Oz - Small cup, 10 to sink, took 3

Reyn - Big cup, 89 to sink, took 91

Ben - Big cup, 90 to sink, took 34

Melanie - Big cup, 43 to sink, took 99

Alycia - Big cup, 17 to sink, took 44

Isabelle - Big cup, 20 to sink, took 78

Blaise - Small cup, 100 to sink, took 20

Music class was fun as the Cardinals first explored with musical instruments, followed by singing our hello song and engaging in class. We continued to do our work of practicing for our Spring program.

Keisha also told us that in two week, the Cardinal, Sparrow and Catbird classes will be singing and performing Owl Moon in an assembly for the whole lower school!

Tuesday

Alicia greeted the Cardinals and our amazing Cardinals sounded fantastic as they each responded back in Spanish. In class, we reviewed the Spanish names for some juguetes (toys) such as peluche (stuffy), muñeca (doll), camión (truck), and figura de acción (action figure). After, Alicia reviewed and discussed the meaning of toy stereotypes. She then read us the book by Ann Scott, "Want To Play Trucks?" The story is about two friends who both like to play in the sandbox at the park but each like a different toy. How will they play together? Ask your Cardinal. Later, Alicia engaged the Cardinals in a swatter game where she challenged them to swat the flashcard that matched the Spanish word she called out. Great work Cardinals! This week it was Blaise's turn to squeezed la vaca!

After snack the Cardinals made a new batch of play dough. Friends took turns measuring ingredients, pouring, stirring and getting water. We also voted between the colors blue and yellow for our new play dough. 13 friends chose blue while 1 friend chose yellow and so our new batch of play dough is blue. The color yellow will be one of the colors we choose from for our next batch of play dough. We cooked, made the play dough, and finally it was time for us to play with it. Ask your Cardinal what ingredients they used to make our play dough.

We asked the Cardinals what their favorite part of making the play dough was and here is what they said:

Rowan- Turning it blue blue blue!

Reyn- Mixing it!

Emma- Putting the color in and seeing it in the bowl

Isabelle- I liked the mixing part

Ben- Mixing it with all my friends

Stephen- It blue

James- The really really blue part

Blaise- The blue play dough

Hayden- Stirring the play dough

Tristan- The color it turn blue

Melanie- Stirring and seeing the blue

Clarke- I liked the blue and mixing it

Phoenix- When it turned blue and getting the water

Oz- Mixing the dough and mixing the blue in

Wednesday

The Cardinals worked on focus and coordination as they worked with basketballs. Friends bounced the ball while staying in one spot or walking. The goal was to try to bounce the ball two-four times. Some friends were able to bounce longer. We also worked with the scarves, shooting hoops and did catching and throwing. Ask your Cardinal what they enjoyed most about gym class.

For the past few years, we have had a duck with ducklings showed up near upper school during the Spring time. After gym class today, we took a walk to upper school to see the ducklings. The Cardinals were VERY excited to see the duck and ducklings! Ask your Cardinal what they thought about the visit!

Thursday

The Cardinals designed their very own Magic Wands in art class with Amanda! Each Cardinal picked feathers for the top of their wand. After, they picked a few colors of yarn to wrap around their wand that represented different magical powers. Ask your cardinal what magical powers their wand has!