Feb 5 - Feb 9

Ms. Jenkins came to our class to talk about "Jump Rope for Heart." She stressed the importance of exercise and eating healthy foods. We are looking forward to next Friday (16th) for "Jump Rope for Heart" day activities.

TK,CL, BH, and JD volunteered to do an observational drawing of our growing avocado seed. They noticed many small details that they didn't see at first, such as the tiny leaves on the stem of the plant.

In our morning meeting, CH made a plan to trace his butterfly drawing, then use the overhead projector to enlarge his drawing. Ms. Jordan plans to work with CH to show him new techniques of painting using different paint brushes. Other children were inspired by CH and are now going through the process to trace, enlarge, and paint!

TK, GA, RB made menus for a restaurant called "The Greatest, Greatest Restaurant Ever." The children drew pictures of the food for their menu. They created a floor plan as well as planned a lion dance and music for entertainment. A couple days later, the Restaurant group met again. Ms. Laura met with them to plan what food they would like to make for their restaurant. They moved their meeting to the atelier as they decided to make the food out of clay. So far, we have steak (TKS), supreme pizza (CH), cheese pizza (TK), corn on the cob (RB), and rice with red meat (GA).

BM has been writing notes for his friends! Ms. Leigh worked with him to teach BM that a note needs to indicate the name of the recipient as well as the name of the sender. He was very excited to find his friend's name and photo so he could write "by himself!" He intends to write a valentine for everyone in the class.

EC, KO and SK spent part of their morning building in the block area. They used a variety of blocks to build a city and a "Buzz Lightyear Rocketship." This took balance, negotiation, and patience to create.

In the beginning of the year, BH used the camera to take photos of things around the classroom. He took a beautiful photo of the tree by the sandbox. Ms. Jordan brought the photo out for BH to trace on the light table. He transferred the image to the overhead projector and is now working on painting the image. The ownership he feels for his creation is helping BH to complete this multi-step process.

The children continue to work with wire. If you look carefully amongst the hanging hearts, you will see some of their wire sculptures! They are also making sculptures that sit on the table.

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