Our final week before break
was a fun and busy one. Our December theme of sharing family and cultural
traditions continued on Monday with learning how to make gorgeous window stars.
Mira’s mom came to teach us this Waldorf craft using special shiny paper – they
are so easy to do, but the end result is lovely. The children really enjoyed
making them.
We had math just a few times
this week, due to special activities. But we did get to practice our magic
trick and even put on our show on Wednesday! Math books were corrected and sent
home on Thursday, so children can work on them just a bit over break.
We loved seeing The Wizard
of Oz on Tuesday morning! The 5th and 6th graders did a
fantastic job. We’ve seen bits and pieces of this play as we eat our morning
snack over the past few weeks, so it was great to see it all come together at
last. And it was lovely for me to see so many of my former students become such
confident and talented performers!
On Friday morning, first and
second graders from both classes were the presenters at the all-school morning
meeting. Our presentation was the culmination of our work on the honeybee
project we’ve been doing in science lab. Children showed their commercials they
made, their clay bee models, as well as the hive they worked together on. While
only six of our classmates were available on Friday due to early vacation
plans, they “held down the fort,” and did an excellent job.
Friday was also pajama day
and cookie cottage day – a highly anticipated day for sure. We did a
preliminary count of our pajamas last week for the Scholastic drive, and we had
30 pairs. We are now up to 33 pairs. This is wonderful news! I will be dropping
these pajamas off to Ann Arbor Safe House over the break.
Children had a great time
decorating their cookie cottages. We used a lot of frosting and all sorts of
coloring candy to make these pretty centerpieces. I hope they bring a little
joy to your table this winter break!
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