Imaginations and Artists ~ MJK, Jr.

Dressing up was very popular this morning.  It seems to always take a few days for everyone to jump in, and when they do, they have so much fun!

Magnetic pictures were also popular.

We read one book about Martin Luther King, Jr.  and another about Ruby Bridges, the first child of African descent who went to a non-segregated school.  We had a good discussion about what it means to be nice and include everyone.  Tomorrow morning we have a MLK, Jr. Assembly with all three divisions.  The K students will sit with their senior buddies during the assembly.

 

Star Student Simon ~ Mooncakes

Simon is our Star of the Week.  His favorite food is pizza.  He likes to wrestle with his family and play football with his dad.  Someday he wants to play soccer and be a wrestler.

Simon brought 21 cars in the estimation jar.

We read about Mooncakes.  These are round cakes with sweet fillings eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival.  We made our own version of Mooncakes.

Yum!!  Some were filled with grape jelly and some were plain.

Math Workshop ~ Chinese Zodiac

We had three stations today for math.  One station was an online pattern game.

At another station, students built towers that were either smaller or larger than a five cube tower.  They explained the size difference of the towers, and then they figured out how many were needed to make the towers equal.

The last station was a domino and number card memory game.  The players had to turn over a domino and then the matching number card - a domino with five dots and the number 5 card.

We read about the Chinese zodiac today.  Students born in 2004 are under the sign of the monkey, and students born in 2005 are under the sign of the rooster.

Shadow Puppets

Instead of reading a book, we watched videos of stories told by shadow puppets.  These videos are now posted at the side with the China videos.

The class made either Chinese men, Chinese women or created their own puppets.

We took turns sharing our shadow puppets.

Chopstick Fun

We had a very fun time trying to eat with chopsticks.  The marshmallows were easier to eat than the cereal.

Unfortunately the pool's heater is broken, so the class had an extra P.E. instead of swimming class.

Remember - School ends at noon on Monday.  CASE will be available.

Have a good weekend!

The Great Wall of China

We had a great day reading about and building the Great Wall of China.

There are pictures of us building the wall posted on KC Photos - almost 80 pictures!  Check out our fun day!  We also watched a video about the Great Wall.  It is now added to the China Videos tab.

Pandas Day 2

This is a picture from yesterday with our panda masks.  Can you guess the pandas?

Today we watched the Panda Cam and a few panda videos from the San Diego Zoo.  We drew 3 or 4 things that we saw in the videos.  
These videos are now on the blog.  The panda video doesn't play automatically - a reindeer one comes up first.  To move to the panda video, click on the one called Panda Exhibit Spruce Up that is listed on the right side of the screen.