Friday, March 23, 2012

Weekly Highlights 3/23- Ms. Der Yuen

Spring has sprung! We learned that March 20 was the vernal equinox, where the length of the day was about equal to the length of the night. We also went on a Spring Search around school, looking for signs of springs: bees, butterflies, buds, baby animals, and baseballs!

We’ve also heard back from some of our friends and family that they’ve received the Flat Stanley letters! We are looking forward to receiving mail in the coming weeks. Thank you for helping coordinate!

This morning enjoyed a cultural story telling performance by the Runaway Caboose. The kids howled with laughter at the stories from Ghana, Poland, and the Philippines. When the “train” stopped in the United States to perform a touching rendition of The Giving Tree, one student was even moved to tears. Brynn was chosen from the audience to pull the train whistle and Matt and Riley acted as a swimmer and fisherwoman in a Ghanaian story.





Mihir: I liked everything! More specifically, I liked math, doing our geography test, the spelling test, library, almost finishing cursive, starting “Delaware”, and finishing Stuart Little and Flat Stanley.

Brynn: I liked almost finishing cursive- we’ve done every letter but upper case B! I liked finishing Flat Stanley and Stuart Little, PE, the Spring Hunt around campus, when Kayla got our whole team back in Graveyard in PE, and I liked getting the letter from the President most of all.

Brennan: I liked finishing Stuart Little, being on the second to last letter in cursive, writing the Wonder poems, finishing Flat Stanley, and Graveyard in PE.

Kayla: I liked everything! I liked singing “Delaware”, making Wonder poems, our Spring Hunt on the first day of spring, and Stuart Little best.

Matt: I liked PE, library, playing the states game in computers, math, spelling, Spring Hunt, writing Wonder poems, cursive, Barack Obama’s letters, and I’m looking forward to the Runaway Caboose performance. I basically liked everything!

Riley: I liked finishing Flat Stanley, almost finishing cursive, and the letter from Barack Obama. I liked basically everything!

Alex C.: I liked PE, finishing Flat Stanley and Stuart Little, and writing Wonder poems.

Nina: I liked doing my Wonder poem and decorating it, obstacle course and cartwheels in gym, playing Graveyard with Mihir in PE, using nails to make sound in science, and I’m looking forward to the performance this morning.

Maya: I liked making the Wonder poem, learning more upper case letters in cursive, and I’m looking forward to more PE.

Alex L.: I liked almost finishing cursive, Stuart Little, PE, science, Spring Hunt around campus, math, spelling, painting landscapes in art, computers, writing Wonder poems, sending Flat Stanley letters, getting the letter back from the President, Core Knowledge, and I’m looking forward to a performance this morning. I liked everything!

Lindsay: I liked doing Wonder poems and illustrating them, the Spring Hunt around campus, getting letters from the President, PE, hitting nails against tuning forks and pencils in science, and I’m looking forward to the performance in the MUR.

Spencer: I liked Graveyard in PE, writing our Wonder poems, illustrating the poems (especially because I drew King Kong), science, sending off the Flat Stanley letters, almost finishing cursive, getting letters from the President, computers, and I’m looking forward to the performance in the MUR.

Mishal: I liked computers, music, science, PE, the Spring Hunt around campus, and everything else! I am looking forward to the performance in the MUR.

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