The snowstorm we had this week and our concert prep, inspired our snowman art. The class is performing “Snowman At Night” as a poem and three songs for our concert.
The kids have been practicing in music class and every chance we can get in our classroom. While listening to our songs and singing along, we created our own snowman at night. The concept was a bit tricky for the kiddos, but using a new art media takes time to learn. After a while of using chalk pastels, they got the hang of it. We discussed the moon, the light it reflects, and shadows to help understand why they needed to blend the pastel to show contrast.
The class invited Mrs. Haines’ class to share our fairytale reader’s theatre plays with them. The Super Kids put a lots of time and effort into practicing their performances and were thrilled to perform them for their friends.
The Big Bad Wolf visited our classroom on Friday. Well actually, it was me with a really big fan! The class was challenged to design a house that wouldn’t blow down. The kids brought supplies from home and the used the supplies we could find in our school. They got creative and designed some amazing houses. It became an all day event! We read the book ” If I Built a House” by Chris Van Dusen and watched the original Disney “The Three Little Pigs”video for inspiration.
One adult walked by our classroom and commented about our mess, and one Super Kids said, “No, it’s not a mess, it’s learning.” 🙂
In Social Studies we have been talking about families, traditions, and holidays celebrated around this time of the year. After reading a book about Hanukkah, we learned a dreidel game. It was a big hit!
On Wednesday, we had a special guest…my daughter Anna! Her school bus was cancelled and we didn’t realize it until we were already at the bus stop, so she joined our class. She loved spending time with the Super Kids, even if she was in her school uniform and had no indoor shoes. 🙂 She even headed outside with the kids at recess.
Stay warm everyone. We only have nine day until winter break. 🙂
