Welcome Back!
The Super Kids have been busy getting used to their new classroom, new routines, and making new friends. Establishing our classroom community has been my top priority. We read “Our Class Is A Family” by Shannon Olsen to help with this process.
After reading the book we created our own classroom family promise. We decided that our classroom needs to be a safe place where we can try our best, where it’s ok to make mistakes, and we all support each other to achieve our “yet”. What does that mean. Well, we all have a “yet”. Something we are working on learning. Something we can’t do independently yet, but we will in time. Everyone’s “yet” is different, but we are here to help our friends grow and cheer them on. We create our own classroom family poster with our promises and we all signed it.
- to be kind to others
- to listen and support others
- to learn from our mistakes
- to be bucket fillers
What is a bucket filler? Just ask a Super Kids! A bucket filler is a person who does kind things for others and helps other feel good. In turn, it helps them feel good too. Check out the book I read to the class explaining bucket filling to the class.
What is a scientist? This is the essential question that is leading our scientific inquiry into the 5 senses. Scientists use their senses to observe and interpret the environment around them. The Super Kids are scientists too! We are diving in by first learning about the eye, it’s parts, and scientific tools that help us see the world more closely.
International Dot Day was on Sept. 15th. The class was excited to do dot themed activities. “The Dot” is a book by Peter H. Reynolds that inspires kids to make their mark. The Super Kids had a blast exploring different dot themed activities and creating a dot collaborative art project. Twister, Connect 4, dot day interactive art, and domino math are just a few of our activities.
We also learned about two artists that used dots in their art work. We read “The Noisy Paint Box” which is a story about the artist Kandinsky. He is known as one of the first artists to paint what is now called “abstract art”. He painted what music felt like to him. After looking at some of his paintings, we began creating our own dots that will be put together to create our own version. We had to put on some classical music while we did this. 🙂
The second artist we learned about was Yayoi Kusama. She is a modern artist that loves to create immersive environments and art pieces with dots.
Stay tuned for more adventures and we start our new year together. 🙂