Friday, April 1st, 2015

Happy April Fool's Day

We started our day off with a little trick or two.  Tell your parents about what happened in class.

 As soon as our shoes were on our feet we were off to the gym with Mr.Van and Mrs.Kenna's classes!

When we returned to room 80, we took some time to write about the things that we had learned from reading "Nadia's Hands" by Karen English.  This book includes beautiful illustrations by Jonathan Weiner that we found to be quite inspiring and connected to our special activity.

After our nutrition break and "Auggie and Me" read aloud, we received a special visit from Mrs. Ellison.  During this time we explored the art and designs of Henna and Mendhi.  We connected this art activity to our book Nadia's Hands and Mrs. Ellison taught us some of the symbols and designs and what they meant.  We experimented in our visual journals and tried to create a sample design on our traced hands.  On Tuesday, Kartik's mother has agreed to come in and share her Mendhi experience with us.  We are looking forward to having her come in to visit us!

1.)  Annie Lyrics went home today.
2.)  Gymnastics begins on Monday.  Please remember to wear comfortable clothing that will allow you to move comfortably.
3.)  Important note from Mrs. McBride:

Annie Kids

Parents, our class is participating in the the production of Annie Kids on Thursday  May 5th.   There is an afternoon show at 1:30pm and an evening performance at 6:30pm.  Please note that the tickets are issued in a first come – first served basis.  As stated on the order form, there is a wait list for both afternoon and evening tickets if you may require more than your allotted number.   All students were given a copy of the lyrics required to practice for the musical.  Please encourage your child to take some time to practice at home.  We appreciate your support of our music program and are excited to share "Annie Kids" with all of you!

Tell us about your April Fool's Day