Everyone did a great job sharing facts about a President. That marks the end of our individual presentations. We will spend our presentation time for the next 4 weeks preparing for our class presentation at the end of the year ceremony (date still to be decided). Our class will sing the Ten Commandments song from the CC CD ("these are the words of my God..."). My plan is for each student to step forward and say a commandment (or 2 since we only have 7 students now) and then all sing the chorus together. I was thinking it might be cute to have them all dressed in "Moses-like" attire if possible. If anyone has any thoughts on how we could do that, I'd love your input. I know Erin English cut open pillow cases last year and used twine as belts to look like John the Baptist. I was also thinking about making props for them to hold. Maybe each child could hold a small poster (cut in the color and shape of a stone tablet) that had a symbol or picture representing their commandment. Again, any input you have on this would be welcome. Hope you all have a great week!
Rhonda
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Week 19
We started Orchestra today! Mrs. Zielny gave a great introduction and explained the different instrument families. Mr. Lin demonstrated the violin (strings) for us and Mrs. Zielny showed us her clarinet (woodwinds). We will dive into our composers next week. Some great books to check out during the next few weeks would be:
Next week is the last week of prepared presentations and the topic is Presidents. Choose a President and learn at least 3 facts to share in your presentation. Bring in a picture of the President you choose if possible. We missed Charlotte today, hope everyone is well soon. See you all next week!
Rhonda
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Week 18
We had an action packed morning in our pj's this week! The students had a great time teaching each other through their presentations, they were quite creative in their topics...everything from how to shoot a rubber band to how to make a homemade valentine. We learned about Michaelangelo in art and the students got to experience what painting the Sistine Chapel might have been like for him as they painted their own work of art on their backs under a table.
Rhonda
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Week 17
The kids had a great time with presentations today! They really enjoyed guessing what each student brought in their bag. Next week's topic: Demonstration-show us how to make or do something. I have no doubt we will all learn a lot next week:) Below are some pictures from our El Greco inspired art project today. Hope you all have a great week!
Rhonda
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Week 16
Just wanted to share some pictures of your kids doing their presentations. They all did a great job sharing about a book they have enjoyed! Next week's topic: Show and tell surprise. Bring something in a paper bag and give clues to the audience and they will try to guess what is in the bag.
Thanks,
Rhonda
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Week 15
We had a busy morning of learning! We reviewed our geography by finding and naming all the continents on a world map. This prepared us for our science this week of naming the highest mountain on each continent. Take a minute this week to check out the following link which shows views from the tallest mountains in the world and this picture to see how the mountains compare to each other. The students had fun learning about another "Great Artist" and imitating their work.
We had a round of great presentations this week. They are really using those skills that we learned first semester. Next week's topic: Book Summary. Choose a book that you have enjoyed reading or having read to you. Bring in the book if possible and give a short summary of it. Your students brought home a "science project in a bag". They are to observe the steel wool each day and see if they notice any changes. By the end of the week they will hopefully see some rust forming. We will talk about their observations next week and I told them they can bring back in their "project in a bag" next week to show the results if they want. Hope you all have a great week!
Rhonda
Rhonda
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Welcome Back!
Happy New Year and welcome back to CC! It was so great to see all of your sweet children today. We had a great time and they all jumped right back in. We didn't have to time to make "gallon man" for math in class today so I sent it home for you to do if you'd like. Our presentation schedule will be a little different for second semester. Students will be asked to prepare a short presentation each week. I've created a topic schedule but you are more than welcome to let your child deviate if there is something else they would rather do. I just ask that they be brief (2-3 min.). We will be using our presentation time for the last few weeks of the semester to practice our end of the year class presentation (more info. on that to come). Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
Thanks,
Rhonda
Thanks,
Rhonda
Presentation
Schedule
Week
14 Bible story Summary
Choose a
favorite Bible story and retell the story in your own words. Use
expression
and gestures to bring the story to life.
You may bring in any pictures
or
props that would complement your presentation.
Week
15 Recite a short poem or Bible
verse
Recite a short poem or Bible verse that you have memorized.
Week
16 Book Summary
Choose a book
that you have enjoyed reading or having read to you. Bring in the
book
if possible and give a short summary of it.
Week
17 Show and Tell Surprise
Bring something
in a paper bag. You will give clues to
the audience and they will
try
to guess what is in the bag.
Week
18 Demonstration
Show us how to
make or do something.
Week
19 Tell us about your favorite
activity, hobby or sport
You may bring in
a picture or prop to help your audience relate to your topic.
Week
20 Presidents
Show us a
picture of your favorite President and tell us 3-5 facts about him.
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