I hope you have all enjoyed the snow days. Here is a quick look at the past week.
Lunar New Year
We started the day with a fantastic assembly for Lunar New Year. The kids learned about the origin of the different animals representing each year. Then traditional dragon dancers performed, as well as various students, including one of our own. Each of the students received a lucky red envelope to take home.
We checked in to see Wiarton Willy's prediction and he reported that we will have an early Spring... I'm thinking he was VERY wrong!!!
Video Link to Wiarton Willy
In the afternoon we went to the gym and participated in various activities organized by the PAC. The kids had such a wonderful time.
I was at DEC with Mrs. Rolufs and Mrs. Oldham working on a project about Social Emotional Learning. I made a new connection with the kindergarten teacher at the outdoor school and we are planning a day that we can visit them in the spring.
Mrs. Kinvig was happy to return for another day with the kids. The students read a book about Lunar New Year and made dragons. They paraded them through the classroom and over to Mrs. Kinton's class. Fun!
On Wednesday afternoon we completed a teaching rotation. The students made button blankets with Mrs. Kinton and learned more about Coast Salish art with Mrs. Prades.
Our star of the week shared a beautiful pop up story of Alice and Wonderland.
Thursday:
Today we continued our theme of Lunar New Year and completed a directed drawing of a pig and practiced writing the Chinese Character for pig. We later used our drawing to create a lantern to hang.
One of our students brought in a beautiful book that is written in Cantonese about Lunar New Year. The students loved to see the beautiful and interactive pages. Thank you for sharing!
Friday:
How exciting for the kids to spend the day with Ms. Durber as an official teacher!
Ms. Durber was very excited to see all of the kids. Thank you to the star of the week for teaching the kids some new songs. I look forward to hearing them on Monday.
In the afternoon the students completed their last First Peoples rotations. The students visited Mrs. Rolufs, Mrs. Ising, and Mrs. Hudson.
Stories of the Week:
Alice and Wonderland Pop Up by Robert Sabuda
Chinese Zodiac Animals by Sanmu Tang
Sam and the Lucky Money by Karen Chinn
Hiss Boom Pop by Tricia Morrissey
Video this week:
Let's Celebrate- Lunar New Year
The Story of Chinese New Year
Songs of the week:
Chinese New Year song by the Kiboomers
How I spent my snow day!...
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