I know I mentioned that I told the class the Cacahuète story and that we had illustrated it using paint and pastel. Did I mention that I told them another oral story last week called Loupscaroux? They loved it and now, after a couple more times hearing it, could easily tell it to you! Yesterday and today we worked on turning the oral story into a real book. Everyone contributed one page of the story. It's fabulous!
We also did a little drama work today - most of the class narrated, with just a few hints here and there. Three students acted out the character parts. Here's the little girl singing the wolf to sleep:
We have also had time recently to complete a couple holiday crafts. Our class is all decorated!
Tomorrow, students will be uncovering the results of our last science experiment in our seasonal changes unit. We each made predictions about what we thought would happen to our sun and sky papers that we put in the window. Some predictions included, the paper will get hot or cold, the glue will stop sticking and the sun will fall off, or the paper will melt. Tomorrow we are going to take the sun off of the blue paper to see what effect the sun really had. Please ask your scientist what happened! Next up in science, Everyday Structures and Materials.
Sadly, this week we have had to say goodbye to both of our student teachers, Mlle Martinson and Mlle L. We wrote them some lovely cards and gave them flowers. We are sad to see them go, but know that they will definitely visit us again. Now our poor class is stuck with just one teacher all the time. We'll have to work on being patient when we need help!