Strawberry Creek: We're growing together!

Field Trip: Not only was our trip to the Mission Cultural Arts Center a communal bonding experience (eating at La Taqueria, taking BART as a class) students also installed artwork in a real gallery setting. After lunch we returned to the Cultural Center to finish assembling the altar and do a 'see, think wonder' thinking routine. Here are examples of the thinking routine.

Strawberry Creek Students head to The Mission Cultural Center to set up altar

Click here to see more pictures from the field trip.

For homework last night students wrote Moment in Time pieces from the trip. Today we shared and discussed different strategies writers use to “capture” sights, sounds, smells and feelings. We noticed that each writer could have expanded their piece. This type of critiquing and looking at writing is slowly developing us into a community of writers!

buddies: Today we designed and carved pumpkins with our buddies! Click here for more pictures.

Halloween Parade: You are all invited to The Halloween Parade on Friday, October 29^th at 11:00.

Guidelines for costumes in the parade are are no weapons, masks, or gore; discouragement of figures from pop culture and encouragement of figures or ideas from literature, history, science, or nature. Random creative costumes are also acceptable, as long as they fit the guidelines.

Buddy Pumpkins picked from pumpkin patch await carving

Class meeting: Each week we have a class meeting about issues that arise inside and out of the classroom. It’s a wonderful opportunity for students to have “a say” in what happens in the classroom in addition to problem solving social issues. This week’s class meeting discussed whether people should be allowed to play certain games specific to the students who thought of them, what to do with nameless papers, and whether food should be shared for snack.