Crafts Afternoon

Students mold clay with Amber during Crafts Afternoon.

Crafts Afternoon was quite a success.  Thanks to the parents who made it happen: Amber (clay), Dobee (sewing), Beth (painting), Cathy (sewing and accessories) and to Amy who also helped with sewing.  Thanks to parents who brought in supplies, too.  Students felt thankful to have the time (as expressed during appreciations--Amy and I were thanked a number of times) and really got into the craft activities.  Maybe we'll make this a monthly thing, but next time students will focus on one or two activities.  When they got "into" one, it was hard to transition to the next.  Here a are a few pictures.

The game during morning meeting was "Honey, I love you could you give me a smile" where students try to make each other smile.

Today students also wrote a really successful ten minute quickwrite.  After Spanish there's a 15 minute period of time before lunch when I give a topic and students write.  The topic was, "If you could bring three things to a deserted island, what would you bring." By now students should be writing non-stop for ten minutes and everyone covered half a page and some wrote upwards of a page in a half.  Lots wrote about a friend/family member or pet they'd bring and about the island itself.  Some want to take the piece through the publish process for their next finished work.

Homework for tonight is to:
1.  Read for 30 minutes
2.  Fourth math
     Fifth math
3.  Spelling