Sunday, August 28, 2011

First Week of School

Monday, August 22: Mr. Kembrell from Anderson University came and talked about the Teacher Cadet course and its requirements. (Reminder: Autobiographies are due on September 30th)

Tuesday, August 23: We finished our About Me pizza's, each topping stood for different qualities about ourselves. We shared our pizzas with our fellow classmates and it was a good way to get to know each other better. Mrs. Turner also read us the book Chrysanthemum, then discussed the importance of self esteem.

Wednesday, August 24: Mrs. Turner read us the book Wings of Change; we read all about a caterpillar named Anew who didnt accept the changes he was faced with when turning into a butterfly and the voice of reason, Faith the snail who helped Anew deal with his change issues. We also learned new things about our classmates by filling out a sheet with boxes that had different categories like "someone younger than you" or "the person with the best car". It was a fun activity and we got to learn things we didnt know before about our classmates.

Thursday, August 25: We made butterflies that represented ourselves in honor the the Wings of Change book. Each butterfly was unique, just like us.

Friday, August 26: We finished our butterflies and pinned them on the bulletin board outside Mrs. Turner's room. Everyone presented their butterfly and told what they would do to change the world.

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