Magnifying Things
Everything is bigger! – Jayleesha
Math at Operation S.M.A.R.T.
We learned algebra. – Myeisha
Hands on Math at Op SMART
I like the rubber band exercise because you can make shapes on it. – Jada
Freaked out by clowns?
Fatuma and Hindi aren’t. Thanks to Cristina Castro-Matukewicz at Wells Fargo – they LOVED the Shrine Circus.
Happy B-day Dr. Seuss!
Yesterday the girls read And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street. Today they’ll work on their own books – To Think that I Saw it on Girls Inc. Avenue.
Classroom dialogue:
Jahnni – A horse pulls the first cart but a zebra pulls the second one.
Ms. Mara – We started with…what? That’s right. A horse and a wagon. Now we have…?
Nevaeh – An elephant!
Azure – Giraffes!
Jahnni – A genie!
Ms. Mara – A Raja. Can eveyone say raja? Now there’s a band in the wagon and…
Azure – and a farmer wants to hear the band.
Ms. Mara – Do you think your parents would believe you if you told them you saw all of this?
All of the girls – No!!!
Highlights still has all the classics…
The hidden pictures, Goofus & Gallant, The Timbertoes Your Own Pages…whether you remember these things from the copy in the doctor’s office or you (were a lucky duck like me and) had your own subscription – they’re still full of all the classic activities. The girls LOVE their donation from Kids Need to Read.
In addition to the magazines for each girl, we got a 12-month subscription of Highlights and High Five for our library.
THANK YOU Kids Need to Read!
-Ms. Roberta
PS: I did the hidden pictures first when I was a little girl and it seems that not much has changed!
Highlights Magazine
I loved to find the things that were silly. I circled them all. – Faay
I liked finding the hidden objects. I could NOT find the banana…but then I finally found it. – Tanijah
The footage is a little dark – but you can tell the girls are enjoying their magazines… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkwayT2JTZ0.
Girls Volunteered Outside in the Cold…
…so that others might be warm in their own homes. Volunteering at Heartland Walk for Warmth was a great way for girls to give back to the community.
Heartland Walk for Warmth
It was really cold. They had hot chocolate for us. And cookies. – Ebony
Hmmm…which part of my body was the coldest? My feet. And my hands. And my face. – Dae
I’m glad I went to help out people who can’t afford to pay for all of these bills. They raised a lot of money to help people out and I am proud that I helped. – Ebony
The 2 Unique Step Team actually stepped out in the cold, too. Ms. Ally’s college roommate came by and saw that Hunter was only wearing a skirt. She had two pairs of pants on so she gave a pair to Hunter. – Ms. Candice
Technical Difficulties with Olympic Torch
They had pyro-technical difficulties in Vancouver at the opening ceremonies. Our closing ceremony had a torch glitch, too. See? It can happen to anyone.
Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjBP5xs_8ks
