Dusting of the web page since it has been a while. These last few months have been go go go. I am so excited to be teaching grade 3 next year and looking back at the year I could not have asked for a more fun, interesting and talented group of kids to work with. We have written stories, built towers, examined fossilized dinosaur poo, learned to multiply and divide, ran a functioning government and built 3d maps along with a million other things that helped add to an excellent year.
These last few weeks we have been working on poetry and created an anthology of our work. Today the students hosted a poetry cafe complete with snacks and a very large audience. The phrase "if you build it they will come" came to mind. Before recess was over the first of many awesome supportive parents showed up to listen to their 8 and 9 year olds recite their original poems complete with farting frogs, swearing Santas and an uncle that apparently sings and dances to "I'm sexy and I know it". Fantastic imagery was created with lines detailing the colours they see in their garden or of the bright yellows of the grand star in Super Mario Galaxy. We were informed about Ants and Peru and made hungry by the many mentions of candy and chocolate. The most amazing part of the day however came with the most shy student walking up to the microphone and clearly and proudly reading out her wonderful poetry in front of a large audience. Prior to our poetry cafe the students took a walk with a large collection of hand raised butterflies to a teachers flower filled yard and released them as part of our life cycles unit. As I write this I cannot help but think of the journey the kids have been on this year. The growth that has occurred and will continue to occur with these kids has been extraordinary. Our little caterpillars and their change into beautiful butterflies, as corny as it sounds, was such a fitting activity as we come to the end of the year. I am so proud of the work that they have done. Below are a few pictures I took today. Thanks for reading.
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| Daisy :) |
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| Just having left the butterfly enclosure this guy needed a drink |
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| One of almost 30 hand raised butterflies |
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| Mrs.Dallas helping one of the little guys get the courage to fly |
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| Almost there |
Man, I wish you were my Grade 3 teacher.
ReplyDeleteWe never did any of these fun and creative things when I was in elementary school. Props to you, Brenter.