Well, the weather keeps teasing us…one day spring…the next back to winter. Hopefully, we will turn the corner over spring break. I hope everyone has an enjoyable two weeks off. We’ll see you again on March 28th.
It was a fruitful first two weeks of March. There were lots of exciting classroom activities going on in the Lower School.
On March 2nd, we celebrated the birthday of Dr. Seuss. Student in PreKindergarten, Junior Kindergarten, Kindergarten, and 2nd grade gathered in the library to share stories. The 2nd grade students read Dr. Seuss stories to their younger friends and at the end, Mrs. Burg read The Cat in the Hat to everyone. As you can see from the pictures, everyone got into the spirit by wearing their very own Cat in the Hat hat. At lunch, Mrs. Burg played videos of students in Kindergarten through 5th grade telling about their favorite Dr. Seuss books, with some Lower School teachers sprinkled in for fun.
Last week, the 4th graders had a guest speaker, named Beverly Friend in the Upper Snowdon Library. Beverly Friend is a Native American from the Cherokee nation whose family lived in the Woodland Region. She was a close friend of Lone Bear, whose photo appears in the fourth grade social studies book. Lone Bear came to speak to the Wardlaw-Hartridge fourth grade classes for many years until his death. Beverly Friend promised Lone Bear that she would carry on the tradition of speaking to children about the Native Americans. Many of the artifacts she brought to share with the class actually were owned and used by her grandfather and father. Here are a few pictures of her visit.
The 5th grade students shared their Museo de Piramìdes Maya in Spanish class this week. Each student researched a Mayan Pyramid of his/her choice and made a model of it. The rest of the Lower School students visited the museum and listened to the 5th grade students give information about their chosen pyramids as they toured the Spanish classroom. Here are some pictures from both Museo de Piramìdes Maya days.
The chicks have hatched…the chicks have hatched…as you may have heard the eggs loaned to us by Quiver Farm hatched in the science tech room this week. There were 8 cute, fuzzy, little chicks bopping around until Friday when they headed back to the farm. The students were delighted to see them come out of their shells. Thank you to Mrs. Meier for arranging this opportunity for the students.
On Thursday, I visited a 2nd grade art class. The students were using colored tissue paper to make watercolor “paint” on their pictures. What a unique idea! The students were quite excited about this new way to paint.
On Friday, the 3rd grade students shared their Native American knowledge with family and friends at the 3rd Grade Native American Pow-Wow. Students in both classes created displays and presentations or skits to show what they have learned. It was a wonderful way to share all of the work they have done in class with family and friends.
The culmination of our week was the 1st and 4th grade performance of Little Red Riding Hood…a musical with a twist! Both grade levels have been studying fairy tales at their own level in the classroom. This event was a great way to have collaboration among the grade levels. It also shows how well students at Wardlaw-Hartridge perform in front of an audience. By starting at these younger levels, public speaking becomes a normal part of life. I would like to say a very special thank you to Mrs. Jacobson, Mrs. Molloy, Miss Colandrea, Mrs. Ritz, Mrs. Burg, and Mrs. Caldwell for their hard work in making the show a reality. Thank you, as well, to Mrs. Rappold for providing the “poodle skirts.” The students did a wonderful job and will always have the lasting memory of this performance.
Warm wishes for a wonderful spring break!
Mrs. Baier
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