I wish I took more pictures! We did so much stuff! My favourite thing was having the students create personal goals that they could work on by themselves. Most of the boys made goals to run 300 laps around the school by the end of the month. They didn't make it, but they sure tried! Every chance they got, they were running! It was awesome. One student made a goal to read 100 books and she did make it! We celebrated by going to each class and getting the teachers and EAs to dance and cheer for her. It was hilarious.
We also adopted trees across the street from the school. Each student chose a tree that they liked, named it and found out some information on it. We have been visiting the trees periodically when the weather is nice to clean up garbage in the area, look for insects, and check for differences. The students especially like comparing whose tree has more Old Man's Beard hanging from it. The last time we were outside I showed the students how to count the rings on a log to see how old the tree was and how you could pull off the bark to use it to make things. They thought this was so interesting... now I have a bunch of logs and bark in the corner of my classroom. I need to think of a lesson to go with it...
We also started collecting recyclable materials to make recycled monsters. * Pictures in the next post!
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