We worked through a Nearpod lesson about the seasons. The students were able to identify the seasons and ways to prepare for the weather during those seasons. At the end of the lesson, students were able to draw pictures of ways to prepare for the seasons/weather.

Today, our lesson focused on American symbols. We used picture cards to help recognize American symbols and identify their importance. While looking through the picture cards, we discussed their locations, important facts about each symbol, and matched the cards with their labels. Finally, the pictures were stacked to create small books. We finished with a corresponding video to reinforce the lesson.

I gave each student six sheets of paper that had one shape on each page: arrow, pentagon, triangle, rectangle, and hexagon. Each shape serves as a starting point for a creative drawing. For Example, “It’s not a pentagon, it’s a …” Each student used her/his creativity to draw something unique from these basic shapes. They used problem solving and critical thinking! Then they had the option to draw or use air-dry clay. They want to use watercolors on paper with pastels for the next Lower School Art Studio.

We observed the various parts of Earth's surface. We identified the materials as we sorted them.

We played a round of Phonics Dice to practice reading consonant-vowel-consonant words. All three children benefited from practicing turn-taking and sportsmanship. I read a chapter from Dog Man: Mothering Heights by Dav Pilkey. We discussed the concepts of title, author, and main characters.

Today's lesson focused on citizens. We discussed the characteristics that make an upstanding citizen within our school, community, and country. Then, we reviewed the vocabulary words associated with the lesson and completed a vocabulary flip page, which was glued into the social studies journal.

The three young artists so enjoyed drawing food for their culinary journals that they asked to paint a real still life with fruit. I set up a pineapple, two apples, two pears, and three oranges to paint. I gave them three primary colors in paint: red, yellow, and blue to create their compositions. They did not want to use paints; they wanted to use oil pastels instead. With the paint bottles as visual aids, we quickly did a little color theory by reviewing how to make orange, green, and purple.

Each artist took a turn arranging the fruit. Libby went to the kitchen with Miss Judie to select a bowl. Once the fruit was arranged, each artist created her/his own still life in oil pastels on paper. We hung each one on the Brag Wall. They worked well and were very successful!

The children performed physical exercises outside on the playground.

The teacher introduced the days of the week in Spanish. The teacher said them aloud, and the students repeated after her. She then wrote the days on the whiteboard in the correct order so the students could recognize and practice sequencing them. Afterwards, the students completed a hands-on worksheet where they cut, glued, and arranged the days of the week in the correct order using scissors, glue, and a pencil.

Each student designed a cover for her/his recipe notebook for culinary arts. The students used oil pastels on paper. They worked hard and were focused on drawing food. In fact, they enjoyed drawing food so much, they want to draw a still life of fruit.