Highlights of the Week January 27
- We had a marshmallow chopstick challenge. (JN)
- It was a chopstick challenge for Chinese New Year. (CC)
- We saw Chinese dancers in the Common Room. Some of the dancers did Martial Arts kicks. (KB)
- Some people got to learn how to do the rainbow dance using silk ribbons. (AP)
- We made dragon puppets. (MF)
- We played a game called Dragon's Tail. The first person in line tries to catch the last person in line. (MF)
- There are 12 animals in the Chinese New Year. This year is the year of the dragon. (ES)
- The kids in our class were born in the year of the monkey, rooster and dog. Miss D. is a rat. (class)
- We got to take home our own chopsticks to practice eating with. (MF)
- For 2 days, we did the "Math Olympics". All the first graders in Darien are doing this for the halfway mark of first grade. (BS)
- Miss D. was the gym teacher for gym because Mr. B. was absent. (KD)
- In gym we couldn't play with any balls because we didn't have the key to the closet. So Miss D. made up her own games that didn't need any equipment. (MF)
- We started a new movie called "Parent Trap". It's the old-fashioned movie from when Miss D. was a kid. (SS)
- We finished all the Judy Blume books about Fudge. (MK)
- We started reading "Mr. Popper's Penguins". (EC)
- The book is different from the movie. (Miss D.)
- Mr. Popper loves to read about the North and South poles. He is a house painter. (CH)
- He wants to go on exploring trip to the poles. (AP)
- My mom came in for my birthday on Monday. (CH)
- In art some people are finishing up other projects and other people are working on free art because we are ahead of the other classes. It is fun to make your own projects. (KN)
- Mrs. S. is going to be absent for a while. We met her sub named Miss E. (BS)
- Miss D. is going to pick 4 kids to make 'Cheer Up' packages to send to Mrs. S. every week. (MF)
- Some people got books from Scholastic news. (AP)
