The children had a lovely afternoon on Friday exchanging sweet notes and enjoying yummy treats, thanks to Mrs. Dersidan! Have a wonderful week with your wonderful children!
Saturday, February 13, 2016
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Creating Graphs
Today the students learned how to transfer data (in this case, the number of pockets we all had on our clothing today) to create picture graphs and bar graphs:
Occupations
The children enjoyed an activity in culmination of our social studies unit on occupations, where they each drew a picture of a certain profession and then acted it out in a game of "Charades":
Special Presentations
We have been fortunate to have many special presenters over the last two weeks! Last week, Sean presented about his life and interests in Ireland. This week, Julianne's dad Mr. Wu came in to talk to us about his work as a mechanical engineer at Ford Motor Company. Ben presented to us about his big trip to Japan. Lastly, we had a follow up visit from the Ann Arbor District Library, and learned about all the special tools we can check out. Photos from all four can be found below. Thanks to all for sharing!
Friday, February 5, 2016
News from Music Class!
It's great to be a guest blogger on Mrs. Halabu's site! We've spent the winter months exploring the warm, sunny sounds of the Caribbean in the music room. We've used some great songs from the Caribbean to explore Call and Response, patterns using the notes Do / Mi / Sol / La, as well as creating harmony through rounds and adding Do (tonic) and Sol (dominant) patterns to songs. We've been playing xylophones, bass bars and most recently the autoharp. (It's like a mix of a guitar and a harp: you can play chords by pressing a button and strumming the strings.) Ask your child about "Shake the Papaya Down" or "The Banyan Tree." If you'd like to get in on the action, have your child teach you "Donkeys and Carrots" and try singing a round together!
We also listened to the great artist, Harry Belafonte on different occasions. We learned the response to "Day-O" and enjoyed this great clip from The Muppet Show. Many of the students wanted to share this short video with you at home: enjoy it!
Thanks for your support of the Angell Music program!
-Katie Ryan
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