The Monarch Butterflies - The Gillen Brewer School

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PAGE 2 Games During choice time, many butterflies are choosing to play games with groups of friends, such as Uno, Jenga, Connect Four, high-low, and Trouble. Students have been working on learning the rules to new games and explaining them to other kids, as well as deciding as a group who will go first. Twice a week at the park, we play freeze tag as a whole class where teachers are the freezers. Students have begun to work together as a group, helping unfreeze kids who are tagged and occasionally working together to freeze teachers. This month at the park, after teachers stopped to take a break, students organized their own game of “What time is it Mr. Fox?,” taking turns being it VIP Day VIP day was a huge success in the butterflies! Prior to guests arriving, we discussed what “VIP” means. Students wrote a sentence explaining why the person they chose is important to them, or why they wanted that person to come to Gillen Brewer. Students then illustrated their sentences with their VIPs, and decorated a frame around their paper using different art supplies to give to their VIP as a gift. After finishing the projects, butterflies got a chance to show their VIPs the scrapbook they had made of their neighborhood, and show them around the classroom. Thanks to all the VIPs for coming to spend time with us! THE MONARCH BUTTERFLIES
Spring PAGE 3 In anticipation of the first day of spring, we talked about how the seasons change throughout the year. We read nonfiction books about how some plants change or start to grow in the spring, and how some animals who have been hibernating come outside their burrows. In the fall, we decorated a paper tree in our classroom with leaves, and then changed the decorations to snow flakes in the winter. On the first day of spring, students decorated flowers and leaves out of tissue paper to add to our now blooming spring tree. Visiting the Art Farm This month, the butterflies went on our first field trip to the Art Farm. At the art farm, we walked downstairs to see all the animals that live there, and then sat in a circle while Gabby showed students three new animals that we hadn’t seen before. First, we looked at Benny the tortoise and kids got a turn to pet his shell. Then, students got to look at and touch Africa, a gray parrot and Angela, a blue-tongued skink. Students were able to ask questions about the animals, and learn how they protect themselves. At the end, kids got to decorate a sign to place on their favorite animal’s cage or house to thank them for letting us visit.
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