Hopes, Dreams and Dots!

What a busy week we have had in Synergy. Our class began to think about our hopes and dreams for first grade. We have lots of friends who want to learn to be stronger readers and writers, some who want to become better mathematicians and some who want to learn more about specific topics. We each illustrated and wrote about our personal hope and dream for the year on a star that will hang from the ceiling in our classroom to remind us to "Reach For The Stars!"

During theme time we began our workshops on the five senses. All of the students in Synergy house are blended together into four groups. Each day that we have workshops the groups rotate to a new classroom to explore one of the senses. In Ms. Roger's room they are exploring their taste buds, in Ms. Kate's room they are putting their noses to the test, they are getting "touchy feely" in Ms. Stein's room, and are putting their listening ears on in Mrs. Eaton's room. We are becoming sensory experts!

Wednesday, September 15th was Dot Day. This day of creativity was inspired by Peter Reynold's beautiful book The Dot. The message in Reynold's book is to celebrate your individuality and "Make Your Mark." All over the world students were using their creativity to celebrate Dot Day. In our classroom we created our own dot collage using watercolors. The students certainly loved making their mark and just as we expected, no two dots were quite the same! To learn more about Dot Day and Peter Reynolds visit his website at www.peterhreynolds.com

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