Friday, June 26th, 2015

Today the elementary students:

• played the warm-up game "Name 3 Things" during the morning meeting
• played yoga games with all of the poses that we have learned this past month
• concentrated on level-specific grammar instruction (grade 1: common and proper nouns, grade 2: the present perfect tense, grade 3: adverbials)
• listened to and discussed several fables
• took a stroll over to McDonalds for an ice-cream treat
• practiced our summer camp poem

It has been such a pleasure teaching and spending time with these students this past month!  They have been a fun bunch. I hope they enjoy the rest of their summer holidays!

Six-Person Boat!

The students play a quick hand-clapping game while waiting for some ice-cream.

Ice cream is the best treat for a hot summer day!

Thursday, June 25th, 2015

Today the elementary students:

• created a summer camp chain during the morning meeting
• learned and practiced new yoga poses (bumblebee breath, arrow, shark) along with previously learned poses
• concentrated on level-specific grammar instruction (grade 1: common and proper nouns, grade 2: the present perfect tense, grade 3: adverbials)
• listened to and discussed the story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
• continued writing in our summer camp notebooks by writing down the recipe for apple dump cake
• made more pizza and apple dump cake with our new recipe
•  practiced our summer camp poem

Katrina helps finish making the rest of the pizzas.

Katrina is a wonderful helper!

Nison helps finish our summer camp chain.

The finished product!

Apple Dump Cake Recipe

Wednesday, June 24th, 2015

Today the elementary students:

• played the warm-up game "What's in the box?" during the morning meeting
• learned and practiced new yoga poses (snake breath and fish) along with previously learned poses
• concentrated on level-specific grammar instruction (grade 1: common and proper nouns, grade 2: verb tenses, grade 3: verb tenses)
• listened to and discussed one of Richard Scarry's short stories
• made pizza
•  practiced our summer camp poem

Double Twisting Dragon!

The students enjoyed turning solo poses into partner poses.

Dolphin

Warrior II

Back-to-Back Chair

Rooftops

Triangle

Double Triangle!

Double Rock!

Lizard on a Rock

Warrior I

Bridge

Double Dog

Double Turtle

Warrior Friends

Elevator

Double Pretzel

Boat

Plank

River

River

Cobra

Open Heart

Double Dancer

Triple Dancer!

 Cat

Airplane

Double Boat

Fish

Down Dog

Back-to-Back Chair (almost!)

Pretzel

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015

Today the elementary students:

• played the warm-up game "Never Have I Ever" during the morning meeting
• learned and practiced new yoga poses (dolphin, gorilla, and dancer) along with previously learned poses
• concentrated on level-specific grammar instruction (grade 1: common and proper nouns, grade 2: exact nouns, grade 3: verb tenses)
• went on a field trip to the Science Museum where the students were able to play game that tested their knowledge on disease prevention, experience an earthquake simulation, take a ride in a flying house, and enjoy simulated snow
• listened to and discussed the story of The Three Wishes
•  practiced our summer camp poem