Original items on this page are Copyright 2011-2012 Diane Trudnowski.

REINDEER FUN!

We learned all about reindeer! We read the book "Watching Reindeer in Europe", written by Elizabeth Miles (This is a fascinating book! The C-2 All-Stars highly recommend it!). The students wrote reindeer facts on their whiteboards. Then they created Tree Maps, and used them to write paragraphs about reindeer. Finally, we made the most adorable reindeer to go with our writing! We visited Principal Hunter and the Maple Front Office to show off our hard work, and Principal Hunter congratulated us with a brand new pencil and a red vine!

NANCY STEWART SING-ALONG ASSEMBLY, DEC. 9, 2011

"FROG AND TOAD" FIELD TRIP

On Dec. 16 (last day of school before the Winter Break began), the students in C-2 and C-3 took a field trip to the Seattle Children's Theater to watch a live musical performance of "Frog and Toad All Year". It was a magical, wonderful play - as good as anything you would see on Broadway! (We were not allowed to take any photographs inside of the theatre.) A special thank you to all of our parent chaperones, and to Veronica's mom, who brought a snack for all of the children to eat while waiting to enter the theater! When we got back to Maple, we had a "Picnic In The Pod" and ate our sack lunches at our desks! What a fun day and a great way to begin the vacation!

"ALL ABOUT FROGS" PROJECT

We learned all about frogs (in preparation for our field trip to see "Frog and Toad All Year" at the Seattle Children's Theater)! We read the book "Frogs" by Gail Gibbons, and the students took notes on their whiteboards. Then they created Tree Maps with their facts. We used our Tree Maps to write paragraphs about frogs. Finally, we made the cutest frogs to go with our writing! Of course, we had to visit Principal Hunter and the Maple Front Office staff to share our fantastic work!

MAKING GINGERBREAD HOUSES

The students had a wonderful time making some very colorful and creative gingerbread houses during the last week of school before the Winter Break! The students were very excited to take their gingerbread houses home to share with their families.

SNOWFLAKE PROJECT

LEARNING ABOUT OTHER CULTURES

C Pod Students thoroughly enjoyed presentations about the countries of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and Haiti, by college students who are friends of Ms. King (the C-3 teacher). We learned about each country's food, holidays, language, flag, cities, music, arts, and more!