Tuesday, February 12, 2008

A Celebration of Learning

T's class had a "Celebration of Learning" yesterday afternoon. The kids got a chance to show off some of the things they've been working on in school.

First we went to the computer lab, where they showed up the Power Point presentations they've been working on in Social Studies:

Then any of the kids who played instruments could do a demonstration, so T. played his violin:
All the kids have been learning about advertising and marketing of products. They paired up and came up with commercials for products they invented. T. and his friend created the Miceaway 3000 mouse trap:
Then they sang and danced to a song they'd learned in music class:
Then each kid read a poem or two that they'd written about someone special in their lives. Here's T., reading his:
And his poems were:

L.

Wife, teacher, mom, sister

Creative, smart, enthusiastic, fun

Lover of cooking

Who believes in honesty

Who fears centipedes

Who wants to be successful

Who gives happiness

Who says “I love you”

A.

Mom

Helpful, loving

Helps, cooks, plays Guitar Hero

Helps me do my best

L.


Then they sang another song:


And all the families posed for pictures:

2 comments:

Abby said...

What a great idea - very cool. And those poems are awesome. What a sweet kid!

Stefaneener said...

That is a great picture of you at the end -- you look like a hottie mama.

Neat poems.