Ask me about monday, april 8, 2024

We had a great day!  We started our day with a picture talk about these three amazing photographs.  The children talked about what they noticed and what they wondered. 
We read two books about Eid today.  One was an information book called Rashad's Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr, by Lisa Bullard.  We reviewed the text features table of contents, chapter headings, and text boxes.  We learned about Ramadan and why some Muslims fast during this time.  Ask me to tell you what I learned about Ramadan and Eid.
We read a second book, this time fiction, called The Night Before Eid: A Muslim Family Story by Aya Khalil.  This book is about a little boy whose grandmother arrives from Egypt with a suitcase full of ingredients to make a special cookie for Eid.  I will include a video of the story below so you can enjoy it with your child if you like.  The children really enjoyed this story!  I showed the video of the book below but we have the book in the classroom for the children to look at and retell the story.

We practiced making Zen Tangles today.  Making Zen Tangles involves concentration and working carefully.  I encouraged the children to watch their pen as they made the designs.  I showed examples of designs they could use in the different sections of the sun I gave them.  Going slow, working quietly, and concentrating on breathing make this a great activity for children when they are experiencing strong feelings or just need to "cool their jets" a bit!  Usually when I introduce this I play quiet music, but I had to play sun music today.  Apparently I am Team Sun, which I didn't know was a thing until I put on our screen NASA's coverage of the total solar eclipse in different places.  I couldn't help but sing along to some of the sun music!
We took a Heart Word test today.  Overall the children did very well not just with the Heart Words but with using lower case letters to write them.  Thank-you for practicing these words with them at home.  I will be sending home the homework sheets from last week and this week's as well.  We got so busy at the end of the day with so many children getting picked up early that I didn't get it passed out.  Here are just some of the Zen Tangles the chidlren did today.  

Have a great evening!
​Miss Wolfe