Well, I didn’t actually end up leading these today, but I can at least send a brief report! The intention of the mini-lesson was to explore and understand different genres. Partners acted out genres from the list for others to
Writing Workshop: Dialogue
Our mini-lesson today was on writing dialogue. Partners worked together to spot examples in books and then write examples of their own. We focused on indenting when a new person speaks, putting quotation marks around what is said, varying the
Psychology: Child Observation Record (COR)
Today, the Muons conducted the short demonstration observation of young child behavior, that Alicia described so nicely in her last email (I will include some of the information again here too as a reference). The class started with a re-cap, expansion, and
Gym: Exercise Circuit
The rain didn’t stop us from having fun getting our exercise outside. We started with a bean bag warm-up activity (with challenges based on the alphabet)/ this was followed by a circuit that included partner stations like jump squat stairs,
Art/Drama: Charade Cards
Today, we began with another outside game of charades but this time we used already made cards. The kids had fun acting out the whole stack of cards. We then went inside and began to sketch and to consider what clay
Art/Drama: Charades
We started off writing a “person,” “place,” or “thing,” on little papers. Some asked if they could, and then did, write some totally different. We then put them in a box and played a form of charades! The kids were
Psychology: Likert Scale
Today, Chris and I did our best with Alicia’s amazing lesson plan on the use of scales for judging things in psychology, and how difficult it is to make something valid and reliable. The kids had a blast acting out
Gym: Squats & Affirmations
Today we practiced using squats and running in our activities. We used power word affirmations (I am strong, focused, determined, etc.) for our relay to help us stay focused on our strengths. I’m preparing for the colder days when we
Writing Workshop: Webs
Our mini-lesson today was on using webs as a pre-writing tool to help brainstorm and organize our writing. We did a whole group example (topic “My Vacation”) and then the kids worked in partners to create one of their own.
Art/Drama: Bloody Murder
We gathered ideas to make a list of the projects we wanted to accomplish this session. We did some free drawing with some googling for references. The Muons flexed their individuality as well as influencing each other’s drawing inspirations. We then