Caeden has been working on a special end-of-the-year project recently. Jeremy helped him find articles on the internet about the jellyfish. Caeden then made a "web" like his teacher taught him, and wrote interesting facts in the web that he learned in his research. Then he wrote a paragraph from the web. I helped him reorder the sentences and typed them in order for him to write his report.
Then, he cut white and clear plastic shopping bags into strips, cutting out all the lettering and colors. Sylvia helped him with that part. He cut one side off a few bags and we layered them, stuffing them with other bags and pieces of bags to make the bell. We stapled the ends of each strip together to make the tentacles and attached them to the bell. He also made a baby jellyfish with kleenex and fiberfill.
Today, parents and grandparents were invited to the classroom "aquarium" to see all the students present their projects.
It was AMAZING!! The kids all had such unique and creative models and had learned so many interesting facts about their sea creatures! While I was there, nearly every other class and teacher in the building came to tour the aquarium and see the kids' work. Neat, neat.
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This evening, we girls went to the 8th grade promotion ceremony. I accompanied the choir on piano, and Annah played in the junior high band for the processional and recessional. Her friends Alexus and Audrey hug-attacked her as we were leaving.
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