Tales Of A 4-5 Something

In our class we made one word posters like a short New Year's resolution. With this project we also talked about similes and metaphors. First, we made three goals that we had for school and another three for home. Then we tried to find one word that explained our goals for the rest of the year. Goals could be something we could finish, do independently, and stretch our comfort zones. Some are broad and some are very specific. It was easier for some and harder for others. Here is a picture of three: Elefe, Diego, and JJ

It was so cool coming into the lobby and seeing the sights for our global focus of Spain: the flags hung across the lobby, the big silhouettes of bulls mounted on the walls and in the stairwell, and our buddies’ self-portraits with the Spanish speech bubbles with our “quotes” above them. The best thing, though, was the smells. I smelled tapas being made. Tapas are small plates of (cheese and ham) (vegetables) or other things. Rafe  This is what we are saying in our reflections. We have to write after each day to talk about what we learned and what we thought. It is fun but it is hard too. "I am very excited for Global Focus this year! I thought I knew a lot about Spain but I was wrong."  "It's so cool see countries that are so different than ours."  "Walking into the lobby after a long song at WIC was magical. I had forgotten that it was all jazzed up.""It was very realistic in that we did a lot of stuff people in spain would probably...