After a week and a half gone for break, we started back today. It was so exciting to see the students again. They seemed pretty excited to be back also. I swear they all grew by feet over the break!
We started out the week today with our unit on snow. Luckily, we have plenty of snow to study. I layed out cotton balls, q-tips and cotton circles with glue and asked the students to come up with a snow scene. I told them if they needed anything, just ask and we'll figure it out. I was AMAZED at what they came up with. Some students spent 20 or more minutes placing a drop of glue randomly on the paper, then arranging a collection of cotton materials. It doesn't look like anything specific, but they were intent on where and how they placed everything on the paper. Others created a snowman and asked for more paper to make a hat and markers to draw extra detail. I had also asked them to write their names on the back before they started, like with every project, and every single one of them had improved on writing their own name. After pointing out an extra "i" in one students name, the student replied with "I know it doesn't belong in my name, I just like to write "i's". I really did miss those students!
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