Dear Parents,
Last week, we had a fantastic tinfoil hat workshop and fashion show. This was a fantastic celebration of our structures theme and students had a blast making their hats. Many thanks to Diane for supplying the tinfoil and creating team challenges. Students worked in groups of 3 in order to create different hats out of tinfoil. They were allowed to use tape as needed.
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| Debating procedure |
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| Making the "horn" for the tall hat. |
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| Not as painful as it might look. Very focused on getting those tentacles to stick. |
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| To start, plenty of tinfoil |
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| Adding noodley appendages to the noodle hat |
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| The original model for the chicken hat, in process |
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| Tentacles being added to the octo-hat |
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| Getting the claws on the lobster hat was pretty tricky |
This one makes me laugh:
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| Can I take a picture? |
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| Smile! |
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| Final elements coming together |
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| The chicken hat |
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| The octopus hat |
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| The lobster hat mid-fashion show |
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| I had to get closer! |
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| Moving like an octopus |
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| Flailing like a noodle |
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| Final poses! |
Some years Father's Day can be fraught for families, but when I broached the subject with my group this year, they were enthusiastic about making things for their dads, so even though I initially gave them a choice of 3 things I thought we might do, we ended up doing all of them. I delayed posting so as not to ruin the surprise (but at least one student admitted this morning he'd forgotten it all in his backpack, so ...worth checking if you haven't seen it!)
A medal (gold painted yogurt lid with personalized inscription):
Hung on a festive ribbon:
Some writing (Seeing yourself through kids' eyes is just entertaining):
A spinner card (students chose their own rewards, and I helped with spelling when asked):
Another stellar week in Room 105. It's hard to believe the year is almost over!
Sincerely,
Ms. Goegan
