Wednesday, September 5, 2012

First Day Doings!


Around 2:00 pm today one of the fifth grader’s said, “Wait.  Is today still the first day of school?!”  Yup!  And wow, what a day!  We journaled about our hopes for ourselves for the year, played a name-game with new peers and SGS faculty and staff, selected new reading books, learned our True Colors personality types and how that fits into working effectively in a team, sketched native birds and discussed how adaptations help organisms thrive, and thought of personal adaptations we are going to create to help ourselves thrive this year in 5th grade.  Then we had lunch.  Phew!

Then we smeared our faces with Vaseline and let our community members place gooey strips of plaster on our faces.  Talk about stretching comfort zones, building trust and working as a team!  Every one stepped up in her own unique way, challenged herself and had fun.  Here are some pictures for your viewing pleasure.





















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