Halloween and Day of the Dead Plymouth Plantation Field Trip Wonder Continued Other news From our blogger Michael: This Tuesday after the parade we had a Halloween party on the beach tree terrace. There was a lot of good food. It was very fun. Thank you to the room parents for organizing the party, and the parents who brought in the treats. I was Captain America. Some of my favorite costumes were Martim’s alien costume, Stella’s witch costume, Madi’s homemade pineapple costume, Jared’s pumpkin bobble head costume, Calvin’s costume, and JJ’s greaser costume. I also liked the teachers costumes. From our blogger JJ: On Tuesday we had a Halloween celebration at Friends Academy. For Halloween I dressed up as a greaser from The Outsiders book/movie. Some of my favorite costumes from our grade was Madi’s makeshift pineapple costume. Another one is Martim’s alien costume. My last favorite costume was Asher's mad scientist. These were some of my favorite costumes. Walking through the parade and high fiving everyone was really fun, especially once you got up on stage and you could dance to songs they were playing. It was also really fun to guess the song titles, which is what the teachers were all dressed up as. Michael: For Spanish we had a Day of the Dead presentation. We brought in an ancestor’s photo, a candle, and something they liked. Now there is a table with everyone's items in the main hallway. It is an altar, and we cut out and hung papel picado which is decorated colorful paper. We also made replicas of sugar skulls on a cup. It has been a very exciting and fun week. See photos above of the parade and our altar. JJ: Day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday during which people celebrate family members who have passed away. We celebrate this holiday at school. In Mexican countries families make an altar and put all their favorite foods and drinks and desserts on it. One of the desserts are sugar skulls that they decorate with different color frostings. Then at night they take flower petals and make a line from the grave to the families houses. The family keeps the house lights on all night which symbolizes that they will come back to life. Next Tuesday we are headed to Plimoth Plantation for our second field trip. We will break into small groups and explore the replica Wampanoag Village as well as the Puritan homestead. Students will be equipped with clipboards, prepared to take specific notes. We will be launching a new project called the Plymouth Perspective Project. It is one of my absolute favorites in 5th grade. On Monday, students will chose from the above baskets. Students will either be a boy or girl, age varying from child to aged adult, and either a Wampanoag Native or a Puritan English settler. We will have little Wampanoag girls, elderly Englishmen, and every combination in between. Taking on their new persona and perspective, students will research in picture books, online, and while at Plimoth Plantation to gather information and make journal entries from their new perspective. Final projects will also include an art element! On this field trip, students are not bringing technology. We will need non-heat-up lunches, and perhaps students will want extra snack as we are walking around quite a bit. Also, comfortable shoes and layers are strongly encouraged. We continue to read Wonder and discuss deeply the issues the characters are facing in 5th grade. This morning for morning work we illustrated a comic strip from a scene in Wonder. Students chose what they wanted to draw from one particular section of the story. Soon we will wrap up the end of the book and begin our special Wonder-related project. Students will write a "deleted scene" from the perspective of a character in the story. Below are some images of completed comic strips. I want to take this opportunity to remind you that Mr. Murdock has a blog and it is located here: Mr. Murdock's Music Blog. Check back for updates on what your child is working on in class and for photos. Lastly: This weekend as you're enjoying Open Trails at school you will notice a lot of new faces on campus because of Open House. Please feel free to introduce yourselves; we're sure our visitors will be wowed by the hospitality of our Friends Academy families! Happy Weekend, all! We are so looking forward to next week as we have a short week, a field trip, the Alice in Wonderland play performances, and exciting projects.
Thanks for reading, Sarah
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