September 19, 2008

• ~Jonah’s “All About Me” Project~

  Jonah was “Lord of the Day” yesterday. The classroom theme is “Medieval Kingdom- Lords and Ladies”. The “Lord of the day” sits on the throne with a crown and cape and  presents a poster about himself. Then the children all write two things they learned about the person and it is compiled into a book to be presented to the ”Lord or Lady of the day”.  I was so stressed getting this first grade project done. Jonah  was one of the first to go in his class, because our last name starts with a C, and we didn’t have much time to get it together. I found out on parent night- a week before it was due. I sifted through photos on our computer- 40, 000+ photos and then sent them to be printed- because I rarely print photos. Then I had to buy ink cartridges- because we were holding off buying those because they are so expensive. I needed to get my craft supplies organized so I stocked up at Walmart and purchased a canvas arts and crafts tote to house my 15 pairs of scissors,15 at least!  Glue sticks, Sharpies, stickers, glue gun, etc..etc..  I cut each photo with a scalloped scissors, used a foam bard to mount them all on and put a backing boarder on  each shot.  I printed each caption in blue ink, on the computer and Jonah  wrote some of his details at the top- the teacher had what she wanted printed and filled out on the top.   In the end, I think it turned out well. The one disappointing thing was that Jonah had a substitute that day….I was sad to hear this.  Part of the presentation was to practice public speaking. It would have been nice if his own teacher had been present for his presentation.

  Here are the results of all the time, effort and money…

   Jonah rode his bike to school- hence the helmet but, our precious poster was driven by car.

   

   

   

   

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