International Festival and Presentation Schedule

The school’s International Festival is coming up soon!  It will take place on February 6th and 7th.  Lower El will present on the 6th from 9:30 – 11:00 AM and Upper El will present on the 7th from 9:30 – 11:00 AM.

The International Festival is a way to explore other cultures from around the world and develop an awareness of our own place in the world.    Each student explores a continent or country and finds a creative way to share what they have learned with the rest of the school.  Most students make a display board, but they can also bring artifacts, clothing, music, and food from their continent or country.  Each student will have the opportunity to go from classroom to classroom and experience all of the cultures as they see the presentations prepared by their schoolmates.  Each student is expected to participate in the festival.

The students in our classroom will be given an opportunity to first present to our class prior to the festival. Below is the schedule

Monday Feb. 3

Lexie, Harrison, Andal, Gareth,Ben S, Kenton, Antonio, Alex, Mason Pocus, Erin, Mckenna

Tuesday Feb. 4

Mason Pack, Jayden, Logan, Leyla,Skye,Carolin, Vinny, Troy, Paisley

Wednesday Feb. 5

Gabby, Ben B., Kade, Jace, John

 Thursday, Feb. 6.

ALL STUDENTS bring presentation board and other items to present to the school.

 I recommend that each student use a tri-fold board for the festival.  They balance better on the desk tops. 

 

 

 

 

 

South America assignments

south america

Dear Families

We began our study of South America today starting with Brazil.  All the kids who were here chose the country in South America they wanted to present for the International Festival.  There are only 13 countries and I would like each one to be presented.   Since there were a few countries that weren’t chosen, I went ahead and assigned the students who were absent today to one of those.  Please let me know if that will be a problem. Here is the list of who will be presenting which country:

Argentina–Mason Pocus, Mckenna

Bolivia–Caroline, Gabby

Brazil–Troy, Ben B.

Chile–Leyla, Logan, Lexi, Jayden

Colombia–Jace

Ecuador–Ben S., Harrison

French Guiana–Alex, Mason Pack

Guyana–Skye

Paraguay–Gareth, Vinny

Peru–Kenton, Erin, Paisley

Suriname–Kade

Uruguay–Andal

Venezuela–John

Thank you for your efforts in helping your child prepare for this.  The International Festival is one of the highlights of the year.

Ms. Krista

 

 

Welcome Back!

Happy New Year!  I hope everyone had a wonderful break.  The kids were very excited to share what they had done over the break.

We have our Annual International Festival coming up on February 6-7th.  We will be studying South America the 2nd half of the school year.  Therefore, each child will be responsible to prepare a presentation on a country in South America for the festival.  They will have a chance to present it to just our class that week as well.   Parents will be invited to attend the festival.

Their reports should include a visual such as a a tri-fold board for easy viewing during the festival. They are also welcome to bring items from that country, food, music, etc. Ideas for projects include: people, animals, cultural traditions,  history of the country, geographical landmarks, food, music, plants, etc.

I will have a sign-up sheet of South American countries for the students to choose from.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Ms. Krista

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