December 12

All of the students received bracelets made by people from the amazon, the lungs of our planet.  They are a reminder for each child that they are responsible for the commons.

Sixth and seventh grade met first thing in the morning in the art room to critique the mask designs.  There were some great ideas for using natural materials like leaves and twigs.  One of the designs had a crown of leaves and the long hair acted as a trunk for the tree.  There were several designs that looked like super heroes.

Sixth and eighth grade have finished their mind maps of the commons and they are beautiful in terms of the content and as a visual expression.  Both grades summarized their rising action and chose characters for each scene. The sixth grade wrote the chorus of their song.

Seventh grade brainstormed ways they can keep the commons in the conscious of the whole school by giving bracelets out at the performances to everyone, making posters and commercials to be performed during morning announcements. They also discussed how to introduce the commons to pre k and k.  They worked on three of the monologues, the river, the woods and Scott Douglas.  They also came up with a partial list of their interview questions and we now have identified 12 of the 13 interviews.