3rd-6th class 19

• Light wam-ups, final test of Unique New York.

As I mentioned earlier, we were in the Music Room today, so the class had to make some adjustments.

• Say My Name--students wrote the name of someone in the class with the "Magic Pencil" and the rest of the class had to guess who they were writing.
• The students drew pictures of an alien and wrote instructions on the back of how to act out this alien. Then they got someone elses card and had to act out that alien for the class. Afterwords they showed us the picture so we could see how close they came.
• Word association game with alien words
• Students recieved newsletters and coin souvenir from Miss Becky's trip to Europe.

K-2nd class 18

• Light Warm-ups, final test of Fuzzy Wuzzy

We were in the Music Room again, so things were a little hectic.

• Magic Pencil--students wrote a word with the "magic pencil" and the rest of the class had to guess what they wrote. If we couldn't guess, they had to act it out for us. We then got a few more guesses before they had to tell.
• Newsletters and coin from Miss Becky's trip to Europe

3rd-6th class 18

• Warm-ups, including tongue twister test in groups of three. It took us awhile to get going with Zip, Zap,Zop.
• Turkey Race--The students told what they ate for Thanksgiving dinner. We divided the class into 2 teams and each team got to pick someone to be the Turkey Eater. That person put on some scrubs and was stuffed full of Newspaper by his or her team. Then the Two turkey eaters got ready to race as their teams lined up to cheer them on. It was Jeremy vs. Amari, and Amari won for a close finish.
• Know it All--The students took turns being the teacher of different subjects. Their classmates would then ask them questions about that subject and if they didn't know the answer they were supposed to make it up.

3rd-6th class 17

• Warm-ups
• Lost in Translation—The students paired off, with one of them speaking gibberish and one of them translating into English for the class.
• It’s Your Birthday—Discussion: when is a birthday happy? What present is appropriate for an adult, for a kid? When is it depressing? The students chose an ageand told us how they felt about their birthday and what gifts they were hoping to receive..

K-2nd class 17

• slight Warm-ups

Today's class was in the music room because there were people in our regular space. Sound was a problem as the accoustics were really good and every little noise the kids made was amplified.

• Discussion: lighning, why it strikes, what to do to avoid being struck
• Singing in the Rain--The students learned the first part of the song, "Singing in the Rain," and one student was chosen to be the lightning. The rest of the class skipped around singing until they heard the thunder, then took cover. The lightning student went and struck whomever was the highest. That student became the new lightning.

3rd-6th class 16

• Warm-ups--learned new activity Zip, Zap, Zop
• We needed to work on volume, we had a contest where students stood across the room and had to introduce themselves and tell us their grade. The rest of the class gave them a score on how loud they were. Marcus won the contest, and got the candy prize.
• Improv: in groups of 2, students had to come up with an improvisation where both people were feeling the same emotion. They acted the scene out for the class and we tried to guess what was going on and what they were feeling.

K-2nd class 16

• Warm-ups--learned new activity, "If You're Happy and You Know It"
• I'll Tell You How You Feel--starting with one student in the circle, they tell an emotion to the person on their right. That person has to then make the face for that emotion.
• I Feel Mad When—Everyone tells about something that makes them mad, then shows us the mad face.
• I Feel Glad When— Everyone tells about something that makes them happy, then shows us the happy face

3rd-6th class 15

• Warm-ups
• Talk about this months theme: emotions
• New tongue twister: Unique New York, New York's unique. You know you need unique New York.
• Discussion: how emotions are an actor's tool
• Teacher gives an emotion, students think about a time they felt that way, then act out that emotion, then tell us why they feel that way. We went through sad, happy, and mad.

K-2nd class 15

• Mini warm-ups
• Talk about this month's theme: emotions
• New tongue twister: Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear. Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair. Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't fuzzy, was he?
• How are you feeling today? One word.
• Making Faces--the person next to you in the circle tells you an emotion, and you have to make the face that corresponds to that emotion.
• Walk Like A--the teacher gives us a situation, (your dog died, you won a million dollars, etc.) and you have to walk around showing how you would feel in that situation.

3rd-6th class 14

• Warm-ups
• We had a disruptive incident at the beginning of class, so we took a detour from the lesson plan and had the students create a short skit in small groups about an event that took place that day.
• Know Your Neighbor--students interviewed a partner and took notes, then had to come up in front of the class pretending to be that partner. We got to ask them questions about their lives. If they didn't know the answer they could make it up.