Cards with K Buddies

Featured Blogger: Nikita

We made valentines for people who live in nursing homes with our K buddies.  We got paper, and folded it in half. After that, we wrote inside and signed the card. Then we painted the outside with watercolor.  After we finished the cards, Ms. Sprague and Ms. Hirsch delivered the cards to people in the Morse HealthCare Center in Natick.  We wrote things like, “Have a good day!” and, “ Happy Valentine’s Day!”  A lot of kids enjoyed the project and especially using watercolor to decorate the cards!

Preparing for Valentine's Day

Featured Blogger: Maddy

This year 3Sp is making Valentines for our buddies! First we got our supplies. We needed white crayon, a paintbrush, watercolor, watercolor paper, and a cup of water. 3Sp had a watercolor tray at each table. We needed to let these dry for at least a few hours.  Some people wrote on their card “I love being your buddy this year.”  We gave the valentines to our buddies right before February vacation.  When we did this activity we had to make at least one Valentines Day card.  Also when we did this activity it was a secret to our buddies. When we did this everyone had fun! Also our buddies loved our Valentines!!

Third Grade Penny Collection

Featured Blogger: Caleb

In math our class did a penny collection because we were practicing counting by 10s.  We decided to donate half to the Rotary Club and half to the Natick Service Council.  We did this because we wanted to help both organizations.  We wanted to donate to the Rotary Club because we wanted to thank them for giving us dictionaries!  We wanted to donate to the Natick Service Council because a woman also came in to tell us about the Natick Service Council and what they do.  In total the third grade collected $103.82!  We think that’s the most pennies anyone at Lilja has ever collected!  The third graders are proud of how much we collected in all.  We had fun collecting all these pennies and helping the Natick Service Council and the Rotary Club!

                                                                                

                                                               Nora delivered half the pennies to the
                                                             Natick Service Council.

P.S.  The Natick Service Council is trying to get us in the paper!

Reader's Theatre with K Buddies

Featured Blogger: Brooke

This week we have been practicing reader theatre with our groups. There are 5 different groups. There is one big group and the rest are small groups. We also performed to our class before we performed to our K buddies. We also made props before we performed to our K buddies. Then we practiced to our group and our group read their part. Also I was in the group The Lion and the Rabbit. The other groups were called Why Mole Lives Underground also The Grass is Always Greener. Also How the Rhino Got Wrinkly Skin and Let Sleeping Dogs Lie. Also when we performed we said where it took place and what genre it was. For an example The Lion and the Rabbit took place in a jungle and it was a fable. The reason we did this was because we wanted get better for reading fluently. So also we wanted to perform to our kindergarten buddies! Our kindergarten buddies liked our play and we had fun doing it!