During read aloud time, I have been reading, "A Good Night for Ghosts," by Mary Pope Osborne. It's from her Magic Tree House series. I love this book because it not only keeps students sitting on the edge of their seats while waiting for the ghosts to appear, but more importantly it introduces the students to the world of Jazz music in New Orleans. Although it is a fiction book, there are parts that are true. This book is about Louis Armstrong, "The King of Jazz." Louis Armstrong was a very hard worker. He definitely practiced The Leader in Me Habit 3- Put First Things First (work before play). A valuable lesson spoke loudly through this book. We finished reading the story today. During the week I showed the students pictures of Louis Armstrong and played trumpet as well as jazz music for them to listen to. We watched an old, I mean old, Walt Disney cartoon about where musical intstruments came from. Walt Disney was definitely a gifted animator, the children belly laughed through the whole ten minute movie.
In math, we made a graph to find out who in our class is and is not afraid of ghosts. The graph was a super way to review the math skill, "subtract to compare." I taught the students a ghostly song called, "Ghost of John," too.
This student brought in her musical instrument collection to share. She demonstrated playing her trumpet.
For cooking this week we made Graveyard Desserts.
While we were writing our recipe. This student suggested we end our recipe: "Last, dig in!"
Our student photographer of the week took these photos. She did a great job, don't you think?
It was a great day for GHOSTS in our classroom! Next week, we move on to a story about a missing skeleton...
Very Cool!
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