Shooting Star practiced collaboration this week. This unit draws to a close, but they continue to grow into their responsible roles as students, classmates, kids and friends. First, they practiced recognizing and writing each other’s names and the dates. They also remembered who takes the bus and who stays for the evening class, then took attendance themselves. Now, each morning the Calendar helper will make sure that everyone is here and accounted for!

The job description for even more of the classroom helpers is growing! Since their hand-eye coordination is on point, Meal Helpers can now serve plates and hand out bowls as well. Meal Helpers remind their classmates to keep their hands in their laps and sit nicely while the food is being served. This week, our caring and careful helper balanced her plates and responsibilities perfectly just in time for lunch!

Ever a work in progress, the students are coming up with more ways to help out around the house. They have colorful Chore Lists ready to hang on bedroom doors as reminders of jobs to be done, and they even tried matching different tasks to the right rooms, like making the bed in the bedroom or washing dishes in the kitchen.

Next, Shooting Star class took risks by helping one another fold the tricky five-point origami stars for the streamer tails they made last week. Listening and speaking clearly was key to supporting classmates and working through challenging tasks. As they decorate for Tanabata is also healthy to communicate with themselves and reflect on what wishes they want send up to their shooting stars in July.

Shooting Star students have learned several short “a” family word endings and are able to think deeply, blend words, and sort them carefully. The students communicated with each other to discuss the words they know and those they have yet to learn. They were happy to discover that they finished their phonics exercise quickly because they worked together!

Communication is equally important in Dance Class! Students had to keep each other in the loop and stay on track while skipping a hoop down the line to build strong physical coordination skills. They also learned to work together closely to reach for the stars and their goals, strengthening both teams and individuals.