Welcome to 9-A!

Today we had a Ravens dress down day to celebrate their upcoming playoff game. The girls enjoyed showing off their purple and black. Go Ravens!

Yesterday the girls of 9-A got to share their favorite holiday books with their Sixth Age Buddies. The Ninth Agers were looking forward to this opportunity all week, and everyone had a lot of fun!

Before the Thanksgiving holiday 9-A partnered with our 6-D buddies to complete Thanksgiving glyphs. The Nines helped the Sixes answer questions about their Thanksgiving traditions. They then used those answers to build a Thanksgiving place setting. The glyph's directions instructed them to choose a certain color of construction paper for their place mats depending on what time they eat Thanksgiving dinner and to choose certain foods to add to their plates depending on whether they eat at their own house or somewhere else. Everyone enjoyed the activity!

My Ninth Age reading class partnered with Ms. Gentry's before Thanksgiving to explore facts and myths about the first Thanksgiving. The students worked hard on their webquests with partners to explore the facts behind this fall holiday. Webquests are challenging because they require following multi-step directions, critical thinking and collaboration skills, and comprehension of informational text. Terrific job, readers!

Recently the girls played in their first Crow vs. Canary game. The sport was soccer, and the day was chilly. Everyone had a great time! Thanks to all the parents who toughed out the cold weather and came to watch!

The entire school got together to celebrate with a Multicultural Day on Friday. We took an all school picture,  learned about Bollywood, made pinatas, and played games. The girls had a blast!

9-A had a blast at the Lower School Halloween parade last week! We also had a great time playing some Halloween games in the classroom. Trick or Treat!