Japanese Tea Ceremony

Today we simulated what it would be like to go to a teahouse in Japan and have a Japanese tea ceremony.

The first thing we needed to do before having tea was to wash our hands.

Next, we needed to take off our shoes before entering the teahouse.

Then, we sat in a circle around the host and watched as she cleaned the materials, scooped the tea into the teapot, and poured tea into a teacup.

Finally, the host passed out the tea. Before receiving a cup, we had to show a sign of respect by bowing in front of the host.

When the host asked us how our tea tasted, we all responded with "it's delicious!" That's another way to show respect.

Make sure to ask your child about it!

PLEASE NOTE: The K-1 class did not actually drink real tea. The cups they had were filled with water and we pretended that it was tea.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

camouflage

This week in science we talked about the word camouflage and how different things (Ninjas, animals, plants, etc.) have to blend into their environments.

We learned that it's important for ninjas to camouflage themselves because they were spies and didn't want to be seen.

First, we started by figuring out where we wanted to camouflage or hide our ninjas within the classroom. Next, we colored and cut out our ninjas.

Finally, we took turns hiding the ninjas and worked as a team to see if we could find where the ninjas were camouflaged.

Make sure to ask your child about it!
 

 

 

 

 

 

Stratton Spirit Days!

Dear Stratton Families,

We have decided to have 1 school wide spirit day a month!  The students voted on the different options before winter break and the results are in!  The following are our spirit days and a short description of how the kids could dress/do!

January 19 Stuffed Animal Day- bring 1 stuffed animal from home to school

February 9 Olympic Day- dress up in colors to support a country or wear clothing that represents a winter Olympic Sport

March 29 Crazy Hat/Wacky Hair- wear a crazy or silly hat to school or wear your hair in a funny hair-do

April 13 PJ day- Wear your PJs to school!

May Date TBD Mismatch Day- wear an outfit that totally doesn't go together, examples could be all different patterns, colors or mix sport clothing with a tie and dress shoes, the ideas are endless! 

June 8 Flip Flop Day- students dress like teachers and teachers will dress like students

We look forward to building community and having some fun through these days!

Statton Staff

Learning Karate from a REAL Sensi!

This week we began our study of Japan and Ninjas. We were lucky enough to have a sensi come in and teach us some self control and a few karate moves. Check out our pictures below...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sink or Float (Science)

On Friday, we made predictions about different items that we thought would sink or float.

Next, we tested our predictions to see if we were correct and thought about the reasons why.

Make sure to ask your child about it!

 

 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

New Math Games: Build It and Collect 15 Together

I wanted to share a few links to our math game from Unit 4 of Investigations: Build It and Collect 15 Together. I hope you and your child will enjoy playing together at home. Click here for Build It and here for Collect 15 Together. 

Stratton School Book Fair

Our Annual Book Fair and Fundraiser will be December 4 - 8^th, 2017 in the school library and will be featuring titles from Porter Square Books in Cambridge.
K-1 students will visit the Book Fair during their regularly scheduled library time (Thursday 1:00-1:40PM). Teachers and volunteers will help them select a book. The suggested amount to send with your student in an envelope as either cash or check (made out to Stratton School PTO) is:

Kindergarten: $4.00-8.00

This event also gives parents an opportunity to donate books to the classroom. Feel free to send in cash or a check (made out to Stratton School PTO) and label the envelope “Book Fair donation for Mrs. Nolan."