October 16, 2018

Working on the Classroom Calendar 

"How will we tell them [the days] apart?"-Cate

"And how will we know which day it is?" - Elena

Following Dagny's suggestion to color code the days, Tommy and Caleb worked together to create a color coding system for the days of the week on our calendar:

Sunday is Blue: "it should be yellow because it's the day of the sun" - Caleb
"but it's my favorite color [blue] and sunday is my favorite day!" - Tommy
​Monday is Green: "because plants revive on that day and plants are green" - Tommy 
Tuesday is Grey: "because lots of people go out to find gems and a stone is grey" - Tommy
Wednesday is Peach: "because it's summer when you eat peaches"  - Caleb 
Thursday is Red: "because a fire comes on Thursday" - Caleb

"Is Saturday the day Spring starts?" - Caleb 

What month and season are we in?

"Halloween is coming after fall!" Abby

Elena drew a picture of Autumn

Will focused on writing the name of the months

"And how will we keep them together?" - Abby

Abby and Will cut plastic sleeves to hold the numbers for the days in the month

Next Steps: 
How will we physically assemble the calendar?
Are the images, text, and numbers readable to all the children?
What else do we want to include on the calendar?