Purple Magic #14

 

NEED TO KNOW

Purple Magic #14: Your Purple Magicians are amazing! This week we did a written quiz in class to show the kids how much they've learned this year. I'm excited to show you those, along with some other things, next week at Celebration Day.

CELEBRATION DAY: Lesson #15 next week is Celebration Day! It's not a normal lesson, and is a whole bunch of fun! It IS a parent day, so come with your kids and celebrate everything you've done this semester! It will be an open-house style setup, and you can of course come during your normal class time, or any time next Tuesday between 3:50-6 when I have 3rd Year classes. 

Bring your books and bags. Some of the activities will come out of there. Some of the games we do that day will stay in my classroom, but each student will get a bag with a few activities in it to take home. If your student can't be there, you can have a mini Celebration Day at your house! Let me know and I'll have an activity bag ready for you to pick up.

ORANGE ROOTS: Classes will resume on Tuesday, January 13. The first day IS a parent day. You will get all of the class materials that first day, including the class calendar taped to the inside cover of the workbook. As a reminder, the calendar is available anytime in the Calendar section of the website.

GOOD TO KNOW

SKATERS: Like our first Purple Magic puppet show (Royal Problem, Symphony #40 in g minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart), our Skaters puppet show (Banditen Galopp by Johann Strauss) has two distinct sections and follows the classic ABA form. We had a lot of fun this week "skating" to the song!

FUN TO KNOW

We focused on playing as an ensemble when we played Song of Joy all together. It was awesome! Check out this NBA commercial that combines ensemble music play with some pretty sweet dribbling skills. As a heads up, I love this so much you'll get it every year!