April Blog 2

First Grade Highlights

April 27^th, 2018

Dear First Grade Families;

The Art Show was an amazing success!  Along with the first grade artwork, the 1^st grade students wrote transportation stories.  Hope you all enjoyed the seeing all of their creativity.

April is National Poetry Month! Therefore for this week’s blog we have decided to send you photos poems written by the first grade class.  We have been studying rhyming poems, acrostic poems, Haikus, and sandwich poems.  Last Friday, Marc Bamuthi Joseph (Ms. Kanoe’s husband), lead a poetry workshop with the first and third graders.  Marc Bamuthi Joseph is a spoken-word poet, dancer, and playwright who co-founded Youth Speaks, and is a National Poetry Slam winner. He is currently the Chief of Program and Pedagogy at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

They learned about metaphors and similes.  Mr. Joseph, aka Mr. B., taught them 3 components of writing poetry are…

1. Poetry must come from the soul

2. They must have flavor

3. And poems must reach the impossible

Announcements & Reminders:

·      The Mercado is next Thursday, May 5^th. Students may bring $5 donations to buy food.  All proceeds will be donated to UCSF Cancer research.

·      BPC Walkathon is Friday, May 11^th from 12-2:30 at James Kennedy Ball Field

Sincerely,

Kris and Kanoelani

P.E.

Recently, the 1st grade has been working on frisbee throwing, in partner games and aiming at targets like bowling pins and hula-hoops!

Recently, the 1st grade has been working on frisbee throwing, in partner games and aiming at targets like bowling pins and hula-hoops!

Gardening

This week the 1st graders had a tasting party. We enjoyed a healthy snack that represented the 6 parts of plants: roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds. The kids also learned a fun song and dance about the 6 plant parts.

BPC students love their veggies!