Today we had a pretend campfire in our classroom to celebrate the end of our unit on the night! We had the room all dark, with nocturnal animals around the room, our night trees on the wall, and our shooting stars waiting to be wished upon. We had the sounds of the fire and night crickets in the background (see science page - campfire video). We gathered around the fire and sang the collection of "night" songs from our song books. We used our flashlights to spot the flashing eyes of the nocturnal animals hiding around the room. We played a game of charades and pictionary using the words from our night theme. We also ate smores around the fire! Yum! I was very impressed how the students cleaned up after themselves. There may have been chocolate on their faces, but there was none on the floor! These kids are amazing! We also made a graph of all the sleeping buddies that the students brought to school. It was wonderful meeting them all! Oh yeah, I told the students a very "scary" story around the fire -- make sure they tell it to you! We all had a really fun day (or should I say night!)!
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