Letters to Leaders
With their expanding skills in persuasive writing, 3G wrote opinion letters about topics important to them. Students drafted, revised, edited, and published their work. Each child typed up her/his letter to send it off to a world leader who could affect change on that subject. The class wrote to prime ministers, governors, members of parliament, cabinet secretaries, UN agencies, company CEOs, and more.
Snowball Game
Well, other than a flurry or two, we didn’t get any snow this year in Yokohama. As winter slipped away, we finally played the Snowball Game. Students work on a small portion of a worksheet, then crumple the paper into a soft snowball. When the music starts, we have a gentle snowball fight. When the music stops, everyone has to find a snowball, open it up, then complete another section of the worksheet. Then, everyone crumples the snowball again and we play another round.
