On December 2nd, second graders from Sierra Bonita had the opportunity to go to Christmas Around the World at BYU. We saw dances from many different cultures. Among our favorites were the bottle dance from Israel, a scarf dance from Mexico, and the river dance from Ireland. It was fun to see talented dancers portray the holiday traditions of different cultures from all around the world
In Miss Mathew's Second Grade class they are doing a special project called Show and Teach. Each student signed up for a time where they got to be the teacher. To go along with their unit about steps in a process, each student was assigned to think of something they would like to teach the class how to do. Using the steps in a process format, they were then given a few minutes on their assigned day to teach the class. So far they have learned how to make Kool-Aid, paper origami flow
On November 22, Sierra Bonita students showed their best impression of a turkey gobble in hopes to win a turkey for Thanksgiving Dinner during the Turkey Gobbling Assembly. Each class chose their best gobbler to compete for the grade level turkey in front of the entire school. The world renowned judges did a wonderful job at picking the best gobblers to win the prize! We had a great time not only hearing turkey impressions, but the judges required some gobblers to act like turkeys to decide the winner of some grade levels. Even the faculty had a chance to show their best gobbles!
Sierra Bonita 4th graders were entertained last week by mountain man, Scott “Grizzly” Sorensen. Dressed in buckskin clothing, Scott demonstrated the use of various tools, traps and weapons used by the mountain men and Native Americans of the 1800s. Mr. Sorensen told the students stories of legendary mountain men such as Jedediah Smith, Jim Bridger, Kit Carson. The students were introduced to the early methods of trapping, tanning, muzzle loading, and the telling of tall tales.
Fablehaven author Brandon Mull recently visited the 3rd-6th grade students at Sierra Bonita Elementary. He began his visit by telling about his journey in becoming a writer and introduced his books. Some of the students then got to participate in a game of creating an imaginary world. The focus of the presentation was using your imagination. Brandon shared pictures of places he has visited because of his writing/imagination. They were given ideas on how to improve their writing and encouraged to read.
Sierra Bonita’s fourth grade students participated in a water presentation this week. The purpose of the presentation was to review the water cycle and learn about Utah’s watershed area. The students were also taught about their role in water conservation and about the different sources of pollution that negatively affect our resources. The students were able to actively participate during the presentation and came away with a lot of new information.