Happy Valentine's Day! My heart is full of pride for the creative drama work that has been happening at Park and Orrington! It's hard to believe that we have just passed the 100th day of school (February 7th) and when I look back on all that the students have achieved I am excited to see what will happen during the remaining months of school.
The Winter Sing was a hit! The combined efforts of the Drama Club, Chorus and grade level singers resulted in an evening full of snowmen revealing the secret of exactly what they do at night and sweet voices raised in song. The Drama Club is currently working on dramatic adaptations of Mo Willems stories which will be performed for the kindergarten classes in March. Orrington students have been immersed in social issue dramas. Grades 4 and 5 focused on the Eve Bunting story Smoky Night (about the L.A. riots in 1992), grade 3 examined Angela Johnson's picture book The Leaving Morning, and the primary grades created pantomimed and improvised responses to The Colors of Us and Zero. Other primary grade story dramas included Click, Clack, Moo and The Mitten. All students have continued to develop the drama skills of transformation, pantomime, improvisation, character development and scene building. Park students have participated in sensory dramas. Using props, video, music, instruments and movement we created; an ocean adventure, animals in a rainstorm, an incredible car wash, character transformation with scarves, and a drama about playing in the snow. SeeSaw Theatre players from Northwestern University continue to participate in interactions with different classes. Their excitement and energy is contagious! We are so lucky to have the opportunity to work with them!
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