In preparation for the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremonies which will happen next Friday, February 7th, the 2nd graders learned a Russian folk dance called "Sasha." The song starts with students facing their partner, and pointing at each other saying "Sasha! Sasha! Ras, Dva, Tri!" which means "one, two, three!" in Russian. The dance involves fast hand claps with a partner, swinging each other round, and then finding a new partner. In this upbeat dance, students had a chance to be partners with many different people, which was a lot of fun! We also did a rhythm activity where students got in groups of two and had to complete a worksheet where they figured out the rhythms of various Winter Olympics events and put them in the correct boxes. They have done similar activities before and they did a fantastic job! It was great to see how quickly they have grown with this particular skill. Then, each pair was able to create their own rhythmic composition using the events given and were able to perform them for the class.
We had a lot of fun talking about the upcoming Olympics and we hope you enjoy watching them with your families in the upcoming week!
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