Can't help but get in the Derby spirit living around here! Here is what some of our students had to say about the Derby Festival's opening event, Thunder Over Louisville! Rosa:
Thunder over Louisville is fireworks downtown. Thunder is Saturday two weeks before the Kentucky derby. Everyone can go to thunder and take their chairs and watch the firework. It's free to go and we can eat and walk around. There is an airshow with lots of different airplanes. Noah B: Thunder over Louisville is a festival where they have airshow, music show and fireworks. Thunder over Louisville is on Saturday April 21st. The festival is in downtown Louisville Kentucky. Some people like tourist and fans are going to see Thunder over Louisville. At Thunder over Louisville we can sit with a picnic blanket and eat some food. At Thunder over Louisville we watch the fireworks and listen to the music.
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Each day after lunch students complete their clean up jobs to help get our classroom back in order and ready for the rest of the day. These jobs include wiping tables, sweeping, washing dishes, preparing our menu for the next day, refilling the utensil holder, and more!
We got a special visit this week from YATP Alumni, Addison! Addison came back to share a presentation he made about his life as an adult! Everyone enjoyed hearing Addison talk about his own apartment, living on his own, his job at Kroger, his family, and what he likes to do for fun! Addison also shared tips with his former classmates on making good choices, and saving and spending money!
Noah B On April 1st it is going to be Easter. On Easter we are about to have Easter egg hunt outside. We also will cook some of my favorite food for Easter like mac & cheese, Ham and stuffin. The Easter Bunny put all the eggs at each hiding spots outside. If we find all Easter eggs, we will take them inside the house, open them up and see what special prize are inside the eggs. Shane On Easer we go hunt for easer eggs. The eggs hae money in them and I gess eggsy. Sometimes we paint eggs at my grndmas haouse. I don't like to eat the eggs. Rosa
I spend Easter with my family having fun. When I wake up I find my Easter basket with candy, toys and movies. Mommy and Daddy hide my eggs in the house and put money or candy in them. Easter is on April fools day and I play jokes on my friends and family. My favorite candy includes marshmellow peeks, egg bubble gum and jelly beans. After working hard all week we like to end with some fun! Every Friday we have a Fun Friday activity that the students really look forward to. This could be an outing to the mall, bowling, shopping, or doing a special craft or project. Some Fridays also include going out to lunch at a favorite restaurant! This week the students wrote about their favorite lunch spot. Noah B. "My favorite restaurant is McDonalds. I love McDonalds because they are so good. I will order two plain double cheeseburger, a large fries and a large diet coke. I go there with my dad. After we're done eating I will refill my drink and go home." Rosa "My favorite place to eat is Bully's by the high school. I like chicken tenders, french fries and diet drink. I like ketchup for my fries and ranch for my tenders. I like sitting inside when it's cold. There are too many bugs to sit outside. I go there on Friday because it's Fun Friday. Bully's has good food and my worker and I share a brownie." Zolan "My favorite Red Pepper try taste food. I go to Red Pepper in Crestwood. I order at Red Pepper drink and food. The Friday on Red Pepper. I favorite job site is Red Pepper on Friday afternoon." Shane
"I like to eat at Red Robin next to the mall. I like to eat there because I lkie the double grilled cheese. I also like the burger with fries. I like to drink diet coke with my buger. I would like to maybe try the fish sandwich or I guess the shrimp." Zolan The all Ohio rivers flood in roadway closed. Today rain is outside. Prepare for the rain jacket and long pant. My favorite type of weather sunny. The people are tired of rain. Rosa Rainy weather makes me feel sleepy because it's nasty and dark. When it rains I like to stay in and do a puzzle I got for Christmas. I got 4 puzzles for Christmas. When it rains I like to stay home and take a nap and sing too. When it rains I like to play with my dog Asia. Shane Rainy weather makes me feel bad because of clouds. Today's weather is rainy and cloudy. When it's rainy I like to stay in my room and play with toys. When it is raining you should wear a jacket and rain boots. My favorite weather is a lot of snow because I like to play in the snow. February is the month of LOVE and what better way to start it out than by showing some love to someone in need! On Valentines Day YATP students helped put together information binders for Critically Loved, a non-profit agency that offers guidance and support to parents with critically or chronically ill children. The students worked in an assembly line type fashion and completed all the binders for director, TyiaLynn who was very appreciative of their hard work. They finished out the day with beautiful red roses, making Valentines, playing Uno, and visiting with friends!
Each week YATP students read and write about current events. Some subjects are more popular than others... Rosa I don't like watching football because it's annoying. The super bowl is not my favorite thing because it is Loud and boring. On super bowl Sunday I will stay in my room with my dog because I don't watch the game. Chips and dips and drinks are good snacks to eat because they are easy to fix. I watch a movie on my tablet during the super bowl and use my pink earphones. Noah B
Super Bowl is the biggest football game for NFL. I don't like football but my dad Larry loves to watch football games with his friends. Super Bowl is on February 4th. I am playing a pretend new game called Kingdom Hearts with my friend next door. Justin Timberlake is performing in the half time show. Twice a day YATP students go out on CBI - Community Based Instruction. They each have their favorites. Here is what they had to say! Rosa "My favorite place to work is Goodwill. I put things away for them. I like that job because I am good at it. I work there on Tuesday and Thursday. I work with Smish and Shane at Goodwill." Noah B. "My favorite place to work is meals on wheels. The task I complete is to deliver food to the seniors, say good morning meals on wheels, give the food to each senior at each house and then I say have a great afternoon. I love this job because I love to be respectful to the seniors. We work meals on wheels every Monday. We get the food at the senior's center. I work with Ms. Jesse and Rosa." Zolan
"My favorite place is Buckner Elementary because I like the people. I growing up go to work there Buckner. The Buckner is a small town near Oldham County high or middle school. I work there on every Wednesday. I work with Smish." Before we leave for our first jobs we have a morning meeting that includes the students sharing a weather report that they have looked up and researched themselves. Our student weather reports help keep us all informed and also remind us how we might want to dress, what accessories we may need to wear, and what kind of weather the weekend may bring. We certainly have some interesting weather in our area and these last few weeks have been no exception! Noah B I really love snowdays. I like to go snow sledding on a snow day. I should wear a hat, boots, scarf and gloves for the snow. The snow needs to be very cold for snowing. There are two activities that can be done with snow like build a snowman and snowball fight. Shane I don't know I guess I like snow. I like to go outside and maybe throw snowballs at people. I guess you should wear a hat and gloves. Noah B We had three snow days. Yesterday we went to Olive Garden to celebrate Grandma Jane's birthday. I had been sleeping well sometime on snow days I also made more videos and I am making WALL.E 5 soundtracks on YouTube. When I was at dads I spend a night at my brother Zachary Bisson. |