We’ve had busy, full weeks. Working backwards:
We celebrated Kate’s sixth birthday today. Kate’s parents and third grade sister Stella were able to join us. Stella did a great job reading one of Kate’s favorite books. At snack we enjoyed delicious blueberry muffins. Thank you, Koethi, Stephen, and Stella, for making Kate’s birthday a special one!
Our assembly on Courage (the second theme of our expanded social curriculum) took place yesterday. Kindergarten-Grade 3 students presented their projects. Kindergarten drew pictures based on the books we had read that addressed bullying, telling the truth, and civil rights. They did a great job! Below is a video of the kindergarten presentation. (If it doesn’t work, let me know and I’ll try again!)
Last week held Alaska Day and the children had a blast trying different activities such as Alaskan outdoor games, decorating a totem pole, running the “BCD Iditerod”, and making s’mores over a campfire. And there was even snow – a very welcome surprise in this mostly-snowless winter. It was a fun afternoon.
In the morning we enjoyed seeing the Mardi Gras and Carnevale celebrations presented by the Middle School. The plays and songs in French and Spanish were terrific. We also got to taste some of the special foods that going along with those two holidays.
Inbetween these fun events the children made pages for their book on the four seasons, using cray-pas and blue paper. In math, we finished up our unit with Venn diagrams and each child made a wonderful final project using colored pasta. We continue to work hard in Language Arts, learning the sounds of J, P, L and G.
I hope all you have a happy and fun March Break. School resumes on Tuesday, March 27 (Monday is a professional in-service day for teachers.)
Think Spring!
Andrea