Earth Day and Arts & Poetry

Hello!

It is so nice to end this week with a glorious, sunny spring-like day! It has been a busy week with our all school Earth Day celebration on Wednesday and Arts & Poetry night on Thursday. I was so proud of our children as they stood at the podium and shared the poetry that was inspired by their work with artist-in-residence, Lyn Hoopes. On Earth Day, our class pledged to REDUCE, REUSE, and RECYCLE. I am pleased to notice that our pledge from last year, to limit the amount of trash we create at snack and lunch times, has made a huge difference. Our class has been generating very little trash this year! Bravo to our students AND parents!

This week we began our Biography project. These are the people that our students are studying:

Ean: Barack Obama

Mira: Amelia Earhart

Ethan: Claude Monet

Sascha: Leonardo Da Vinci

We are utilizing the computer program Kidspiration to take notes as we read our biography books. This is a nice way to transition our writing and research skills to the computer, which is the main tool that students will use to research and write in later grades. Simultaneously, we are beefing up our typing skills through the use of the computer program Type to Learn.

Please remember that the Suitcase Project papers and props are due next Wednesday, May 4th. We will be sharing this project with our special visitors on Grandfriends' Day next Friday, May 6th.

This week we received an exciting trunk of materials from the Perkins School! Children explored writing in braille and were able to see some interesting materials designed for blind people. These included an edition of Harry Potter written in braille!

I hope you all have a fabulous weekend!

Warmly,

Lee