Weekly Update

Dear Families, It is great to be back together again, learning together. It sound like the children had a great vacation. Some friends traveled far, others stayed closer to home, but they returned to school eager to share and willing to learn new things. We continued our animal writing reports this week and we are almost done. This week, the students added chapters on how their animal takes care of its babies and another chapter on fun facts. We are also adding a table of contents and some students even have a glossary section! We look forward to sharing these reports and all of our other writing on May 17th when we have our Reading Restaurant. Our Reading Restaurant will have two sessions; one starting at 6pm and ending at 6:40pm, and another sessions between 6:45-7:30. I will send an email with specific information about assignments for each session. Please make sure that you and your family arrive early as we only have 5 minutes for seating. You can invite as many friends or family-members as you can and want, of course. We understand that sometimes family-members are away on trips or have other prior commitments. Thank you. This week the students on team Harmony had the opportunity to participate in another 4 Winds class. Once again, thank you parent volunteers for putting these terrific classes together. The students learned about forest birds this time and had the opportunity to engage in outdoor games and learning activities as well as inside station work. Ask your child to explain how we explored how birds eat their food with their beaks. Also ask your child to explain how we learned to search for specific markers on the birds to identify them. Lastly, thank you all for coming in to our parent conferences before the break. It was great to chat with all of you and show your child's learning and progress. Thank you for your continued support in your child's education. Have a great weekend! Regards, Maria