A Late Winter Picture Story

Hi All-

I hope that you're all well rested and reconnected after the break.  By the looks and sounds of things, your babes seem to have grown taller (Tre grew half an inch!), lost lots of teeth (they dropping out of their heads!), and there was lots of swimming and skiing done.

I did a whole lotta nothing and loooved every torpid moment.  Read a number of books, slept late, spent a few days at Stowe Mountain Resort with my man, and Topnotch with my girlfriends.  Also discovered the wonders of cooking with duck fat.  There is NOTHING more delicious!

What I didn't do was update my blog.  My apologies.  What I'm going to do right now is upload photos from read aloud parent visits, our publishing party, Penguin Day, and Reading to End Racism, and today's puppet show.  Truly a wonderful production.

I'll   update Dates to Remember, learnings, and notable quotables over the weekend.  

Enjoy-

Paulette

Penguin Day!

Maxine is a Rockhopper

Idy is too (note the feathers in her hair)

Can you guess what Em is?

Seth brought a friend

EB rocks a chinstrap

On our iceberg

Alexander's costume finally dries!

We had a visitor come to read to us and do an activity during Reading to End Racism Day

Ms. Clements, our Math Coach, teaches a mini lesson in our classroom

Em Keller volunteered for our "Matilda" read aloud

EB reads his story

Em wrote a great piece

Tre wrote about super heroes.  He looks like a serious writer.

Sienna integrated teeth, God, and adolescence in her story.

Seth shares his piece.  The look like serious readers, don't they?

Alahna used lots of dialogue in her story

Z got very descriptive.  Looks like a poetry slam!

The "Handsome and Gretel" puppet show.
Dan warms up the audience.

Look at the joy on their faces!

Dan and Barb lead us in a rousing rendition of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight."
Can you say,"Oweembawep?"

Unfortunately, I couldn't take pictures during the puppet show.  However, I've seen a number of these productions and this was the best by far.  The puppets were fantastic, complete with lots of special effects.  We even got to join Dan and Barb for a question and answer session after the show.  Ask your little about it!

Again, have a nice weekend.  More to come on "Matilda" , NAP, our animal study, new special, art with sAmTk, vocabulary, math, literacy, etc.