I put her on the bus as a second grader…
…and a third grader came home!
Hooray for summer vacation!
Last Day of Second Grade
School Days
Treasures of the Rainforest
Carolyn’s class did a presentation called “Treasures of the Rainforest” tonight. She studied the Golden Lion Tamarin, and was able to create a mask and a report on this adorable endangered animal.
Ignoring the bit where I had to run all over creation today looking for a yellow shirt (and I tried for yellow shorts but the best I could come up with was an orange skirt) because she told me just this morning that she needed one, it was an excellent presentation!
Last Day of Preschool
It’s hard to believe that the preschool year is coming to an end…but today was the end-of-year celebration. What a big girl Anna has become over the past year!
Beach Day…Brrr!
Too bad it’s so chilly out there. Apparently that 80 degree stretch of days we had in March was summer, and now it’s fall again. But that didn’t stop Anna from wearing her yellow polka-dot swimsuit to Beach Day at school!
Science Day, School Birthday
Today at preschool it was Science Day, and we celebrated Anna’s summer birthday – the first of many early birthday parties, I’m sure! I got to stay and help make a volcano explode, have fun with magnets, and experiment with bubbles. I think we’re going to have to do some science experiments this summer along with our craft projects…
Spring Concert
Carolyn had her third grade concert this evening. (Since she’s in a 2/3 multi-age class, she’s in the concert as a 2nd grader – she won’t be in it next year.) The kids did a fabulous job, and the concert was beautiful!
Creative Spelling
Seeing as one of her spelling words was “Easter”, we figured putting each spelling word in a plastic egg would be appropriate for her creative spelling assignment this week!
Jazzy Jack-o-Lanterns
Anna had her school Halloween parade and party today. She was also the daily helper, and I volunteered to help out with the class activities for the morning. Exciting day!
The class made jack-o-lantern costumes out of paper bags over the last couple of weeks, and these were what they wore for the parade.
They also sang a cute song (to the tune of Frere Jacques):
Jack-o-lanterns, jack-o-lanterns
Halloween, Halloween
See the bats flying, cold black cats are hiding
Ghosts go “BOO!”, ghosts go “BOO!”
Spelling Homework
This is our first experience with daily homework: spelling lists. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday have pretty normal assignments. Thursday is a more open-ended assignment, where we have to, as a family, come up with a “creative” way to use & practice the words. We knew it would be tough, since we are so new at this, but we realized that if we put our heads together and thought about it, we could figure something out!
Sharing is Good
Anna is so excited to have the “sharing bag” to bring to school today. Since the color of the month is orange, she has to bring in an orange mystery item for her classmates to guess. Her clues are:
1. You eat it.
2. It’s crunchy.
3. It grows in the ground.
Any guesses?
No?
It’s a carrot!
Also, she gets to be the “star helper” for the morning. Like I said, she’s excited!
