Let the Good Times Roll!

Dear Families,

I hope you all had sufficient time to bond with your children over our latest holiday weekend! I did some maintenance, like brakes all around, plumbing repairs in the bathroom, etc...I live in a very old house! GRrrrrrrrrr!

In math most all of the students in class are really "getting it" (decimals). Wow, it seems like such a difficult subject to me, but they are flying. We will be continuing with decimals/fractions/percentages for awhile. But at this rate, it may go faster than I thought!

All of you must come into the classroom to view your child's incredibly beautiful oil paintings. Each painting is rich with the vision your child saw in the flower. Last year we made a quilt from the paintings that were transferred to fabric. "Sewing Bee" anyone? I have the quilt from last year, but this year I would love to put one together for the artist who donated her time for free to teach the children how to mix colors, express themselves, and create. This means we will need someone to take pictures of each painting, transfer them onto fabric, and help with purchases of materials like batting and diverse fabrics that will compliment the paintings. Any takers?

Also, fictional narratives are being posted on our bulletin board outside the classroom. On Friday, February 18th, Donna Frye's writer, Chet will be speaking to your children about writing, the process, and the final piece. He and Donna also offered to print some of the students' pieces in Frye Lights, her news letter. Yipee!

The Wax Musuem will be scheduled for Thursday, February 25th from 1pm-3pm. This means it is time to create costumes for your child's character. On that day they can just bring their costumes to change into at lunch time or they can be in character all day.

Lastly, we finally started science and are looking at minerals and the creation of crytals that we will be observing tomorrow and discussing what we see and why we think what we did made a change. Next, we will be looking at and defining rocks. Don't be surprised when your child tells you they ate some rocks that spewed out of a volcanoe.

As usual, email or call anytime.

Love,
Kim