Our week started out with some work on a book report on the biography of Frank Lloyd Wright for Noah. He had to write his book report on a snowman. He could also create a poster board for his in-class presentation if he wanted. Or dress up as his character. Or both. If you know …
Last week we went to Grandparent’s Night at Noah’s school. This event is a combined Grandparent’s Night, Book Fair, and PTA Bingo Fundraiser. The teachers and the PTA do a wonderful job setting everything up. Out in the parking lot, they have food trucks and snow cone trucks and things like that. In the cafeteria, …
This week, Emily had her 7th grade band concert. The concert was a combination of the two junior high schools that will eventually go to the same high school. These two schools had not practiced together before the day of the performance. They only had a four-hour practice to prepare that afternoon. That’s pretty amazing …
Emily has started playing the clarinet in band class this year. At first, she wanted to play another brass instrument but she got put in the woodwind class and they didn’t have room for her to change. I think she’s starting to enjoy the clarinet and she’s doing really well with it though. Back in …
Last fall, Noah’s class did a series on Flat Stanley. Have you heard of him? He’s a character from a children’s book and a bulletin board fell on him squashing him to half an inch thick. From there, he gets rolled up, mailed off, and folded into a kite. Noah created a paper cut-out of …
I know that school is out for the summer, but I wanted to share another thing that Emily and I made for Teacher Appreciation week. One of the PTA special activities was a treat day for the teachers where people could bring sweet treats and baked goods. Emily and I searched the internet for some …
You guys, I can’t believe we’re already at the last day of school! The time is just going by so fast right now. Before you know it, the summer will be gone and we’ll be back to the school routine. But for now, I’m going to enjoy this transition to summer and the slower pace …
Noah’s first grade awards ceremony was this afternoon at the school. They did things a little bit differently. Each child decorated an envelope and the teachers put all their certificates and awards inside of it. At the awards ceremony, each child was called up on stage one at a time and were presented with their …