School Days

This week I got to go to listen to the 3rd graders recite the poetry they had memorized at school.  They did a fantastic job.  I was very impressed by how much they had memorized and by the poems that were selected.  Four of the kids got to read the acrostic poems they had written for their mothers and Julia was one of them.  Above is a recording of her reading and pictures of the card and poem.  Thanks Julia.

Brigham had a culminating event last week as well.  The first grade classes presented a play on the revolutionary war.  Everyone had a part and Brigham was one of the people at the Boston Tea Party.  His line was, "Rally Mohawks and bring out your axes.  Tell King George we'll pay no taxes on his foreign tea."  It was a great play showing what they had learned about Paul Revere, Betsy Ross, and the founding fathers.  I decided it was much better than a Valentine's party and I honestly think the kids like sharing what they have learned more s well. 

Earlier this year they both had another culminating event.  Julia's class shared stories from Greek mythology and Brigham's class exhibited the coral reefs that they had made.  Peter and I were super proud of both of them and all the things they learned and the hard work they had done.