This Week

We had a week full of energetic interests! Oliver brought in the book, Young Lancelot, that the children enjoyed so much they wanted to read it again. Half moral tale, half about the training that goes into becoming a knight, there was a little bit of something for everyone! The topics of adoption, arrogance, giants and battles were discussed by the children.

The other interesting development was that many children in the class started drawing mazes during writing workshop, with the goal of producing a class book of Mazes. We came together to discuss how to describe the detailed images contained in the exciting pathways. The interest most likely came from the start of a new woodworking project, designing and building marble mazes with Mr. Josh in shop. It will be intersting to see how this writing project eveolves.

Friendships

Love is in the air, and the children are making discovering new friends even this late in the school year! Begging for playdates, playing cops and robbers on the playground, and wanting to be all together sharing experiences such as testing out the strenght of a block structure. We are having fun!

Building and Construction

The children continue to make progress on thier Mini-Me treehouses, which are really taking shape. There was lots of discussion about needing more Choice Time, and I completely agree! There is so much to do in Lower Elementary and not enough time! I am pleased as the children come in each day excited about the day ahead, and today they were disappointed that Writing Workshop was shortened due to the Poetry assembly.

Have a wonderful weekend,

Ms. Jen