Wednesday, October 8, 2014

October 8, 2014

Hello Parents! 

Just a quick note to say that we will be eating lunch in the classroom or out in the garden tomorrow. it's Elsie's last day, and we want to have a nice lunch together before she gets in her car and heads for North Carolina! 

By the way, we began designing and building race cars today. We want them to be sturdy yet quick on the ramp. Ask your child about his or her design so far. 

If you are interested in having your second grader take part in Continental Math, please let me know. It involves getting together for about 40 minutes per week in a small group of budding mathematicians with a parent leader -- having fun with facing intriguing math problems and learning strategies to solve them.

Interning at the Library --
Tae, Neveah, and Blake practiced being librarians with Ms. Blaine.

Calling all Musicians and/or Singers: we are looking forward to our Stone Soup Harvest celebration in the ABS garden on October 23rd. I have lined up a couple fiddle players and I'll be on guitar. There will be some square dancing and lots of "This Land is Your Land."  If you would like to join us to eat hearty soup or even to sing a few songs with us (or play a guitar or violin or gut bucket or knock a couple of rocks together to keep the beat) we would so-love to have you join us. After all, Stone Soup is all about sharing what you have with the community. So come on down! 

Democracy in action: we  have a nice bench along the side of the Morning Meeting rug. We are trying to figure out what is the best way to let everyone have a turn on the bench but not have it be too long between times on the bench. First and second graders alike chimed in with some wise suggestions and strategies. We voted and we learned what a "majority" is. Ask your child what we decided to do!

That's about it for now. I'm really enjoying getting together with you all for conferences. 


David
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