Today we finished our puppet assembly tying a ribbon around our water-colored kimonos. We have glued on heads and collars as well. We are ready to rehearse our collectively-written Japan story.
We have continued to practice number sentences focusing on subtraction, and moving to the left on the number line. We have been using both horizontal [...]
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Week 24, Day 48: March 27, 2009
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Week 24, Day 47: March 24
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Spring is here, albeit brief reminders that we live in New England, and the sun and warmth are still very sporadic! In the morning, we still have fire in the wood stove, but by afternoon, we are outdoors for 30 minutes or so, playing among the rocks, forsythia huts, the fairy (fire) circle, and the [...]
Week 23, Day 46: March 20, 2009
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We began our day with our first spirit walk of the spring. We walked silently and observed the spring’s onset with all of our senses. (Both Liam and Rosey were present as they were off from school, and friends welcomed old friends into the fold with both, old and new routines.
During snack we read Japan: [...]
Week 23, Day 45: March 17, 2009
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We began our day reading about Japan and its culture with the book, Counting your way through Japan by Jim Haskins. We have learned about Mt. Fuji, the fierce natural catastrophes in Japan, kimonos, the importance of fishing and rice farming, and the “No” plays used to teach morals or Japanese history.
We are working at [...]
Week 22, Day 44: March 13, 2009
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Today we “flew” to Japan, and discussed its geography and people. We also began our discussion of World War II and its impact on Japan as we read The Wakame Gatherers by Holly Thompson. The story tells of a young girl who lives in Japan with her Japanese grandmother. Her American grandmother from Maine comes [...]
Week 22, Day 43: March 12, 2009
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Today we bid farewell to Tibet, and put our art project comprised of landscapes of mountains and prayer flags in our passports. Each of the prayer flags contains a sacred symbol of Tibet: a yak, a lotus, the Dalai Lama, and a rider on a horse.
We are playing with our finger alphabet and short rhyming [...]
Week 21, Day 42: March 6, 2009
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This week we are finishing our journey through Tibet, and getting ready to update the passports we’ve been using throughout the year.
In math, we have been continuing our study with sums of two and three dice. The object of playing games and the repetition in throwing dice and recording sums is to have the sums [...]
Week 21, Day 41: March 3, 2009
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Today we celebrated Read Across America Day. As inspired by Liam’s teacher, Ruth Manna, we will also partake in the “Iditaread” for the month of March. Although we are finishing up Tibet, and traveling to Japan, we will learn a bit about the Iditarod—the 1000+ mile dog & sleigh race from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska—that [...]
Read Across America-
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Read Across America
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IDITAREAD- Inspired by Ms Manna (of Conway Grammer School)
