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Saturday, May 28, 2016

Chalk Pastels

TGIF! I love Fridays.  It is a day when we can relax a little from our rigorous studies and add an element of fun to our learning.  This school year has been a tad bit chaotic and it has taken us a few months to settle and find our new normal but I think we've finally found our groove. Friday I try to do something fun in the kitchen, an experiment or some artwork.  Today we worked with chalk pastels and talked about drawing the outline of shapes and blending the colors. The assignment was to find a picture of an animal and sketch it in chalk.  Avery decided to sketch the cover of Where the Red Fern Grows.  We are currently reading this is school.  Taylor picked a picture from a book on giraffes because she is doing an animal report on them.  As I watched them slowly sketch their pictures I was amazed with their abilities.   I am pleased with the effort they gave.  Well done girls.  Keep up the good work!









Friday, May 13, 2016

A Slash of Blue

This week in our First Language Lessons we memorized the poem:


"A Slash of Blue"
by Emily Dickinson.