2/3/12
Dear RiverRun Families,
In honor of Black History month some of the children in the class will be reading books about slavery and sharing what they have read about with the rest of the class. Today we talked about Camilla Williams. She recently died at age 92. She was the first black women to have a contract with a major opera company. She played Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly. We listened to an excerpt of an interview she gave about herself; she sounded like a very interesting and talented women.
This week we continued our studies of the earth. I built on the story of earth's creation and talked about the earth itself. We learned about the inner and outer core of the earth, the mantle, crust, hydrosphere, and atmosphere. The barysphere is made up of the mantle, inner and outer core. The barysphere keeps us stuck to the earth. Barys comes from Greek language meaning heavy. We will continue looking at our earth and its atmosphere (Greek: atmos, vapor) next week.
The Open Door Bookstore is having a writing contest. The theme is A Nighttime Bookstore. The children who wish to, have been writing a piece to submit. The rest of the children have been working on their own stories.
“The lack of recognition for my accomplishments used to bother me, but you cannot cry over those things. There is no place for bitterness in singing. It works on the cords and ruins the voice. In his own good time, God brings everything right.” Camilla Williams, interview 1995. Taken from an article in yesterdays NYTimes.
Reminders:
Please fill out the Valentine's lunch swap
2/12/12 Schenectdy Greenmarket 10:00-2:00
2/15/12 RiverRun Open House 9:30-11:00
2/17/12-parent/teacher conferences - call Jacqui Foster to schedule a time
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