Lower Elementary Newsletter - March 27, 2015

3/27/15

Dear RiverRun Families,

We have devoted a good amount of time this week to painting dinosaurs and working on the Authors’ Tea stories.  Illustrator Laura Hamor joined us again on Tuesday.  She talked to the children about different mediums used for illustrating and had lost of examples to show the children.  We learned that on the copy right page of books it states the medium the illustrator used.  Now that I know this I will be sure to check that out. 

            Since the children are enjoying grammar and often ask that we write sentences for them to symbolize I purchased a nice new work from Mandala.  The sentences are taken from books the children may have read, like Max’s Ride.  They can symbolize and shelf-check after with the answer key.  This work offers a real connection to books they have read and allows them seek out these books on their own and extend their grammar work.

Best Wishes,

Amy and Rachel

Spring rain
leaking through the roof
dripping from the wasps’ nest.
Matsuo Basho (c. 1680)

Dates to Remember:

April 3-10   No School

April 15      Field Trip to Flight with Mark our P.E. teacher

April 16      9:30-11:30  Open House