Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone had a delightful long weekend. I heard all about the fun trips and adventures folks had during their mid-winter break - lots of students wrote very elaborate pieces about their vacation during writing time.
In fact, we have been working very hard on elaborating by giving lots of details, using our senses, and describing exactly who, what, where, when, and why.
We also read all about Georgia O'Keefe today and how she mostly painted things found in nature (like shells, flowers, hills, mountains, the sky) instead of people or animals. Then students created their own landscapes in the style of O'Keefe's Evening Star painting.
I am really excited about this. He is a Seattle author who has written, Practically Perfect Pajamas (which I read to the class earlier this year), and has a new book out called, Polar Opposites. If you would like to purchase a book, please return the order form by this Friday, Feb. 25th.
To top off our day, we also created a new seating arrangement. Mrs. Morissey and I try to do this once a month... it's a good excuse to clean out the desks, sit by new people, and rotate through the one desk that isn't a 'partner' desk (all of our desks are 2-tops except for one and we have 21 students... so one lucky person gets their own desk every once in awhile... but always connected to a table group of friends.)
Remember that the book rodeo is this Friday and have a wonderful afternoon.
