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Save the Date!

Are you ever looking for fun, laid back events for your family?  Here's a recommendation! 

On Saturday, Emily and I attended another fun Catching Joy (http://catchingjoy.org/) event.  This event took place a lovely place on Berkeley Street in Boston called Tico (http://ticoboston.com/).  Parking was a breeze because it was an early event (10 a.m.), which is always a bonus! 
Emily's Daisy troop collected books for this event which benefits Reach Out and Read (http://www.reachoutandread.org/).  We delivered a bagful of gently used titles and created bookmarks to go with them while at Tico. 
After making the bookmarks, we enjoyed a DELICIOUS brunch (reasonably priced) and enjoyed the musical talent of Ben Rudnick and Friends (http://www.benrudnick.com/), a fun band that plays music geared toward children.  You may know of them if you have ever attended the Life Is Good Festival! The only cost was for brunch, which is optional.

There is a similar event coming up on June 3rd from 12-2.  The venue and format will be the same, though  on a Sunday (easy and FREE meter parking).  The June event will be to benefit Newton Wellesley Hospital.  They are asking guest to bring a new teddy bear donate to children at the hospital.  The craft (which I will be running) is decorating a paper teddy bear.  Crafters are welcome to donate their decorated bear or keep it as a reminder of their generosity! Here's a link with more info: http://www.benrudnick.com/familyworks/events.html#June3.

If you are not ready to go home after the event, it is also World Oceans Day which will be celebrated at the New England Aquarium.  Catching Joy will also be hosting a table there making turtle crafts!

Learning about Adverbs

Currently, second graders are learning about adverbs in grammar.  It is important to continually review other parts of speech that we have done: nouns, verbs, and adjectives.  Ways to do this are define, come up with examples, try to pick them out of sentences, and revise them in writing.  Enjoy this Adverb Schoolhouse Rock!

Grace's Voki!

Tim's Voki!

Thanks Tim!  I'm sure everyone will enjoy this!

Happy President's Day!

Writing and Sharing

One of the tech items we are lucky enough to have in our classroom is a document camera (code name: Goose).  It makes sharing work easy and the kids love to show what they've done!  Here they are working on writing how to build a snowman (sequencing).