Dear Parents,
With the end of the year comes many events and meetings. Please update your calendars for the busy weeks ahead!
And a very important announcement… The second grade has been asked to perform the maypole dance at this year’s May Faire on May 13 at 11:00! It is unusual for a second grade to hold his honor, and I’m thrilled for the class to be able to have this opportunity. The sixth grade will be playing music for us. While I expect all the children to attend these large festivals, I know it isn’t always possible for every family. However, since maypole dancing is relies on partners, I need to know as soon as possible if your child will not be attending.
UPCOMING EVENTS
- Parent Evening, Thursday, May 4, 7:00-9:00 pm. On the agenda are the camping trip, next year’s orchestra program, the 9-year change, and more!
- The camping trip Food Team is meeting at 6:30pm. Anyone interested in helping devise a menu, get ingredients, etc, please come early on Thursday to attend the meeting.
- Grandparents and Special Friends Day, Friday, May 5.
- Choral Concert, Friday, May 5, 6:00pm. Come hear grades 3-8 sing
- May Faire (previously Summer Fest), Saturday, May 13, 11:00-1:00. Second grade will open the fest with a maypole dancing performance. Join us for the last big community bash of the year. Potluck, maypole dancing, face painting, games, and more!
- Class Camping Trip – May 17-19
CLASSROOM HIGHLIGHTS – Parts of Speech and Reading
This week we learned that the wizard doesn’t just have instant words, but he also categorizes words as naming words, doing words, and describing words. You can see that this will lead us to proper parts of speech. Right now we are in the introductory phases. This is one of those things that is very obvious to us as adults, but takes a little work as a child to understand. We spent some time this week playing games like charades (doing words) to help differentiate the parts of speech.
We had our first Reading Workshop class yesterday. Thank you to the volunteers who came in to help! This is different from regular reading class where we’re all working from the same text. In Reading Workshop, each child is reading from their own “just right” book. Some brought books in, others selected (with help) books from my options, and a few just worked on their wizard instant words. Over the last few weeks, many students are beginning to shoot ahead in their reading abilities. The work they have put in is starting to pay off!
Due to picture day scheduling, Hannah Dallman and I had to alter one of our Handwork classes. We decided to host class in the park, to adorable results. Such a picturesque Waldorf moment, 8-year-olds knitting gnomes under the blooming crabapple trees.
Best,
Hannah