Africa Open House a Great Success thanks to YOU!

Thanks to everyone who was able to attend our Open House this morning. I think students enjoyed their work and their learning about Africa as we went along. Their joy and pride in their work was so obviously amplified by sharing it with each of you today. Thank you for being inquisitive with your children, for your enthusiasm, and for your understanding that for the most part, these were individualized projects. The ideas came from the people who made them. They were given the opportunity to pursue their own interests within the general topic of Africa.

Another highlignt of our week occurred on Tuesday during our 3-4 science class. As you know, we have been studying pendulums. This week students were able to design, test, redesign, test and play with their own pendulums. They worked in groups of two, three and four collaborating to create a pendulum that would knock down objects below. After about an hour of design and building, we toured around visiting each group's pendulum set up. It was amazing to see the variety, the problem solviing thhe joy, and so on. We ended with a discussion of density in the context of two bobs with surprising attributes: one was clay, and the other brass. Please ask your child about this, and about their whole design experience.

In writing we are working on the Response to Literature form. Most students have completed a rough draft.

I hope you all will have a restful and fun week. Maybe we'll even get some snow!