Haiku

April is poetry month and perhaps because of my great love of God's stunning creation, I  really like one style of poetry- haiku.

I love your poetry!

   Flowers by E. C-B.

     Flowers in the spring

Flowers in the morning fog

     Flowers are colorful

We play in the creek.

We find butterflies and worms.

We help to save them.

by C. N.

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This experience is surely worthy of a haiku, don't you think?

What's Happening

Let me say, I'm not having the best time with this anomometer. The wind gauge was easier. Fool around with whatever you have to make one. Look up the sites I've sent to see what weathermen or weatherwomen use.
Love seeing your work.

He who plants the seed beneath the sod and waits to see believes in God.

Way to upcycle an outgrown dress!

 Wise almost third graders read, read, read, read!

It was fun to hang out yesterday. Don't worry if you missed it. You can join another time.  

You know I love every one of you, but I must say Mr. K.H. won student of the day when this was delivered to my door yesterday!  So delicious.

So, I'm off to cook a meal for an elderly friend of mine and then more videos, yee haw!!!!

Hard at Work, Lots of Play

I love seeing such amazing work and reading from my second graders.

And Corona Goes On

I so love to see you busy doing all kinds of learning.  I see art and cultural studies, science, reading, writing, social studies, religion. 

 Makes Mrs. Paris smile  big!!!

So happy someone accepted the egg carton challenge.

Japanese Kimono. Nice job!

Don't have a desk?  Make your own. So clever!

That Japanese art of origami, practiced by my students.

Anything to add some color to our situation!

Speaking of colorful, what a colorful way to decorate your yard!

Way to tackle a science experiment!

Whoa, look at some of the things it takes to bring a simple pancake to your plate!

Hooray, I'm done!

Happy Easter

It looks like some of you enjoyed homemade bread over the weekend. Good for you!

I hope you do a lot of measuring and real work with measurement and fractions in this home time.

Continue to add to your adventure story this week.
Are you showing with your words, not just telling?
For example- I walked along the creek. A little boring. Let's try again.
As I meandered along the rocky creek bank, the rippling water was as cold as ice.
Do you see the simile?  "as cold as ice"  Similes bring things to mind through our senses.

Where am I, I wondered as I stared through the thick, black bars into a pair of kind blue eyes. I knew I was no longer in my beautiful forest home with my own mama and all my extended family. I remember clinging desperately to my mother as she tried to outrun something chasing us.  Then I heard a loud and awful sound and we fell. Something ran up and grabbed me, and stuffed me in a sack.  Now I don't see anyone I know. Where am I?

"You're okay little one."  The kind blue eyes is making sounds, but I don't know what those sounds mean, though they sound like a gentle rain.  Now she is moving closer and moving the black bars and reaching in to grab me and take me out.  Fearfully I cling to her chest as she gently pats my back and make soft sounds.  Slowly we move through trees and I wonder if I'm back home, but these leaves look different.  I quickly sneak out my hand to grab a branch with young tender leaves. We meander along a rocky creek and squat down to get a drink.  Wow, what a shock, the water is not warm or cool, but makes me shake with cold.   No, this is better than the bars, but it isn't home.

Can you find a simile in my second paragraph?
Can you use a simile in your writing this week?

I hope to make my weekly visit to our classroom today.  I want to see what is happening in the bluebird box. 
This is what was happening last week.
First, I was happy to see that it is a bluebird's nest. How do I know?  It is  made from pine needles. Not moss like the black capped chickadee, not lichen like a hummingbird, not sticks like a house wren, not a mess of any and every thing that those invasive sparrows make. 

Bluebird eggs are small and blue. They can be white, but usually they are blue.

It will fun to see if there are more today.  

I hope you are having a good day today.

The First Bread Success!

Way to go Brooks!

Bread - check

 Measuring-check.

Religion-check

 Prayer Card- check.

Elise-Time to eat- check

The Lowly Egg Carton Challenge

Holy Week- a very different one for us for true.  I hope everyone is jumping in with lots of prayers, readings and activities to mark the week.

In the art video, I issued an egg carton challenge.
Rather than something colorful, this might appeal to a few folks I know in second grade.

https://minimadthings.com/blogs/news/egg-carton-faces?fbclid=IwAR3mNQp5eID4J2Id9B0xOk2PHaAumvLC4SlDdKzJGdfuK-wg2HH5GnieH5I

Here is a site that has so very many great art ideas.
https://barleyandbirch.com/2020/03/discover-40-functional-art-projects-for-kids/?mc_cid=1a8d997d4e&mc_eid=4a764becf7

I am seeing some great stories, so I would like to issue another challenge. Perhaps when your animal adventure is all done, you could create and illustrate a book and share it on a video we all could watch.  I would love to see and hear you read for a change.

Wait, maybe you could create backgrounds and have your pet in the video too.

For now, we'll just take a peek at some of our friends working hard.

Are you ready to make some bread?  This is how mine turned out.

Keep working hard. Remember, by distancing you are serving.