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Hello Families!

Next week begins our Student Lead Conferences!  Please make sure you have signed up for a time to meet. (You can find the sign up outside on the info board outside our classroom) Each meeting will be 30 minutes, and they are back to back, so please make sure to be on time so that we can respect each family's time.  I have been collecting work done by each child so that they can share it with their family.  Part of the time will be sharing, and part of the time will be goal setting. If there are some more adult conversations to be had during the goal setting, we have a time where your child will be reading or coloring with another teacher so that we can do this, too.  I can't wait!  I love having this time together to talk about your child's unique ideas!

I want to thank all the parents who have signed up to clean, do laundry and to bring flowers to make our class lovely and alive.  The children have been using the many flowers and foliage to deepen their drawing and observational techniques too.  So all offerings have been very appreciated!  Check out some of the latest work on the wall outside of our classroom.  And I will be organizing binders of more work to come.

Our latest Internet Investigation:

On Tuesday we looked at a video of finches.  This came from Paz's interview. When he mentioned these type of birds, the friends were asking many questions.  One question asked if they were at all like chickens.  Paz said no, but wasn't sure how to describe them.  The video brought a lot of understanding, but also the friends (because they are so inquisitive and getting good at vocalizing clear questions) were curious about the contraption that they are eating from as well as the bird at the end- could it be a woodpecker, instead of a finch?  It was also interesting to see their reaction to the music and the fact that it's not English.  I pointed out that the language at the beginning and end that is printed is also not English.  Where in the world could this video be from?  Ah, the magic of the Internet!  I hope you enjoy watching it too!
http://www.birdcinema.com/view_video.php?viewkey=a16600d5ccc644c19bf1

The class is alive with ideas and we are enjoying our time together.  Thank you for sharing your fabulous friends!  Love, Jennifer