End of Semester?!?!

I can't believe we are already at the end of the first semester!  I have had so much fun getting to know your children over these last couple of months.  I thought it might be fun to have a short snack time next week in honor of their hard work this semester.  Would a few moms be willing to send in some things to share with the class?  Maybe some juice boxes, a salty snack (like popcorn, goldfish or some other cracker), a sweet snack, and /or some fruit (just to keep it healthy:).  Just email me and let me know what you can bring (rhondamlin@aol.com).

Also, we spent our presentation time this week reviewing all of the skills we have learned this semester.  They took turns drawing the various skills out of a basket.  They then explained the skill and showed us a good example and a bad example of that skill.  They did a great job and I look forward to their final presentation this semester where they will try to put it all together and use the skills we have learned.  They can do their presentation on any topic they choose.

See you all next week!
Rhonda

Week 9

Happy Monday!
We had a great time with the crayfish last week...maybe some future doctors on our hands!  This week we will continue the fun with owl pellet dissections.  We discussed adding the skills of inflection and persuasiveness to our presentations last week.  Tomorrow your students should come prepared with a presentation that persuades the audience to believe in something or to "buy" something (props are welcomed).  Remember to put those tin whistles in their backpacks for more music theory and practice in fine arts.  See you tomorrow!
Rhonda