The
children are learning about
the Pharisee and
the tax collector, and St. Augustine.
Ths
story this week is The Many
Lives of Benjamin Franklin.
Using apostrophe's correctly in contractions
and
possessives is part of our work this week.
Math
Science
We are
beginning work on
fractions. We will
be adding and subtracting fractions for a few weeks.
Animals
and their habitats are
the topics related to those in reading.
We will our have our day
of flight March 30 or April 1, weather permitting.
Social Studies This
week we are learning
about Brazil.
Monday
or Tuesday is our "Day of Flight".
Please bring a kite.
Children are like kites, you spend a
lifetime
trying to get them off the ground. you run
with them until you are both breathless. When they crash you add a longer
tail. They
hit a rooftop you pick them up and comfort
them. You watched them get picked up by the
wind. You assure them that they will someday
fly. Finally they are airborn. They need more
string and you keep letting it out, with each
twist of the ball of twine. There is a
sadness that goes with the joy. As the kite
becomes more distant you somehow know that
the lifeline that held you together will
snap, to soar as it was meant to
soar......free and alone.
