Week 22 in Lower Elementary North

Happy Lunar New Year! Welcome year of the Ox! Thank you for all the gifts of construction and tissue paper, clementines, and fresh flowers. The children really enjoyed crafting, playing Chinese Bingo as well as eating delicious chow mein, fried rice, and sweet treats today!

Books we are reading:

  • Someday Is Now: Clara Luper and the Oklahoma City Sit Ins, Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovic
  • The Story of Martin Luther King Jr., Christine Platt
  • Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Pride Flag, Rob Sanders
  • The Story of Gandhi, Susan B. Katz
  • Despereaux the Mouse, Kate DiCamillo

Skills we are practicing:

  • Physical distancing

 

Overheard

“I have more candy, but I don’t think I can eat it all. It’s a lot of sugar.”

“Can I make a flower too?” “Yes! Would you like me to show you how?”

“There were like fifty bajillion Roman emperors.”

Santih,

Nancy and Maria