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Mondays are my afternoon for helping in Eleri’s class. I love the opportunity to get to know the children in the class. On this Monday, Eleri’s class was dissecting a squid as part of their study of invertebrates. Squid are cephalopods, which are the largest and most active invertebrates. The class was […]
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Book Week is a special week at Concordia. Ms Shepard arranged for Moms to bring in a treat all week relating to the book, “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie”. Monday were cookies for “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie”. Tuesday were muffins for “If You Give a Moose a Muffin”. […]
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The annual Daddy Daughter Dance for Girl Scouts is a big event every year. This year the theme was Disco Nights. Emersyn is no longer in Girl Scouts, but Eleri has continued as a Daisy. I am Eleri’s Daisy leader with nine 1st graders in my troop. Eleri has fun with her friends at […]
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Emersyn spent Saturday afternoon working on her Saturn project which was due today. The assignment was to put together an advertisement to promote living on or visiting Saturn. She needed to use facts about the planet in her advertisement. Jim and Emmy created a paper mache for the planet, got out the paints to […]
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Emersyn’s story as part of her space theme study. A Lost Alien, by Emersyn Lyon “We are the first people to land on Saturn!†Janie exclaimed. “Oh joy, †Andrew said dully, “Maybe we’ll get to see a alien!†he said sarcastically. This time Janie couldn’t tell. “Don’t be silly!†Janie said, […]
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After chapel, Ms Shepard had a “Meet the Author” gathering. The students set their stories out with excitement to show them off. Parents were asked to go around the room to listen to your child and other children read their stories. The kids all had a big smile as they read their stories. […]
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The Elementary children attend chapel once month. Chapel is held in the motor skills room (gym). It is led by two classes so every class has an opportunity to be part of Chapel throughout the year. Ms Shepard’s first grade class and Ms Johnson’s second grade class were the leaders for March […]
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For the 100 days of school, Eleri made these fun 100 eye glasses. They also had 100 day snack. All the children brought in small snacks such as gold fish, crackers, cheerios, etc. They counted out 100 snacks for each child. Another fun day at school. Average Rating: 4.4 out of 5 […]
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Emersyn had drama this semester, which she loved. The 5th & 6th grade drama classes were presenting their drama showcase from 6pm – 7:30pm. This made for a rushed after school to get back to Jinqiao to see the show. The bags were packed and ready for another adventure as we were leaving for […]
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Eleri’s teacher, Ms Shepard, has a “Papas and Popcorn” fun activity. Each month a Papa comes to the class to read a book to the children. He brings in two bags of popcorn for the children to enjoy while the Dad reads the story. The elementary school has three microwaves in the commons. Jim […] |