And so we enter the second last month of 2013 with some fun. This past week, Katrine had a really fun homework project. She brought home the class pet – a stuffed frog. She wrote in his journal each day and the assignment resulted in some of her best writing. In fact, it was the first time that I have ever seen her assume another’s voice when writing. More importantly, she genuinely had fun doing homework. I am considering if there is a way that I can use this with my own class. The question being what is a cool “pet” for a group of students between the ages of 7 and 10 mostly boys? Suggestions welcome.
They did homework together. Yes, Katrine actually made up a homework assignment for the frog and then corrected it!
He acquired a pair of glasses after commenting on hers.
Then he had a sleepover with all of her webkinz. Think that she has a few?
The final night of his stay we went out for Vietnamese. According to his journal, this particular restaurant served delicious fly pho!!
Elspeth continues to enjoy Kindergarten although she has been fighting off a bit of a cold this week. Yesterday was photo day at swimming. It was hard to get photos with none of the other children in them. Hence the single photo below. She is having a lot of fun and is doing much better with her floats. Still hates to put her face in though. That is okay, learning to swim is a process.
