After last week's non-stop excitement and outings, things were a little more even keel for the last 5 days. We enjoyed learning a new addition game for Math, and have been challenging ourselves every day to write full sentences in our journals. Some of us in kindergarten still need help putting all the words together, but we are all getting really good at using our weekly dictée words to help us form sentences that make sense in French. A number of us became "home owners" for the first time this week and got our pictures on the wall of recognition. We have been saving our nickels and dimes and passed up the chance to get extra candy/toys to instead make an "investment" into our future so that we no longer have to pay rent. A couple of us even purchased some of our friends' homes so that THEY will now be paying rent to US. We are quite excited about that prospect. Others among us are perfectly happy to continue renting and Mme Van Sickle says that's just fine, too. In life, some of us want to be home owners while others among us prefer the freedom and flexibility of renting (not to mention the more immediate disposable income). ;-) On Thursday it was raining but that didn't stop us from going on our weekly nature walk to Hoffman Park. One student asked, "Is this a rainforest, since it's raining?" We are so happy that people seem to respect the forts that we have built in the forest. Every week that we return, the forts are still there and we are able to add to them. One of our forts even has two "floors" now - an upstairs and a downstairs. Tree stumps become fortresses, with kings sending out troops to battle. By the time Friday rolled around, the clouds had parted and we had beautiful weather for outside centres at Spirit Square with the rest of the French and English Ks and K/1 classes.
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