Sarah's January And February Schoolwork

The winter months can get long sometimes, but not this year.  Sarah has had school projects to complete, homework, and been busy reading these past couple months.  She got to enjoy baking bread in her classroom and met her teacher's Mom, who came to school to help the class bake.

Sarah's teacher has been teaching her class a letter a day in cursive as time allows.  (I love this.  Cursive should still be something that is taught to the students in every school.)

Sarah likes to go roller skating with our family and some friends once a month in the evenings at her school's fundraiser at the local roller skating rink.  In January there were a lot of her 4th grade friends there.  Pictured below from left to right: Bella, Mercedez, Hannah, Lauren, Sarah, Savannah, Nereli, and Bayley.

It was the end of the 2nd nine weeks and we had parent teacher conferences in February.  Sarah continues to do very well academically in school.  She is a good leader among her classmates demonstrating kindness, integrity, and responsibility.

You had to prepare, give an oral report to your classmates, and participate in the 4th Grade Wax Museum.  Tell me about it.
Sarah:  My character was Buster Keaton.  I had to do research, write a report, and make a poster about him.  Then I had to memorize the report and speak in front of my class.  It was scary to give the report to my class.  I did good.  Last we each had to be part of the Wax Museum in the gym of our school.  Adults and students got to walk around the gym and push our pretend buttons to hear the reports from all the 4th graders.  I think I had to give my speech 20 - 30 times that day!

Sarah wore a costume to help her look like Buster Keaton.  She borrowed a black tie from Uncle Charlie, an old camera from Uncle Matt, and wore a old straw hat that was Great Grandpa Grant's.

Sarah did very well on her presentations and the display board about Buster Keaton.  GREAT JOB, Sarah!

Tell me about your Valentine bag and your school Valentine party.
Sarah:  My class all made a Valentine sack to put our Valentine cards in.  At the party we got to look at our Valentine's and eat food.

Tell me about affirmations in your school/classroom.
Sarah:  Affirmations are kind things you say about people or to people.  My class has been writing affirmations to each other.  One time I wrote one for everyone in my class!  Affirmations help people feel good about themselves.  They might say they are kind, pretty, athletic, or nice.

Tell me about the diorama, pictured below, that you made.
Sarah:  We each picked a chapter book to read first.  After we finished the book we had to take an AR test on it.  Then we made a diorama to show the beginning, middle, and end of the story.  We wrote a paragraph and drew a picture about each part of the story.  My teacher showed us how to fold the paper to make the diorama.