The Swallows Have Arrived!

I just came across Kathryn Fitzmaurice's blog. She is the author of The Year the Swallows Came Early, the book we just finished reading together. We loved hearing what happened to Frankie and Groovy. It was our pleasure to experience their growth and watch them change.

Kathryn Fitzmaurice just reported on her blog that the swallows arrived in San Juan Capistrano on March 19th! You can read her article about it here.

As Frankie says, "They always come back. Without you having to ask them." What do you think Frankie means when he says that? Why would the fact that the swallows always come back matter to Frankie?

Student Blog Entries!

Students,

Our blog needs YOUR help! So far, I've been writing all the entries for our classroom blog. Now, you get the chance to participate and write your own submissions for the blog.

Here are just some of the ideas we came up with in class:

• a review of a book that you just loved and know other kids in the class might love too!
• a summary of what we are learning in class about a particular subject (the Iroquois, multiplication, etc.) 
• comics, illustrations, etc. that capture our learning on a particular subject (a comic about recycling, an illustration of Tadadaho) 

I am so happy to work with you during school or lunch/recess time to create and perfect entries for our classroom blog. Blog entries are like little published pieces, and we can work together to get them published for our blog audience.

Do you have any other ideas for how what you could write/create for our classroom blog? Post them here!