***As I mentioned in my e-mail last week, parent-teacher conferences are coming up in April. If you haven't already done so, please use the wiki to sign up for a time. The link is below. Let me know if you need help!
http://vistaspringparentconferences.pbwiki.com/
***Allen Brook Theme Week is coming up the week of April 13th. Our theme this year is “Sailing Back in Time: Celebrating Vermont’s History.” We are looking for parent volunteers to help with the activities. There will be opening and closing whole school events as well as 2 student workshops during which children travel to other houses to work in mixed groups. Please contact me if you think you may be available to help in any way. Sarah Forbes has already agreed to serve as a Vista parent member of the committee. Thanks, Sarah!
In addition, if you or someone you know/know of has any interest in presenting to students we would also love to hear from you by Monday, March 23rd. The two student workshops are scheduled for Wednesday, April 15, and Thursday, April 16. Each workshop is scheduled to be 90 minutes long. Some possible topics: colonial arts and crafts, storytelling, traditional farming, Lake Champlain.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
What's New
As most of you know, we have been studying Italy! Below is an article about our studies that our class wrote together for the upcoming edition of the Blue and Gold newspaper. Also check out the two related photos in our class photo gallery.
“Ciao I Nostri Amici!”
By Mrs. Bianchi’s Class
“Ciao I Nostri Amici!” That means “Hello our friends!” in Italian. We have been learning about Italy and how to speak Italian during our Italy Unit. Some other words we have learned to say are, “Buongiorno” (Good morning) and “Arrivederci” (Goodbye). We’ve learned about many things, including, homes, travel, food, and how people look and dress in Italy.
We started our unit by reading a real postcard sent to us from Florence, Italy from a friend of our student teacher, Ms. Troisi. We began studying what places in Italy look like by drawing what we thought it might look like there based on the description in our postcard. Then we saw a spectacular PowerPoint with lots of information about different places in Italy. Recently, we looked on the computer for real photographs of places in Italy that we could write about. Florence, Venice, and Rome are some of the cities we have studied. Florence has a big church in the city-center. This famous church is called the Duomo. We also learned about Venice. Venice is a unique city that floats on the water. Rome is a large city and it is the capital of Italy. The famous Colosseum is located there. There are some cool places in Italy!
In our unit we also talked about the types of food they eat in Italy. Pasta is a very popular dish and it is usually eaten first and the salad is eaten last! For dessert they like to eat gelato. Gelato is an Italian word for ice cream.
Before our Italy Unit is over we will have also made Venetian Masks, eaten an Italian feast, and created a class question and answer book about Italy. Learning about Italy has been Bellissimo (splendid)!
“Ciao I Nostri Amici!”
By Mrs. Bianchi’s Class
“Ciao I Nostri Amici!” That means “Hello our friends!” in Italian. We have been learning about Italy and how to speak Italian during our Italy Unit. Some other words we have learned to say are, “Buongiorno” (Good morning) and “Arrivederci” (Goodbye). We’ve learned about many things, including, homes, travel, food, and how people look and dress in Italy.
We started our unit by reading a real postcard sent to us from Florence, Italy from a friend of our student teacher, Ms. Troisi. We began studying what places in Italy look like by drawing what we thought it might look like there based on the description in our postcard. Then we saw a spectacular PowerPoint with lots of information about different places in Italy. Recently, we looked on the computer for real photographs of places in Italy that we could write about. Florence, Venice, and Rome are some of the cities we have studied. Florence has a big church in the city-center. This famous church is called the Duomo. We also learned about Venice. Venice is a unique city that floats on the water. Rome is a large city and it is the capital of Italy. The famous Colosseum is located there. There are some cool places in Italy!
In our unit we also talked about the types of food they eat in Italy. Pasta is a very popular dish and it is usually eaten first and the salad is eaten last! For dessert they like to eat gelato. Gelato is an Italian word for ice cream.
Before our Italy Unit is over we will have also made Venetian Masks, eaten an Italian feast, and created a class question and answer book about Italy. Learning about Italy has been Bellissimo (splendid)!
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