Spaghetti Simile

Spaghetti is as....

wobbly as Jello. Darien
thin as a snake. Christina
slimy as a worm. Jonathan
messy as my room. Suchi
long as tree leaves. Conan
red as Miss Lou's car. Claudia
red as blood. Ann
slimy as a snail. Kelvin
hard to spell as encyclopedia. Alexander
long as a worm. Ryan
long as a rope. Stephen
slippery as soap. Felicia
as red as blood.
wiggly and long as a worm. Enya
hard to spell as Science. Annika
slippery as soap. Arvind
as messy as my hair when I get out of bed. Sara

Welcome to Open House 2006!

Our class worked hard this year. Especially this month, our class worked extra hard in splashing our walls and minds with researched projects about dinosaurs. We wrote stories, made dioramas, murals and poems.
On our desks, our parents read our Open House Letter and began our oh-so-tricky Scavenger hunt we put together as a class.
Who came in first place? Second place? Third? Fourth?

Even grandmas and grandpas visited our classroom. Some came all the way from India, or China...or some from just our home across the street! :) Nevertheless, all I overheard (while eavesdropping) are WONDERFUL things about ALL of you and your work.

100% of our students and families (except of course for Nathan who is still in Taiwan) showed up to join in the fun of exploring, listening to music, chatting with friends/family and eat yummy snacks.

What was your favorite part of Open House this year?

My favorite part was talking and joking with all your parents. No wonder you are all so fabulous and funny...

The Rush Rush Begins...Who will come in first?

Suchi will not give daddy all the answers. She will make him WORK for his prize :)!! But of course, she might give him helpful hints to make it a tiny bit easier.


Parents were hard at work. First they opened the kind and thankful letters we wrote for them. Then they were shown around the classroom to search for all the items on the list we collaborated.

Do you remember what collaborated means? Please give me a synonym for this loooong word!

Smiling, smiling...I like!

And here's some more of us...
...enyoying the time sharing with our families.

Everyone is smiling! They must be very happy and impressed, huh?

Beautiful Students!

Here are more pictures from my computer...

Don't forget our buddy class!

What is the name of your buddy?

What was the last activity we did?

What else would you like to do with our buddy class?

Curious ______

This is sooo cool. I found these pictures hiding in my computer.

l think Marvin found something interesting. What is it that he found?


Claudia is making crystals. What are the ingredients? I am excited for our next Science project. Can someone tell me what we are learning now?

What were the materials we needed to make our experiment?

Tell me how!

Another Happy Birthday!

What is your wish this year, dear Andrew? Any new discoveries about yourself you would like to share with us?

Here's to a year of laughter, fun, knowledge and lots of love!

("LOVE?" questioned the boys. "Ew, Miss Lou!";)

Children's Holocaust Project

As all of you know, Miss Lou visited the Holocaust museum at Washington D.C. in March. (Who remembers what the acronym D.C. means? And no Kelvin, it does not stand for Donna Karen! :)

The Children's Holocaust Project is located on the ground floor of the museum. The entire wall is covered with hundreds and hundreds of colorful tiles. Each tile was originally designed by children who learned about the Holocaust. Some children drew what made them sad. Other children drew symbols to show what they believe. Many children wrote about their feelings using words and phrases.

If you had to make a tile, what would your tile look like?

A few questions to research about:

1. Why did the Holocaust happen? What year did it take place?

2. Which countries and rulers were involved?

3. What happened to the children during the war?

4. How did the Holocaust end? Was it good or bad?

5. How do you feel about the Holocaust?

Hmm...do you think there are problems in our life that makes you angry, want to fight or argue?

What are ways you deal with your feelings and problems?

A Rainbow Birthday!

What is Christina eating? Did she eat the rainbow?
The rain did not stop this beautiful family from celebrating another year for Enya's sister Emma. We all played outside and Ms. Tina passed out fruit, cake and nachos.

Getting wet after school can be fun!

Can you guess how old Emma is this year?

Ms. Liu and Miss Lou

at the Bento concert! Did you see us there?

Zzzzz

"Shhh!" hushed Sushi. "He looks so peaceful. I think I will let him sleep longer."

Zzz.

More of our Fabulous Class...

What is Arvind so shocked about?

This is My _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

What happened to orange? Do you know how to write it in Mandarin?

Nathan is Cool Too!

April 2006

April 7th Dinosaur Projects Due
April 9th Andrew's Birthday
April 11th Open House
April 13th Candy Hunt
April 14th No School
April __th Conan's Birthday (see Enya's comment below!)
April 15th Darien's Birthday
April 14-23rd Spring Break

There will be one more birthday in April. Can you guess who's birthday is missing? What day in April will _ _ _ _ _'s birthday be?

Investigate!

Pay attention to the clues and find out who's behind the chalk face masks!

March 2005

Alexander is trying to keep his eyes open to read Dr. Seuss', "The Butter Battle".

Kat, Sara, Felicia and Anne love to read too. Maybe we should have brought our sunglasses! Despite the hot, blazing sun, our 2nd grade class celebrated Dr. Seuss' 102nd birthday by reading as a school outside. Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

Which book did you read when you went outside?

Forest Park's Picture Day

On Forest Park's picture day, not everyone wore their best suit. I
saw a beautiful girl name _________. The beautifullest teacher I ever
saw so far is Miss Lou. I think she should thank me. The handomest
boy I saw so far is Nathan.

By Nathan

(Please don't show it to ________!)

____________________________________________

Who can tell me the headline for Nathan's article?

Many Birthday Wishes to...

Have a beautiful weekend full of happy, happy memories!

Love,
Miss Lou