Caped Quilt

We are making our Second Annual End-of-the-Year Classroom Quilt (I see it needs a new name). I am unable to include photos because each student appliqued their name along with some personally meaningful symbols on their square.  I will, when it is done, try to take and crop photos so that you can see some…

Tar Beach Pictures

As promised, here are the much anticipated photos of our Spirit Day project based on Faith Ringgold’s Tar Beach (see previous post here).  The students are enjoying looking at the different squares and their small selves flying above the city.

The Man on the White Horse

Truly, I don’t know when I started doing this, if I stole it, or if it helps as much as I think it does, but The Man on the White Horse Series has been an integral part of my grammar curriculum for many years. The Man on the White Horse arrives to give various examples…