We are well underway into learning all about the Monkey King, which is a long saga from the Chinese tradition. There are so many wonderful adventures in this folk tradition, and his search for immortality gets him into all kinds of trouble as he travels. The students have been writing their own recapitulations of the stories, and doing a wonderful job. They are learning how to draw monkeys and dragons and celestial beings.

We continue to read aloud The Chronicles of Narnia, and have daily practice in adding and subtracting fractions, adding columns of numbers, and multiplying and dividing problems.

I was so proud of my students today at the First Friday Assembly; the students all have musical gifts, and I love teaching them music.

There will be no more book reports this semester, and the formats will change in January.

We did not have a chance today to take the spelling test, so it will be given on Monday. Please help your child practice the words.

Remember to take time to breathe in December. It is so easy to get too busy.

Stay loose.