This past week, the rains came down and the waters came up! The beginning of the week was wet! We stayed inside, safe and dry, and finished our State Fact Sheets. When the sun came out, we went down and got our outdoor classroom all spiffed up, ready for us to be down there for the rest of the school year.

The students have all chosen their final book of the year to read and report on, and those reports will be due on May 23. It has been rewarding to see the improvements in their reports as they become more comfortable with the format. They have now been tested on the spelling of all 50 states, and are getting close to the end of the Fractions workbooks.

We will be doing some planting of seeds next week as we explore the differences between monocots and dicots, and we will be dissecting some dandelions as we continue our block on Flowering Plants. We will have just enough time left in our year to finish this Botany block and then to return to Ancient Greece for a brief time to finish our year out with an in-school, 4-8th pod pentathlon circus!

The students suggested that we make a treasure box to commemorate our class. I have the boxes and materials with which to decorate them. If you think of special moments in our Garden School time together that you think we should mark with something that we put in our boxes, please let me know via text or email. I hope this will be a special keepsake for them to remember our trips, our plays, our songs, our stories, and more, memories they will cherish for a long time.

Our school auction, Hope Blooms, was a wonderful experience for all involved. Thank you to all of you for donating, participating, and helping to make it a success both in-person and online!

Have a great week.

Blessings,

Kathee