Ok, so we manage to fill up every classroom we use to the brim and kids are getting used to sitting on tabletops! So what if we take up three lunch tables? Who's looking at the sign-up list after all 19 of our names take up the entire chalkboard anyway? This year's 1st-2nd-3rd Grade class is a big, boisterous, sweet group of kids who have taken the Downstairs by storm. Suprisingly, this adorable groups of kids is not all that loud and although energetic seems to navigate the Downstairs with grace considering their numbers. Just wait until we go bowling tromorrow!!!!

We have started the year with lots of reading, science, and math classes. We watched Keith get an egg into a milk jug, navigated downtown Albany to enjoy the Hudson River, and began to create amazing animals and drawings in the Art Room with Shelly.  On Friday, kids were paired up with Mentors, older students who will become team-members for our monthly Communist Class and also help kids out through Council Meetings until our youngest Downstairs students feel more comfortable with how our democratic process runs.  Also, we are in the early stages of planning an exciting trip to the Berkshire Museum to see the new frog exhibit date TBA. With reading assessments completed, our morning Reading Groups have come together and progress has been pleasantly steady.  All in all, it has been a fun-filled start to the year.

Regular blog update will help you keep in touch with what our outrageous class is up to.

Remember, Bowling is $2.50 and kids are allowed to purchase one snack at the vending machines (please send in no more than .50 cents for younger students.  Other regularly scheduled outing such as swimming are not yet arranged and we will send notification when the day is confirmed.

Best

Caroline