Grammar Work

Sometimes the work makes itself up on the spot. A few weeks ago, the children were given the preposition presentation which is always enjoyed because we use a small tea set for it and they get to use delicious words like “capacious”. The next step is to see if they can apply the parts of speech they’ve been shown in isolation to a practical context. A group of elementary children spent the morning symbolising the parts of speech using a poem called Transformations by Tadeusz Rozewicz. The intention was for them to use things in their environment such as conversations they copied down or a few lines from a text. One of them suggested using the poem they were assigned for recitation and they ended up parsing the whole thing.

There are a group of third year children in casa who are currently working their way through first stage of parts of speech presentations also. They will be ready to do this next year.

A Reminder About Tonight’s Performance

Please join us in the gym at 5.45 for a mid-term choral presentation by the elementary music program (directed by Nick Arseneau) and a new original composition called The Seabirds from our after school Limon dance club (led by Emily Saunders).