Today, after Afternoon Work Time and Afternoon Meeting, we opened still more Flat Stanley mail - one for Andrés from Arizona, Texas, and Maryland, and also one for Adele from Massachusetts and New York. We had a nice discussion about types of cactus - there were some fun pictures from Arizona to see of various kinds.

After catching up with our friend Stan, , we had Writer's Workshop. The kids wrote for about 20 minutes today - and all words (no pictures!). They did a super job.

After writing, we went up to the art room for art class - there was a sub for Mr. Fairbanks today, and the kids worked on drawing pictures of loons. When we got back down to our classroom, we had our last Bravo lesson of the year - Joseph's mom came in and taught us about a local, contemporary composer, Libby Larson. They made a collage while listening to her composition called Collage Boogie.

After all of that, we had just enough time to eat Augie's birthday snack (yum -thanks, Augie!) and pack up to go home!

Enjoy your weekend!