Dr. Peng made a slide show from the pictures she took. It is HERE.
We took more pictures after that.
I told everyone about an assignment I'd been given to do a 'random act of kindness' before midnight Friday. I chose to give some of our chocolates to the city park workers who were in the hot sun preparing the flower beds. Bushra said SHE wanted to do the act of kindness in my stead.
Next week, weather permitting, we will take a field trip to Windsor Sculpture Park. This open-air art museum started life as Odette Sculpture Park, named after the generous benefactors who established the collection with commissioned and purchased works of sculpture, Louis and Patricia Odette and the L and P Odette Foundation.
I have created a little book to help us prepare for our adventure.
Watch this video about washing Tembo.
To continue with our study of articles, let Jennifer teach you about articles with geographical names.
When you finish, check out some of the links in the sidebar or watch more videos with Jennifer.
I am SO glad you, my students, talked me into more field trips. We are learning so much together!
After a day of learning a bit about the role of the François Baby property in the War of 1812 and also about its role in the founding of our city--once known at South Detroit, we headed over to see the house and museum for ourselves. What a great decision that turned out to be!
We played crokinole. We saw a very old hand-operated printing press for newspapers. We read a lot, saw many artifacts, listened to old French folk songs, and even saw Chief Tecumseh's actual FLAG. That gave me goosebumps. I was not familiar with the story of Chief Tecumseh. The movie brought tears to my eyes.
It's not often that we have an excuse to study names of flowers, but that is one of the most important features of Jackson Park. It contains the Queen Elizabeth II Gardens.
So we learned the names of ten flowers (you already knew the word "rose.")
If it ever stops raining, we may finally be able to take our field trip. When we do, we are going to practice phrases such as:
Let's...
Do you want to...
Would you like to...
...take a stroll?
...take a selfie?
...go look at that statue?
...go look at that memorial?
...go look at that monument?
...go sit on that bench?
...play badminton?
...play with the Chinese yo-yo?
Do you know the name of that...
...plant?
...tree?
...flower?
When we visit the park, we may see a statue of a famous poet. Here is a poem he wrote.
A Red, Red Rose -- Robert Burns, 1794
O my Luve's like a red, red rose,
That's newly sprung in June:
O my Luve's like the melodie,
That's sweetly play'd in tune.
As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,
So deep in luve am I;
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
Till a' the seas gang dry.
Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi' the sun;
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
While the sands o' life shall run.
And fare-thee-weel, my only Luve!
And fare-thee-weel, a while!
And I will come again, my Luve,
Tho' 'twere ten thousand mile!
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