Friday, October 28, 2011

Renaissance Alert!

We've really been learning about the Renaissance period--all the city states, cultures and artists.  Michelangelo was certainly a hard working artist.  He spent four years, lying on his back on a scaffold, painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.  You only did it for 15 minutes and you were hurting!  (I loved your artwork, by the way!)

Speaking of the Sistine Chapel, I added the cool website to our links that takes you on a virtual tour of it.  Parents, it is typical Renaissance art so you should have a look at it with your kids.  I sure would love to visit it, as well as St Peter's Basilica. 

I am sending home a new format for the Reading Logs.  Please be sure to look at it right away so you can remind "Junior" to complete it before the "eleventh hour."  It's a 2-paragraph essay that can be done after reading their five 20-minute periods.  I suggest they read over the weekend always to give them a head start.  And, yes, they may read more than one session in a day if they know their week will be crazy.

And on the note about crazy weeks...next week is parent-teacher conference week and I hope it's not too crazy!  I can't wait to spend a few minutes with just YOU.  Thanks for all you do to get your kids here on time and well rested and ready to learn!

Love, Mrs Cardinal

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