Sarah Plain and Tall Geography

A "hidden character" and not just the setting for Sarah Plain and Tall is the prairie. We have had a lot of fun comparing and contrasting Maine (Sarah's home state) to the mid-west planes. Do demonstrate the topography of these regions we made a salt dough map, and today we painted it. I was so impressed when the class chose brown for the prairie, because we have been reading about how dusty and desolate that region can be.

Family Lesson "sneak peek"

This year Jenn Romero (our art teacher) and I are trying to be more collaborative and integrate curriculum objectives. Our first project combines social studies, English, and art. This week we have been discussing families comparing and contrasting families today from families in the colonial times. We are using John Singleton Copley's portrait of the Pepperrell family to discuss change and family.

This is a portrait at the NC Museum of Art that we saw last year during our filed trip, and will visit again this November. We are going to compare and contrast how the family in this portrait looks compared to our modern family (hence the homework of bringing in a family picture). Today we recreated the Pepperrell portrait, and I wanted to share because it came out so cute

I'll share more pictures from this project soon!