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I'm back!

Hello again! I was home for 5 months taking care of my daughter, Violet, and beautiful new baby, Eloise. I really enjoyed my time off but I'm also really happy to be back teaching.

Students are working hard in the fiber station learning about weaving and sewing. Here's an update of what each grade is working on:

Kindergarten students are practicing stitching into styrofoam and learning the running stitch and the overcast stitch.

1st graders learned some sewing stitches with Ms. Worley, who subbed for me during my leave. Now, they are learning how to weave with yarn on tiny cardboard looms.

2nd graders did some paper and yarn weaving with Ms. Worley. This week we are moving on to embroidery and learning different types of stitches like the running stitch, backstitch, and threaded running stitch.

3rd graders are also starting embroidery. They will be learning some more advanced stitches like the satin stitch, cross stitch, and chain stitch.

4th graders are working on the Troll Dioramas they started with Ms. Worley. Once those are done, we will be learning about drawing blueprints with some special guest architects.

5th graders are going to start self portrait paintings using selfies they take with their iPads. They will learn about value and how to mix paint to create all of the highlights and shadows in their face.