Well hello, Grammarland! That pic right there? That's pretty much my favorite object ever right now. I love it more than I love coffee, more than I love Oxford commas, and more than I love online shopping. It's right up there with my love of reading. Why? It turns our students into missionaries. It makes them know that they can share Jesus with our world. It makes them bless other children as they have been blessed. It helps them to know that their sphere of influence can extend to a child they will never meet. It allows them to make Heaven "crowded".  So...pack a shoebox with your child. Help us share His goodness with a lost, hurting, broken world.

6th grade...

Well. We have been on an emotional roller coaster this week. Reading The Jungle Book is an experience like no other. Parents, you should read it if you haven't. Every single Jungle Book movie is wrong, and they all pale in comparison to the book!! Next week,  we will begin our sentence structure lessons. On Thursday, students will present their castles and castle papers.

8th grade...

Hanging out with Edgar Allan Poe has been sufficiently creepy...or heartbreaking. Next week we will begin The Hiding Place, by Corrie Ten Boom. Please have this book by Monday. We started writing creepy short stories yesterday, and it has been awesome watching my students' creativity come to life! Their rough draft check in is Monday...by all means it does not have to be completely finished, but it should show direction and meaningful progress. 

Have a wonderful weekend! May God bless you. Remember - no school next Friday.

KD