We had a really great time at Cahokia Mounds, finding out a lot about a local Native American tribe, the Mississippians. We saw a movie, visited the museum, climbed the mound, had a picnic lunch, and observed Woodhenge, a Native American structure for telling the seasons. Thank you to those who chaperoned the trip!
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In second grade, we study a new artist each month, in preparation for a spring visit to the Art Museum in St. Louis. We are looking at Claude Monet this month, and on Friday, we talked about his method of mixing colors and using soft, muted color to do mostly paintings of nature, often of water. The kids were given just the three primary colors, red, blue, and yellow, and were encouraged to mix colors to create the colors they needed.
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AuthorHi, my name is Pam Erickson. I have been at Ellis for 24 years, 17 of them at Kindergarten. I taught 14 years of PreK before that, 2 at Ellis and 12 at private schools. I have been married to Lee for 37 years.We have a daughter, Courtney, who lives in Michigan with her husband, Greg, our grandson, Elliott, who is four,, and his sister, Miriam, who is one.. This is my sixth year with second graders, and I am really enjoying their abilities and personalities. I look forward to another great year! Archives
November 2017
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