We watched a few short clips about Patricia's life. She was dyslexic as a child and we'll soon out find about her teacher who helped her in the story Thank You, Mr. Falker. We learned that her Babushka did "fire-talking" each night. This is a time when her grandmother shared "family stories" around the fire. Her grandmother was from the Ukraine and had a thick accent. She shared these stories to entertain the children since they didn't have a television.
After each story we read, the kids will do a recap of what they heard. They are starting to work on their Patricia Polacco treasure box of stories. We will then make a 'quilt' with stories we have read.
We were lucky to make our own Pysanky Eggs like Patricia did in the story called Chicken Sunday. We also listened to the story called Rechenka's Eggs which talked about Babushka going to the Easter Festival in Moskva thanks for the beautiful eggs and special gift from Rechenka, the injured goose.
Thank you to Kerry (Zac's Mom) for coming in on Friday and helping the kids decorate their fabulous eggs. Thanks to Kerry for the pictures as well!
Check out our comfy day clothes too!!!
Ben in his cool pajamas!
Jack looks comfy!
Maia even has on her bathrobe!
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