A Pair of Red Clogs and our water cycle debut

  Our book, A Red Pair of Clogs, by Masako Matsuno, brought us a wonderful lesson on telling the truth.  The setting took us to Japan where we met the author as a young girl.  She told the story about her new, beautiful red clogs.  When she was playing the weather telling game with her friends, one of her clogs cracked.   She was heartbroken.  She knew it was too soon to ask for a new pair, so she purposely got the clogs dirty, dirty, dirty, in hopes that her mother would want to buy her a new pair. Instead, she felt horrible for trying to deceive her mother.

    We talked about the story's setting, theme, characters, and the wonderful onomatopoeia. (The new clogs sing when she walks and runs- "Kara, koro, kara, koro." ) We also noted how the artist depicted the time of day with color.

    We made a weather wheel to take home and track the weather for your familes. I hope the arrow is pointing to rain today.  (It's raining at my house.)

    We also worked on a skit illustrating the water cycle.  The kids enjoyed acting and were very excited about the possibility of a lunch performance next Thursday.  So, WE WILL PERFORM OUR PLAY AT 12:10 PM next Thursday, directly after announcements.   I think you will like it, especially the cute performers.