Alison's recent story: "Too Much Snow"

OK, I'm an overenthusiastic mom, but I think the story Alison wrote recently is surprisingly good. See what you think!

A great story by Alison

Alison was assigned a class exercise to write a story about a playground fight between two friends. I think this is fantastic!!

Alison's latest essay

Ali had to write a "journal entry." I'm not sure what the guidelines were, but here it is ...

A New Story: "Hello Israel", by Alison

Today Alison brought home a story she wrote at school. I think it's just amazing.

Question from Alison's math test

OK, so I'm a math geek. But Ali showed me this from her recent math test and said that her teacher said that hers was OK, but the red one he drew was better. After making sure she understands the concept (she does) I *love* her line (and think it's better!)

(Note for non-math-geeks ... the arrow at the end means it goes... on forever, so EF goes on forever in both directions, but HG starts at H and only goes on forever towards G and beyond)

Alison's Autobiography

Well, here it is, Ali's autobiography, from school:

Alison's Food Quiz

In school the kids had to make up a riddle about a food, and give 3 hints. Here's her riddle and answer. Here's her quiz.

Alison rings in the new year

We went to "First Night" in Haddonfield on New Year's Eve. Lots of shows to see, we ended up at two: some jugglers and a trampoline exhibition (that wasn't so fun). Then the kids got fed up and we went home. But apparently Ali enjoyed it.

Andrew's Artwork

I figured I should add some of Andrew's artwork too.

By the way, when Alison does her homework at the kitchen table after school, Andrew insists on having homework to work on too!

Alison's Homework

We continue to be thrilled with Mrs. Menzel's first grade class. Everything we hear about school is fantastic, and the homeworks are always really interesting.

Here's tonight's homework, for example.
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