author's tea.

Our 2nd grade teachers host an "Author's Tea" every year for their students. Parents are invited to come and see some of the stories their kids have written in class and a couple special projects they have been working on. They work hard to make it a fun and special time for the kids and parents. (And our staff works hard to make sure that all the kids have someone to share with... even if their family can't come.)

Sophie had been talking about it for days... reminding Daddy what time he needed to leave work so he could come. (One of our paras covered my class so that I could go, too!) 

She went through a big panda phase earlier this year...

Now she's into horses and unicorns. This was her "How to Draw a Unicorn" book...

They do a big mammal unit in 2nd grade... they do research and create a Powerpoint presentation...

Sophie chose cats...

This was my favorite line... "House cats do not enjoy swimming."

We also loved the page about what cats eat. It was supposed to say milk, water, lizards, but Sophie forgot a couple commas. So we had lots of giggles about cats eating milk water lizards. The little girl beside her didn't have any family coming, so we were listening to some of her stories and watching her Powerpoint about polar bears. We asked her if polar bears eat milk water lizards, too.  =)

The kids had all created their mammals out of clay during art and then made habitats for them...

Sophie's cat had been eating lots of fish out of the farm pond and was really fat...

Days like this I love being at my kids' school. I loved being able to share this with my little author/artist.