Last week was an amazing week, filled with great events and surprises! On Thursday, the fourth, fifth, and sixth grade put on the annual spring concert. Our class played the recorder and then were followed up by the fifth and sixth grade chorus. They were simply amazing! Our music teacher, Mrs. Cardinal worked so hard to get everyone ready and it showed in the final result!
After we returned from that astonishing performance, we had two mysterious packages waiting in the room for us. One of them looked just like a coconut and was addressed from Hawaii. The other was wrapped in white packaging and was addressed from Canada. It turns out, the first one was a coconut and came straight from Hawaii! Our great friend Mr. Tracy, just so happens to be on vacation there right now. He decided to send along an authentic coconut! Each student got to shake it to hear the coconut milk still inside! After a little unwrapping, we found out the second package was from our quad blogging buddies, Mrs. Watson’s 2/3s on the west coast of Canada. They send us a book called Loonies and Toonies! It’s a great number book that helps us learn all about Canada. These were both huge surprises!
Then, just when we thought the rest of the week would be uneventful, we got our school pictures back. These weren’t just any normal school pictures though. For some reason, the students seemed to have odd-shaped sunglasses, strangely colored hair, and even mustaches and beards! I certainly have no idea how that could’ve happened. I guess it will just always be a mystery!
*What emotions were you feeling during the concert?*
*What’s the greatest surprise you’ve ever had?*
*How did you dye your hair, grow facial hair, or put on sunglasses without me noticing right before pictures?*
Dear Mr. Avery’s Class,
What an incredible performance! Bravo! I like how your recorder notes floated along with the accompaniment. I can tell that you worked hard on each selection. Thank you for sharing your talents with us. I look forward to reading about more of your adventures. 🙂
Your new friend,
Mrs. Moore
Dear Mrs. Moore:
We had to practice for a long time with our recorders. Last year we started and we had to wait until fourth grade to play. Everyone was very excited. After every song that we played, everyone started clapping. I heard a kindergardner yell, “Encore!” After we finished our recorders, the chorus sang. My sister was in it.
What class do you teach and where is it? Do you have a blog? If you do, can you please tell us the address to it? I want to write comments on it if you do.
Sincerely,
N♥T♥L!E
Dear Natalie,
Yes, we actually hatched butterflies and let them go just this past Friday. The same thing happened to us as it did to you when you let yours go. It was really fun to watch. I am going to put a video of them leaving their cage very soon on our blog. You will have to watch for it.
Mrs. Lawrence and 2L
Dear Mr. Avery and his class,
We also had a wacky, wild, whimsical, wonderful week last week. We hatched chicks in our class and they arrived last week. We kept them in our room for a week. They just left on Thursday. We showed a live feed of them being born on our edublog. Did you watch it? A lot of people did. At one point we had over 100 people watching it. It was pretty exciting.
Mrs. Lawrence and 2L
Dear Mrs. Lawrence and class,
It sounds like you had a great week as well! We have a first grade class at our school that hatches chicks every year. I love the idea of streaming the video live online. It reminds us of the eagles we’ve been watching all spring!
Thank you for taking time to write in our blog. We love new visitors and we love learning about new blogs. We hope to hear from you again soon!
Sincerely,
Mr. Avery’s class
Dear Mrs. Lawrence,
We hatched chicks too! We hatched them in second grade! They were so cute! We also hatched butterflies in third grade. We let them go outside. Some of the butterflies were hanging on the net, some of them just flew away right away. They were as bright as a sunset! Have you ever hatched butterflies?
Sincerely,
Natalie S.
Dear Mr. Avery’s class,
I am Quang and that is a really nice name for the post. I saw a thing that looked like a rock and saw all your names. It kind of looked like a fish and then I saw that it is a coconut. Then, I saw a good video and I saw kids play lots and I want to say it looks like you have a good time Mr Avery.
From,
Quang
Dear Quang,
Thank you! I tried to see how many different W words I could come up with. I just realized I could’ve put Mrs. Watson too! Her last name starts with a W.
We definitely had a great time. I have a wonderful class this year so there are lots of fun things that we can do! We’ve really enjoyed getting to know your class this year. We know that your class has a lot of fun too!
Sincerely,
Mr. Avery
Dear Mr. Avery and grade 4’s,
That sounded amazing. You must have went through a lot of trouble to do that.
Did you like the Loonies and Toonies book we sent you? I hope you did. Loonies and toonies are a kind of our money! 🙂
From your blogging buddy,
Silkence (in Mrs. Watson’s class.) 🙂
Dear Silkence,
We LOVED the Loonies and Toonies book that you gave to us! We thought it was really funny that was the name of your money. What do you like to spend your loonies and toonies on?
I went to Canada once a few years ago and I had to get Canadian money to spend and I ended up with lots of coins when I came back. I thought they were so cool that I still have some of them!
Your friend,
Mr. Avery
Dear Mr. Avery and class,
That would have been an amazing week! The spring concert was really good just listening to part of it. Did you eat the coconut and drink its milk? Did you like the book we sent you?
One of your quad bloging buddies,
Niall in Mrs.Watson’s class
Dear Niall,
We definitely enjoyed the book that you sent us! It was an amazing book. We’re going to read it some more this week! We can’t wait until you get the book that we sent you!
We didn’t eat the coconut or drink the milk. It’s still in our class as a decoration. That’s a great idea though! I’ve never tried drinking the milk before.
Thanks for writing in!
Sincerely,
Mr. Avery
Dear Niall,
I loved the book that you sent us. I read the book with my friend Jenna and we couldn’t find out what Loonies and Toonies were. At the end of the book, I found out that Loonies and Toonies were coins. I asked my mom and she said loonies sound like crazy people and toonies sound like cartoons. I finally told them what it means and she said that she was astonished that you call coins that. She said that was so interesting. We should call our coins something instead of just coins. Any ideas?
My mom wanted to know if you’ve ever seen a koala in the wild. We see deer and turkeys in the wild here a lot.
Sincerely,
Natalie S.
Mr. Avery’s class in Plympton, Massachusetts
Dear Mr. Avery and class,
I really like the concert. You must have needed a lot of practise to do that on stage. How long did it take it to practise?
From,
Dante in Mrs. Watson 2/3
Dear Mrs. Watson,
We have music every Thursday. We have to practice at home for fifteen minutes. Playing the recorder is so much fun! My dad loves me trying new instruments. All of the parents were very impressed. I can’t wait to do chorus next year! Have a great year!
Sincerely,
Natalie S. 
Dear Mr. Avery and students,
The greatest surprise I ever had was at my fifth birthday party. My mom and dad surprised me with horses and ponies. I was wondering if you have other classes like gym, music, art, technology, and library like we do?
Write back soon!
Your new friend,
Nicole
Techie Kids
Dear Nicole,
Yes, we have gym, music, technology, and library too. We have technology on every other Monday, library on Tuesday, art on Wednesday, music on Thursday, and gym every Friday. For music we get to play recorders then we get to have a concert. It is really fun!
Sincerely,
Natalie S.
Dear Mr. Avery,
I can’t believe you got the book Tashi! I can’t wait to read it. I wonder what the book is about? Have you ever read the book Tashi? Where did you get the book?
Sincerely,
Natalie S.
Dear Mr. Avery,
My name is Taylor. I loved the post! That reminded me of the time that I sang at a talent show. I sang the song ‘Who Said’ by Hannah Montana. It was the best thing ever! I was singing my heart out when they cut me off because the song was too long. I would have sang longer but other people had to sing too. Hope you liked my story!
Your Friend From TechieKids,
Taylor H.
Dear Taylor,
We have talent shows too! My friends Trey, Heston, and Ben S. did the talent show. They danced to Thriller and Can’t Touch This. Trey did the worm. Heston did the Moon Walk. Ben S. did his own dance. The talent show was amazing! Did a lot of people clap after you sang?
P.S Please write back 🙂
Sincerely,
N♥T♥L!E S.
Dear Mr. Avery,
I am so happy to have your class and you as a new blog buddy. Also, I was wondering what the book Loonies and Toonies is about? I can kind of see from the cover that it might be about coins and two best friends that collect coins. I’ve had fun commenting on your class and you and I hope I can comment on your blog again.
Sincerely,
Blake
Techie Kids
Dear Blake,
I saw other kids like Jenna read Loonies and Toonies. I heard and saw that it is about a whole bunch of numbers like, 11 bikes riders in the Candan air. I hope I can get time to read it. I am read Tashi right now. It is very good. I look forward to reading it! 🙂 It seems really good!
Sincerely,
Ashley 😀
Dear Blake,
Loonies and Toonies is about Canada and what they do. My friend Jenna and I read the book together. She would read one page and I would read the other. I read a fact that Canada is home to nearly 32 million people and the second largest country in size after Russia. Our quad blogging buddies sent us the book. Inside they had all of their names. We sent them a book too. It was called Journey to Boston A-Z. Did you enjoyed our blog?
Sincerely,
Natalie S.
Dear Mr. Avery,
I feel blessed to have my grandson, Marshall as one of your students. You certainly have provided an awesome education for your students. I look back on my elementary education and what you are exposing your students to is absolutely mind boggling!
I have truely enjoyed your blog. I feel you have certainly sparked Marshall’s interest in learning in the years to come.
Gratefully,
Antonia (Marshall’s Grandmother)
Dear Marshall’s Grandma,
Mr. Avery has excellent strategies to use. S.A.C.K is one of them. S.A.C.K stands for similes, adjectives, conversation, and keywords. It helps you a lot with writing a good detailed story. I think it helps a lot! Do you ave any tips on writing stories?
Sincerely,
N♥T♥L!E
Dear Mr. Avery,
The spring concert was so much fun! I was so nervous but I had an amazing time! I showed my cousin Lindsey the video. She thought it was very good and was impressed by the musical talent. I was so excited for the night show. I think I did a good job with the recorder concert. I can’t wait to do chorus next year! 🙂
Sincerely,
N♥T♥L!E S. 
Dear Natalie,
I’m really glad that you enjoyed the concert. I definitely agree with your cousin. I think that you are all extremely talented and did an amazing job.
I will definitely miss all of you next year. You’ve worked so hard this year and have done such great work. However, it’s going to be exciting watching you move on and do things like chorus. I’ll still be able to come to the concert and cheer all of you on. If you hear really loud clapping from the audience, that will be me!
Keep up the great work!
Your teacher,
Mr. Avery
Dear Mr. Avery,
Hello! My name is Kaileah. I thought this post was really cool! My school had a spring concert too! It was last Friday. Our amazing band played 2 or 3 beautiful songs. It was a very great day. What instruments did your band play?
Your friend,
Kaileah 😀
P.S. I think your blog is really cool. Please come visit our blog soon!
Kaileah,
Thank you for visiting our blog. It’s always great to hear from students from other classes!
I’m sure that your band played beautifully. I wish I could’ve heard them! All the fourth grade students at our school play the recorder for the concert. What instrument did you play?
Sincerely,
Mr. Avery
Dear Kaileah,
We had our spring concert on Friday too! We don’t have a band but we do have chorus just for the fifth and sixth grade. They sang eight songs. My sister, Carly is in chorus. They sang very beautifully. I hope you had an awesome time!
Sincerely,
Natalie S.
Dear Mr. Avery,
The concert was so fun but it stinks you were not there for the one at night. The coconut we got is so cool although I don’t understand how Mr. Tracy could send a coconut through the mail. The book Mrs. Watson’s class sent us will be so fun to read. I don’t know much about Canada. The only thing I know is the 2010 Winter Olympics were held there. It was so cool to watch. I can’t wait for school tomorrow.
Sincerely,
Ben W.
Dear Ben,
I’m glad I still got to see the concert during the day! All of you were truly amazing!
That was definitely the first time that I’ve ever seen a coconut arrive in the mail before! I thought it was really neat how he wrote the address and all your names right on the coconut! I am jealous though. That coconut got to go to Hawaii! That’s a place I’ve always wanted to visit.
I love watching the Winter Olympics too. I think it’s going to be great reading the book that Mrs. Watson’s class got for us. That was so nice of them to send us something!
I’ll see you in the morning!
Your teacher,
Mr. Avery 😆
Dear Mr. Avery’s class,
That is very cool that you got a coconut, got to shake it and listened to the coconut milk inside! I once went to Hawaii and got to taste real coconut milk. It was good! You have a very good blog. Keep up the good work! Did you get to taste the coconut?
From,
Emily
Dear Emily,
Unfortunately, we couldn’t get to taste the coconut milk. 🙁 When I was just a baby my mom said we went to Hawaii and got to taste coconut milk. Was the coconut milk good? Mr. Avery’s class is so much fun! I never want to leave! I have to go to fifth grade. I am going to go down to Mr. Avery’s class everyday!
Sincerely,
N♥T♥L!E