To the Thawing Wind

To the Thawing Wind, by Robert Frost

Come with rain, O loud Southwester!
Bring the singer, bring the nester;
Give the buried flower a dream;
Make the settled snow-bank steam;
Find the brown beneath the white;
But whate'er you do to-night,
Bathe my window, make it flow,
Melt it as the ice will go;
Melt the glass and leave the sticks
Like a hermit's crucifix;
Burst into my narrow stall;
Swing the picture on the wall;
Run the rattling pages o'er;
Scatter poems on the floor;
Turn the poet out of door.

Oral Report: George Washington

He was a leader of the war and after the war they wanted him to be a king, but then they decided that he would be a president.

He lived in Virginia.

He and his brother went fox hunting with the hounds and he spent most of his time with him (when he was young- about 20).

He liked being a farmer. He always wanted to be a farmer.

Oral Report: Patience Wright

She helped the war- to get information to stop the British.

She stuck messages of information in the sculptures and gave them to America.

She married a man that didn't like her art- sculpting with clay and wax.

She died before she got to sculpt [George Washington].

She taught her kids how to do art.

You can learn more about Patience Wright here.

Grace on American History Sem 2: Colonial America, Revolutionary War.

After the Mayflower King George started ruling the new colonies.

Georgia, New York, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Virginia, Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina

These were listed alone, then identified Maryland and New Jersey on map.

They had to spend extra money on their things like clothing and stuff from King George with huge taxes on those. They didn't get to say what King George did with what he got.

They stuck tea in the water to make King George mad, The Boston Tea Party.

They signed the Declaration of Independence.

They decided they wanted to be their own country so there had to be a war and the war lasted for five years.

After the war King George decided they could be their own country.

Grace on Christmas

We have Christmas because Jesus was born.

We do the Jesus story about Jesus. Jesus is the King of Kings.

The snow sparkles.

The cats play with the stuff on the Christmas tree. They play with the candy canes. Sometimes Bella thinks it's OK to climb the Christmas tree.

Gingerbread House

My sister Patience and I made a gingerbread house with our Mommy. You can read all about it here.

The Story of our Kitties, by Grace Koch and Patience Koch

This is a story I wrote and illustrated with my sister Patience. Here are some of the pages from our book. We worked together and made it all by ourselves.

The Story of our Kitties
by Patience Koch and Grace KochWe used to not have a kitty then we got a kitty from the farm. We were getting one kitty, but we got two.We brought home 2 kitties. Their names were Bokeh and Boots.

Then the kitties died.

Boots liked to play with feathers, sticks and dolls and Bokeh didn't like to play. Bokeh slept more than Boots. Boots liked to play and Bokeh liked to sleep.

Since the kitties died we got Bella.Then we got another kitty from the animal shelter. Her name was Penney.

We brought Penney home. Penney was happy at our house.We prayed so Bella and Penney would like each other. Since we prayed Bebo and Penney liked each other.

Then we did school and made this book.