Last Friday was a particularly lovely day for our class. We finished writing our cave reports, but we also had two special events.
Firstly, Jesse Metcalf-Burton's younger brother Justin came in on Friday morning to read James' Thurber's book The Thirteen Clocks aloud to our class. I heard Justin give a reading of that book in January, and immediately asked him if he'd consider reading to our class sometime! He gave us a beautiful dramatic reading (I know that he's worked particularly on his rendition of the Duke's evil laugh), and the children listened with intense focus for almost an hour and a half. We had discussed Justin's visit as a class beforehand, and the children requested clay and drawing materials to help them concentrate on the story. They produced some gorgeous drawings and sculptures based on the story!
(I unfortunately was too wrapped up in the story myself to think of taking a photo at the time, but Justin was kind enough to forward me this picture of himself telling stories in Washington, D.C.)
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