Welcome March!

 Hello, Friends.

March is a great month to be in the midwest. Spring is not just around the corner, it is blowing in. March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.

March Dates

March 7 Full Moon: the Worm Moon!

March 12: Daylight Savings begins! Spring forward one hour.

March 17: St. Patrick's Day

March 20: Vernal Equinox: equal hours of daylight and night...longer days are ahead

Weather Words to Think About

The Constitution of the United States Preamble and Article 1

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Article. I.

Section. 1.

All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.

American Sign Language: Tuesday, 5:00-6:00 PM, Zoom

We had good review of similar signs from our personal lists. Actually, we continued our one similar sign list...The rest of us need to send our lists in! We found some wonderful videos to view that have similar signs and make our lives a little easier.

Movie, business, and busy

Nice, clean, school, and paper

February 28: Email your similar sign list (indyintlfriends@gmail.com) and we will continue our discovery and refine our signing to improve our vocabulary and "pronunciation".

American English Class: Thursday, 9:00-11:00 AM, Zoom

We had an impromptu group conversation about language acquisition, translation, regional dialects, and sociolinguistics. We shared openly and deeply in small groups about personal and professional topics.  

Common threads were:

Calling—your purpose in life; the thing that you feel is most important for you to do.

Courage—bravery; facing challenges and doing difficult things.

Sacrifice—choosing “to give something up,” often for the sake of someone else.

Resilience—flexibility; adapting to change.

February 2: Let's continue the conversation by exploring what brings you joy and happiness. Think or write freely about this topic using whatever vocabulary and grammar suit you.

We’ll also finish the "List of 1,000 Words"  from U-Z.

American Accent Training: Thursday, 9:30-11:30 AM, Zoom

We continue to Chit Chat and sharpen our American Accents.

Kid's Conversation: Friday, 4:30-5:00 PM, Zoom

We talked about inventors, and trips to the zoo. We talked about pets. One Friend has 18 of these helmet beetles! We have interesting lives!

March 3: We have been talking about inventors. It's time to invent! Build a wind powered car. Here is an article from Scientific American to get you started. Build a Wind-Powered Car - Scientific American

impromptu: unplanned

just around the corner: almost here

blowing in: arriving with drama

vested: secured or assigned to a person or group

posterity: the future generations