Ms. O brought in a wreath from her house to show us how birds made a nest in it. She showed us pictures on her phone from when the birds were living in the nest. She used the document camera … Read More
Having ways to model different types of math problems is an important skill. Multiplication was new to all of us this year so we have tried lots of different ways to show the problems. You can see in these pictures … Read More
Mrs. P visited us and read Peter Brown’s Curious Garden. It is a beautiful book and story and we had many ideas to talk about! We had some great conversations with partners and with our whole class about this book. … Read More
As we have been getting ready for our reading and math tests we’ve been doing a lot of practice on the computers. The tests will be on the computers using software that we haven’t used before. So we’re practicing all … Read More
Fact families are a useful tool in math. The idea is that if you already know one fact, such as 10 + 8 = 18, then you actually know three other facts: 8 + 10 = 18, 18 – 8 … Read More
The rain we’ve been getting means we’ve been inside more than we would like. We added some fun new pages for coloring which was good. Some are finding fascinating new ways to build with different kinds of blocks. La lluvia … Read More
Our reading time really is the best part of our day. There is so much going on and everyone is engaged in what they are doing. Some of us are reading by ourselves. Some are writing about what we read. … Read More
The 4th, 5th, and 6th graders who play in strings (violins, violas, cellos, and basses) performed for us last week. So did the 5th and 6th graders who play in band (trumpets, trombones, flutes, clarinets, and more). They did a … Read More
Once again our wonderful librarian has provided us with an amazing book fair. There are so many fabulous books! Students had the opportunity to buy books, if they wanted. They could also write a note to our librarian asking her … Read More
Last week our school hosted Family Writing Night for students in grades Head Start up to 3rd and their families. It was a wonderful event. We talked about ways to do writing together at home and then did some together … Read More
