Recently we learned a new math game. It is called Pig. All you need to play it are two dice. The first player rolls the dice and adds them up. The player can keep rolling as long as they … Read More
After being stuck inside because of the rain for several days, Ms. P. in the science room offered to let us play there one afternoon. She has lots and lots of Keva planks. We had a blast trying to figure … Read More
To kick off our final science unit of the year (one about simple machines) we started by drawing scientists. We thought about what the scientist might be wearing, where the scientist might be, and what tools the scientist might have. … Read More
In the past couple of weeks we have worked really hard on our reading and math SOL tests. On each of the days we took tests (four days in all) we deserved a break when we were finished. So we … Read More
We did research and created brochures to teach others what we learned. Our first grade buddies also did research. The published their work in Wixie. We visited their classroom so that we could share with them and they could share … Read More
After we were all here for 20 days we got to celebrate with a pajama day! We also got to have popcorn. We ate while we watched Brad Meltzer, an author, talk about the biographies he writes for children (we … Read More
Our final lockdown drill of the year happened during our reading workshop. Rather than give up the books we were enjoying, we brought them with us to the back corner of our classroom. We huddled in close together and continued … Read More
After learning about Ancient Egypt and Ancient China, we created Wixies to show what we know about those civilizations. We wrote and drew about each of them independently and then wrote and drew about how they are … Read More
Several students in our class are in the Recorder Club after school. They have been meeting every week to practice and learn new musical skills. One morning we got quite the treat as they performed a concert for us! Varios … Read More
We have learned some truly awesome math games this year. We took some time recently to teach them to friends who hadn’t had the chance to learn them yet. As well as to clean up many of them that had … Read More
