Once a week or so we are working on an illustration study. We are looking at pictures in books and thinking about what the illustrator is doing. How do the pictures help tell the story? How do the pictures make … Read More
Adding and subtracting big numbers (3 digit and 4 digit ones) is tough. We are working on lots of different ways to practice this. Here we are adding a written number (like 543) to place value blocks. Sumar y restar … Read More
In music class we have been learning to play recorders. We are so excited about them that we couldn’t even stop exploring them as we walked back to our classroom! En clase de música hemos estado aprendiendo a tocar grabadoras. … Read More
We have written stories after reading lots of fairy tales and folktales. Now we are recording ourselves reading them. Hopefully we’ll be ready to share them soon! Hemos escrito historias después de leer muchos cuentos de hadas y cuentos populares. … Read More
On Valentine’s Day we invited our families to join us to celebrate. We made heart bookmarks and yarn covered hearts and ate yummy treats. It was great fun! El día de San Valentín invitamos a nuestras familias a unirse a … Read More
Another number line game involves figuring out what numbers belong on the line. We looked at the numbers and other spaces to think about how far apart numbers are and what belongs on each line. Otro juego de líneas numéricas … Read More
As we are about halfway through the school year we decided to spend a little time cleaning up our classroom library. We checked all of our baskets. Straightened books and made sure they were all in the right place. Now … Read More
In our classrooms we have several strategy games. The games are fun to play and they help us learn problem solving strategies. En nuestras aulas tenemos varios juegos de estrategia. Los juegos son divertidos para jugar y nos ayudan a … Read More
Working with number lines is a great way to deepen our understanding of numbers. We’re playing some games with number lines to practice. Trabajar con líneas numéricas es una excelente manera de profundizar nuestra comprensión de los números. Estamos jugando … Read More
We are studying ancient Egypt. We developed many questions we have about the culture and we are now researching to find some answers. Estamos estudiando el antiguo Egipto. Desarrollamos muchas preguntas que tenemos sobre la cultura y ahora estamos investigando … Read More
