We are studying ancient Egypt right now and we are doing so through inquiry. To begin, we looked through lots of books about Egypt and collected our questions. Then we each picked a question we wanted to know more about … Read More
To continue figuring out fractions, we tried out some problems, working through what it actually means to share things fairly.
As we wrap up our unit on personal narratives, we’ve taken opportunities to share them with each other. Our partners have worked to give us compliments and questions. Compliments to tell us what they really liked about writing and questions … Read More
To being our study of fractions, we discussed the importance of fair shares. For something to be a fraction, the pieces must be equal. We sorted various shapes by whether or not they were shared fairly.
Our final station (well, the playground was really our final station but I didn’t take any pictures there, so…) was an obstacle course in the gym. Our P.E. teachers really outdid themselves creating this obstacle course! To start, students jumped … Read More
We had a great time at the next station learning to march. We practiced standing at attention and at parade rest as well as saluting too.
We made it to the midpoint of our stations in the bus loop. There were multiple military vehicles with MPs waiting for us. We got to explore the vehicles and the MPs were around to answer any questions we had.
At our next station we got to create some art. We didn’t have a lot of time at each station so it was pretty simple. Students had a star to decorate. The simplicity allowed students to be super creative and … Read More
Our section station was flag folding. The students got to see it done and explained one time. One time! Then they got flags and tried it themselves. They did spectacularly!
In the afternoon we rotated through a few stations. Our first one was a service dog. He was a beauty! We learned about how he is trained and what his job is. We also learned why the military prefers certain … Read More
