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Archives for March 2017

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Printing Class All Year

At the start of the school year, children in kindergarten worked on writing upper case letters of the alphabet.   We have now moved on to lower case letters! During each Read More >>

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Read Alouds

Listening to books read out loud is a favorite part of our day. At the end of each day children free draw in their sketch books as they listen to great Read More >>

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Amelia Bedelia Take Two!

Students in kindergarten and first grade have been enjoying the silly antics of Amelia Bedelia all year.  During class, we read a book, discuss the “mistakes” that Amelia makes about Read More >>

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Word Stretch

  Our youngest students graduated from Picture Stretch to Word Stretch in the early part of the year. In Word Stretch the children number sections on their page from 1 – Read More >>

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Math Centers for Kindergartners

Over the last two months the Kindergarten students, twice a week, explored counting, coins (pennies, nickels and dimes), measurement using non standard units, coins and classification. Students compared lengths. For Read More >>

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Mrs Piggle Wiggle Play

Students in fifth, sixth, and seventh grade working with a partner are writing plays based of the Mrs. Piggle Wiggle Books. These books are filled with short stories where Mrs. Piggle Read More >>

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Reconstruction, Part 2

Students in fifth, sixth, and seventh grade were each assigned a specific historical character that had an impact during reconstruction after the Civil War. They are researching different topics and Read More >>

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Fractions

Students in fourth and fifth grade have been learning about fractions over the past five weeks. Throughout these five weeks students have learned how to make equivalent fractions, simplify fractions, Read More >>

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Fractions

Students in grades 1, 2, and 3 explored the concept of fractions using manipulative. First they had to identify and label all the fraction pieces, by using them to make Read More >>