Students in the middle grades this year are exploring how the United States went from mainly states on the east coast to spreading across the continent. We started off this Read More >>
Archives for November 2018
Little House Read Aloud
The younger and middle group of students have listened to the book Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder. While listening to the book, we made a Read More >>
Listening Center
Once a week the youngest students listen to a book on tape. As they listen they copy the title of the book and start drawing a favorite scene in the Read More >>
Ten Black Dots
The Kindergartners listened to the book Ten Black Dots by Donald Crews. After reading, counting dots and discussing each page, students have been working on making their own Ten Blue Read More >>
1 + 6 = 7 Centers
Every day the Kindergarten students play games to practice their math skills. These games are played with a teacher or an older student. Children have been working on a number Read More >>
ABC Centers
Our youngest students typically have an ABC center once a day. During this time they play language arts games with a teacher or an older student. Sometimes the activities involve Read More >>
Animal Habitat
Our world is a magical place. Students in Kindergarten through 3rd grade have been exploring the unique qualities of each of the seven continents. First we looked at maps of Read More >>
Writing Prompts/Writing Skills
This fall, a group of 3rd and 4th graders were assigned to two writing classes during journal time. Writing Prompts was designed to help these reluctant writers develop creative Read More >>
Vanessa Johnson Griot
We were thrilled to invite Vanessa Johnson back to our school as a mystery guest in late October 2018. Vanessa introduced herself as a griot, which is a West African historian, Read More >>