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Electricity and Magnetism

Students in the oldest group have been learning about electricity and magnetism this winter and spring.  We started off reviewing what static electricity is and enjoyed doing some experiments with Read More >>

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Multiplication

In late March children in grades 2 and 3 started a Multiplication unit and how it is just another word for repeated addition. Children worked on highlighting the multiples of Read More >>

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War Horse Book Club

A small group of fourth and fifth graders decided, after reading four short novels by Mildred Taylor that they wanted to continue with the book club and read another book Read More >>

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Dictation

Students in dictation class have been focusing on reading and spelling words that follow the vowel-consonant-e pattern and comparing them with words that follow the consonant-vowel-consonant pattern. Students sort, compare, read, and Read More >>

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Fox Book Club

Some of our younger students have been participating in their first book club. We have been reading several of the Fox books by Edward Marshall, including Fox On Wheels, Fox and His Friends, Fox Read More >>

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Variables

Our two 7th graders and one 5th grader have taken a journey into pre-algebra this year.  This class has been called Variables all year, but we have explored so much more than just Read More >>

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Heating and Cooling

The youngest group of students have taken part in a science class on Heating and Cooling. They started the unit by discussing what hot, cold and temperature meant. They classified Read More >>

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Government

In January the oldest students started a “Government” unit. For three-months we have studied the needs and rights of individuals, the rights of a community and different forms of government Read More >>