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Probability

For six weeks in September and October students in grades 4 to 7 were part of a class learning about probability. We started the unit by having a mystery bag Read More >>

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Book Club: Tuck Everlasting

Many of the older students have been reading the book Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. Each time the book club met the students were given a set of questions on Read More >>

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Writing Workshop: Living Forever

The fourth through eighth graders have been working on a writing piece based off the novel Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. In the story the main character is faced with Read More >>

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How Many Seeds are in a Pumpkin?

K +1st grade students explored how many seeds are inside a pumpkin.  We started out by reading part of the book How Many Seeds are in a Pumpkin by Margaret McNamara.  After Read More >>

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Graphing

Students in the intermediate grades explored the many ways you can display data. The first information or data we considered was a list of our birthdays. How could we display Read More >>

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Music with Ken

For many years Ken Hynson, Zerbie’s Step-Dad, has volunteered once a week to come and sing with the children. Each week he alternates singing with the younger and older students. Read More >>

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From Europe to the New World

For the older student, our early American History unit began in September with a study of the early explorers to the New World. The students were divided into four groups Read More >>

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Pilgrims

Students in grades K-2 have been “time traveling” back to 1620 to explore what it would be like to be a Pilgrim setting sail on the Mayflower.  Counting by 10’s, Read More >>

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Silent Sustained Reading (SSR)

 SSR is a great time for students to sit down and enjoy the pleasures of a good book.  But during this time of day, there could be more than just silent reading Read More >>