This winter, children in Grades 2nd – 5th read about Laura Bridgeman in the book titled Child of the Silent Night by Edith Fisher Hunter. In this book we meet a seven year old who has lost her sight, hearing, taste and most of her sense of smell due to scarlet fever. Because Read More >>
Archives for February 2016
India
Students in Kindergarten and First Grade have been learning about the culture of India through the use of the book Count Your Way Through India by Jim Haskins. We started at one and learned about how to say this number in Hindi and about the amazing banyan tree. Students then drew their own banyan tree Read More >>
Cursive Again!
The second graders are THRILLED to be learning cursive this year. They started off with the clock climbers group – a, c, d, g, and q and have now moved on to the kite strings – i, t, u, p, s, j, o, r, and w. They have been working hard on forming their letters Read More >>
Measurement Class
This December and January, students in a second grade measurement class learned all about standard and non-standard measurements. We started with length and comparing the lengths of links, cubes and rods. We then measured objects with these items. As we explored length more, we discussed the importance of a standard and read a silly book Read More >>