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 class, we use sign language, the sound of the letter and printing pages to practice on two letters. Read More >>
Archives for March 2017
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 stories by great authors. This year the youngest children have listened to: Dan the Pawn, Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White, Lafcadio by Shel Read More >>
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 the English language and then draw about some of them. Each child is working on making their own Amelia Bedelia book to Read More >>
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 – 6, and then one student is called upon for a topic or theme for all the words they are going to write. For example if Read More >>
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 example which is longer 7 links or 4 unifix cubes? Using a balance they compared the weight of various objects using units such as unifix Read More >>
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 Wiggle cures children from tattletaleitis, being a cry baby, and even destructiveness. Each pair of students picked one of the stories and they are putting their own Read More >>
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 finding out their characters point of view on topics such as State Rights, Federal Rights, Education, and the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson. As the students Read More >>
Things too Huge to Fix by Saying Sorry
Over the past six weeks the students in sixth and seventh grade have been reading the book Things Too Huge to Fix by Saying Sorry by Susan Vaught. This book is about a girl named Dani who sets out to solve the mystery behind why her dying grandmother, who used to be a write,r stopped Read More >>
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, compare fractions, and order fractions. Throughout the unit the students have reviewed and learned some new math vocabulary. Some of the new vocabulary that the Read More >>
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 a whole. As they made these observations we discussed the meaning of numerator and denominator. The denominator identifying how many equal pieces were in each Read More >>