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Animal Habitat 2

To finish up our Animal Habitat unit each child created a collage of an animal in its habitat. First they had to decide where the horizon line was going to Read More >>

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Lego Class

In Lego class 2nd and 3rd graders have been learning about simple and powered machines using hands-on activities. First, they investigated structures and forces, incorporating both rigid and flexible shapes Read More >>

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Westward Expansion

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 >>

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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 >>

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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 >>

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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 >>

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Water Cycle

In our science class with students in grades 3 and 4, we studied the water cycle. This unit focuses on how water exists in our world and how it transforms Read More >>

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The Littles Book Club

In our Book Club class we read and discussed the book “The Littles” by John Peterson. Our focus during this Book Club was on reading comprehension. The students in class Read More >>

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Fractions

A small group of students in first, second and third grade explored fractions using multiple representations of ONE.  With parquetry pieces they considered the fractional parts of a hexagon. In Read More >>

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Bats

Our second through fourth graders have recently wrapped up a science unit on bats. In this unit we studied unique qualities and characteristics of specific bat species, compared bats to Read More >>