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21 Balloons

During Read Aloud, at the end of the day, the older students listened to William Pene du Bois’ fascinating book 21 Balloons. This book chronicles the adventures of Professor William Read More >>

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Small Moments

The second and third graders are proud to have published their small moments stories! They took part in a writing workshop where they realized that they can learn to be Read More >>

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Book Club: Fever, 1793

            Over the last five weeks, our student teacher, Taylor, has been conducting a book club with five students. The students read the novel, Fever, 1793 Read More >>

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B.F.G Read Aloud

Our youngest children (kindergarten and 1st) loved listening to Johnna, our student teacher,  reading The B.F.G. by  Roald Dahl. This is a fantasy story that explores the B.F.G.’s kidnapping of Read More >>

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Letters Home

 This fall, students in 3rd through 6thgrades were introduced to letter writing by our student teacher, Johnna. Students began by exploring the elements of a friendly letter; including the heading, Read More >>

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Green Eyed Monster

This mini unit explored the connections between visual art and language arts, and how both are used to creatively tell stories and express emotions. After listening to the picture book, Read More >>

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Motel of the Mysteries

The oldest students listened to a book at read aloud this fall called Motel of the Mysteries by David Macaulay. In this book, it is the year 4022 and all of the ancient Read More >>

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Listening Center

Once a week the youngest students listen to a book on tape. As they listen they copy the title of the book and start drawing a favorite scene in the Read More >>

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Fall 2012 Read Aloud

Every day we end with a relaxing twenty minute Read Aloud. Our groupings change according to the content of the book. This fall we split into two groups. The older Read More >>