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Bloom’s Taxonomy

The oldest students were part of a short unit where we explored Bloom’s Taxonomy. What better way to learn about higher and lower level questions than to write your own 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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Ten Black Dots

The Kindergartners listened to the book Ten Black Dots by Donald Crews. After reading, counting dots and discussing each page, students have been working on making their own Ten Blue Read More >>

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ABC Centers

Our youngest students typically have an ABC center once a day. During this time they play language arts games with a teacher or an older student. Sometimes the activities involve 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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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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Peter Spier Author Study

This spring the younger students, K-4, did an author study of Peter Spier. Peter Spier was a Dutch-born illustrator and author of more than thirty children’s books. We read Bored Read More >>

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Dragon Books

Our kindergarten and first grade students have practiced several language comprehension skills while channeling an appropriate fantasy outlet through the book, “Brave Martha and the Dragon.” We practiced character analysis Read More >>

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Dragonling Book Club

For the past several weeks our book club read Jackie French Koller’s fantasy chapter book, Dragonling. This book follows the relationship of a young boy, Darek, who goes against everything Read More >>

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Circus Books

This fall we have been reading and discussing books about the circus in two groups, one for older students and one for younger students. With ideas and inspiration from these Read More >>