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Printing Class

Children in kindergarten have been working on writing upper case letters of the alphabet.  During each class, we use sign language, the sound of the letter and dry erase boards Read More >>

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Amelia Bedelia

Students in kindergarten and first grade have been enjoying the silly antics of Amelia Bedelia this fall.  During class, we read a book, discuss the “mistakes” that Amelia makes and Read More >>

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Poetry with Kenneth Koch

“Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.” Robert Frost. Kenneth Koch published his Rose, Where Did you Get That Red? in 1973 Read More >>

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VTS (Visual Thinking Strategy)

With our student teacher, Erica, students of mixed ages have been taking a class called VTS. We look at a picture, and silently write about what’s going on in the picture, Read More >>

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Homeless Bird, by Gloria Whelan

This February and March, students in a 5th and 6th Grade book club read Gloria Whelan’s book about arranged marriage in India, Homeless Bird. Before we began reading, we watched Read More >>

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Emergent Writers!

As children develop an awareness of letters, and the sounds they make, they also have to learn how to form letters smoothly and automatically, writing from the top of the Read More >>

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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 Read More >>

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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 Read More >>

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Math Book Adventures

    This Fall, students in our oldest grades have been listening to a series of math books that discuss and explain all different types of math processes.  Books we’ve read Read More >>

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Picture stretch

Four of our youngest students started a class in late October where they are using pictures to help them identify sounds in the words. For the activity each child draws Read More >>