Dear families,
Thank you so much for sending in your child’s contribution to our holidays around the world celebration! We put a lot of hard work into our presentations, and into the Winter festival. Please congratulate your child and…
We began the week by being joined by the 1st and 2nd graders for choice time. They were lovely guests, and seemed to enjoy playing Hungry Hippos. We are looking forward to collaborating with them again this coming Thursday…
This week the 3/4s found out if they could outrun a dinosaur! We compared our leg lengths to dinosaur leg lengths to make the race fair. We measured yarn to learn how long their strides were, and we used rulers…
My twenty plus years in schools have taught me many wonderful things. However, one unfortunate pattern is that positive initiatives are introduced and then not revisited. We are making a concerted effort at our school to share with each other…
Throughout the month of November, the 1-2 class has been focusing on Mindfulness through yoga and meditation. Every morning, we begin our day with a Morning Meditation, either Rise and Shine, or I am Grateful for My Family. We practice…
Our last few weeks highlights:
Special Guest Visitor:
We had a special guest come visit our class last week. Sam North, a student from the Culinary Institute of America, came to talk and teach us all about the importance…
We have had a busy couple of weeks in the 3/4 classroom!
Yesterday, Amanda read the “One Word” book in Assembly. We talked about our goals for the year in follow up to parent conferences, and thought about one word…
We had THREE guest speakers this week!
Hunter DeYoung is a student at the Culinary Institute of America. He will meet with the students three times, each with a slightly different focus on sustainability in food systems. This week he…
The students participated in a number of events with Halloween themes. They created two jack-o-lantern characters by carving pumpkins and creating elaborate backstories.
They created a spooky Halloween hallway that included pumpkins and art work from all grades. They constructed…
Music:
In music we worked on practicing the ukuleles, and we learned we might be able to start bringing them home for practice. That is really exciting to us because it is a big responsibility and will really improve our…
