Article posted June 13, 2013 at 06:18 PM GMT0 •
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Dear Parents,
I give you back your child, the same child you confidently entrusted to my care last fall. I give him back pounds heavier, inches taller, months wiser, more responsible, and more mature then he was then. Although he would have attained his growth in spite of me, it has been my pleasure and privilege to watch his personality unfold day by day and marvel at this splendid miracle of development. I give him back reluctantly, for having spent nine months together in the narrow confines of a crowded classroom, we have grown close, have become a part of each other, and we shall always retain a little of each other. Ten years from now if we met on the street, your child and I, a light will shine to our eyes, a smile to our lips, and we shall feel the bond of understanding once more, this bond we feel today. We have lived, loved, laughed, played, studied, learned, and enriched our lives together this year. I wish it could go on indefinitely, but give him back I must. Take care of him, for he is precious. Remember that I shall always be interested in your child and his destiny, wherever he goes, whatever he does, whoever he becomes. His joys and sorrows I’ll be happy to share. I shall always be his friend. ~Author Unknown Thank you all for a wonderful year!
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Article posted June 4, 2013 at 06:42 PM GMT0 •
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Students worked hard to interact with their vocabulary words this week! They learned them so well, they decided to prove their ability to use and understand these words by acting them out in short skits! Enjoy!
Article posted May 29, 2013 at 08:14 PM GMT0 •
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Today students took part in their very first mystery Skype! We were able to connect with a class via Twitter and collaborate to learn about world geography as well as practice learning more information about where WE live! Today, students Skyped with a class from Banff, Alberta in Canada! Students had to ask "yes" or "no" questions to find out where our Skype partners were located! They had so much fun and learned a lot about their world in the process!
Article posted May 23, 2013 at 06:59 PM GMT0 •
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This week, students have been working on reviewing what they know about author's purpose. Each one of us has written a blog entry that shows one of the four author's purposes we have been learning about. We are asking YOU to read our entries and see if you can identify the author's purpose! Could it be to entertain? To give an opinion? To tell about feelings? Or maybe to send a message? Comment on the students' blog posts to show what you know! Click on any student blog to the right to test your knowledge!
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Article posted April 22, 2013 at 07:18 PM GMT0 •
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Today we were lucky enough to have Amy from Catherine's Cupboard join us in our classroom in celebration of Earth Day! She talked with students about how the Earth provides us with healthy foods to nourish our growing bodies, and we even got to make some tasty treats! Students loved using fruits, yogurt, kale, and juice to make kale smoothies, and had so much fun making, cooking, and eating kale chips! At one station students were able to discuss our carbon footprint and the impact a large carbon footprint can have on our Earth. In an effort to give back to the Earth while maintaining a small carbon footprint, we made bird seed feeders (instead of buying them)! Check out our "Smilebox" Collage below to see pictures from our Earth Day Celebration! Thank you again to Amy and Catherine's Cupboard for helping us to learn about caring for our bodies and our Earth!
A picture collage by Smilebox
Article posted April 22, 2013 at 07:18 PM GMT0 •
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Article posted April 8, 2013 at 01:57 PM GMT0 •
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Over the past few weeks, students have been working on their second reader's theater entitled, "What's My Job?"! Students worked hard to choose their parts, practice reading fluently and with expression, and even wrote parts of the play themselves! In this reader's theater, students act out a game show in which players have to guess the occupation of the "mystery guests"! We hope you enjoy watching it as much as we enjoyed creating it!
Article posted February 27, 2013 at 03:55 PM GMT0 •
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This week we were lucky enough to "visit" California via a virtual filed trip! As part of our Black History Month unit of study, we began learning about slave labor and the large role that cotton played in the lives of slaves on southern plantations. We learned about Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin and the impact this invention had on the demand for slave labor! Our favorite part of our virtual field trip was getting to "dissect" cotton ourselves. Students were amazed at how difficult it was to clean the cotton and get all the seeds out!
Article posted February 12, 2013 at 02:02 AM GMT0 •
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This week we have tried a new strategy for learning our vocabulary words! To help scaffold and support students as they learn new words, we used comprehension process motions! Students worked together to come up with movements to accompany their robust vocabulary words and had so much fun doing it! Here's a quick video to show you some of the motions we came up with this week!
Article posted February 12, 2013 at 02:02 AM GMT0 •
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