We began reading Roald Dahl’s The BFG in class, and the first two chapters were pretty scary for the main character, Sophie. We watched the beginning of the trailer for the movie, and discussed our own schema for how terrified Sophie must have been when she got snatched by the BFG. We did a turn … Continue reading
We’ve been reading a class read aloud titled The Terrible Two by Mac Barnett and Jory John, which inspired us to make our own catapults! Students followed video instructions to build their catapults. It was tough, but we know that we are built to do hard things. After students successfully assembled their catapults, they recorded … Continue reading
For our first day back after the winter break AND for online learning, students did a show and tell activity. They were each to think about something they would like to tell the rest of the class about their holiday. Students added a photo and wrote a paragraph about their show and tell onto a … Continue reading
After we finished reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, students each chose a character to retell their sequence of events in a story strip. As a class our writing goal has been focusing on adding details and descriptive words. Once our story strips were done, students illustrated their writing as a digital flip book using … Continue reading
Our kids made towers out of spaghetti & straws, then measured the heights & widths using non-standard units. It was a tough project, but they were resilient and persevered! Take a look!!!
Our #STEM project today was to construct a catapult out of popsicle sticks, elastics and a plastic spoon, … and I think it was a hit! Students had to show a lot of resiliency and perseverance to be able to complete the challenging directions, but it sure paid off for them. Take a look!
For one of our remote lessons the other day, students were asked to find something from their house that they would like to show and tell to the rest of the class. They each took a picture to show, and wrote a paragraph to tell. Take a look!
Students followed video and written directions to make a sculpture of a person doing some type of activity out of tinfoil today. After they were done, students wrote a paragraph about it focusing on the 5 Finger Writing model. Take a look!
We just finished a big science project today! Students built three different types of boats, all out of tin foil but each with a different shape. They estimated how many marbles it would take to sink each boat, sunk them all, and then determined why they each sunk. Finally we had a discussion about which … Continue reading
Our 2Js were playing with words! After reading the book Each Peach Pear Plum, we analyzed rhyme, rhythm and pattern, then made a a class book about ourselves! Check out the two videos below. The first one shows some highlights from the PROCESS of playing with our words to creating our book. The second video … Continue reading
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