Yesterday the Kindergartens did a cross-curricular project on Chinese Dragons, in advance of us learning more about Chinese New Year next week! We listened to a folktale read aloud about how dragons came to be, had a great group discussion about the events in the story, and made connections to it as well. Make sure … 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
Over the past week and a half, we have been working on creating and solving word problems in math. Today we spent quite a bit of time discussing, visualizing, acting out, creating and solving subtraction problems. We each generated our own problems on our white boards, and then added them to a shared Google doc … 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 2J students have been learning about measuring length, so today Ms.J challenged them OR one of their family members to do a standing long jump and measure it using a deck of cards or a different non-standard unit . They followed a series of instructions that included watching video directions, showing their unit of … Continue reading
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 our STEAM project this week, students made 3D solids using marshmallows and toothpicks. After they drew and constructed the four different solids, students counted the number of faces, edges and vertices on each. They also wrote a short paragraph reflecting on their STEAM project. 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!
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