by Tara May | Apr 1, 2019
Today, students in kindergarten and 1st grade visited the Botanical Gardens! We toured the gardens and then learned about seeds, fruits, and vegetables. We ground wheat into flour, squeezed and tasted orange juice, and chopped carrots for a compost pile.
by Tara May | Mar 26, 2019
This week we are reading Koala Lou by Mem Fox. Today, we worked on sequencing and retelling the story. After that, we watched some informational videos on koalas and gum trees. We added branches and leaves to our story sequence to create a gum tree and made a koala...
by Tara May | Mar 25, 2019
We have been practicing building, blending, reading, and writing words with the “sh” sound. Today we made sharks and wrote a sentence with a “sh” word. And of course we had to sing “Baby Shark”! To practice at home, you can ask your...
by Tara May | Mar 8, 2019
Today we began new STREAM academies! This week’s challenge was for groups to use pipe cleaners and Play-Doh to build a rainbow bridge that could hold a pot with the most pennies before the bridge collapsed or the pot fell off. Before starting, we discussed the...
by Tara May | Mar 6, 2019
This week in reading, we are focusing on the book Just Going to the Dentist by Mercer Mayer. After sequencing the events, we made our own Little Critter character with a toothbrush! We are also beginning to learn about community helpers. We read some nonfiction books...
