Please stay warm and enjoy family time during your winter break!
Wow, Friday we had a wonderful day, all thanks to some pretty awesome parents and kids! During our holiday party, students rotated between two craft stations and two game stations. I want to send out a special thank you to Mr. & Mrs. Chevrier, Mrs. Kissner, Mr. & Mrs. Vale, Mrs. Whaples, Mrs. Smith, and Mrs. Eckenstahler for volunteering to plan, shop, and help out at our party. The kids had so much fun! The smiles I saw and laughs I heard were truly priceless. Please stay warm and enjoy family time during your winter break!
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Our annual Read-A-Thon was a huge success! Our day included several mystery readers, including Mr. Melamed, Mrs. Pickens, Mrs. Singer, Mrs. Boyack, and Mrs. Kissner. We were also able to read poetry to Lambeau, a therapy dog. Our day ended when our book buddies surprised us! The day was full of reading fun. To wrap up our character analysis unit, we read picture books in small groups and used evidence in the book to infer a character trait. Picture books are great ways to learn about character traits. In our small groups, we took turns reading aloud which also helps us to improve our reading fluency and reading with expression. Currently, we are studying about the Northeast region. We have learned about the landforms of the Northeast region, and that the Appalachian Mountains are a very old set of mountains, therefore their peaks are not sharp. To take the discussion further, we performed a lab titled, "Will a mountain last forever?". Students used their iPads and Mystery Science to learn more about weathering and erosion, and then performed a lab using sugar cubes, plastic containers, markers, and a whole lot of muscle. We learned that mountains will not last forever, because over time erosion and weathering causes the mountains to break apart and change. Check out pictures from our lab below. |
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