Class Spelling Bee

Congratulations to Miriam and Tal for winning our class spelling bee! We look forward to watching you represent us in the school bee on January 30th.

Prayers for Sandy Hook Elementary

There is so much I could say and so much I don't know how to say. How do we make sense of the Sandy Hook Elementary tragedy?

Psalm 23

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters.
He restores my soul; he leads me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff comfort me.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over.
Surely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

This Week in Third Grade

Working with map grids and scales:

Students shined while teaching their classmates:

Teaching about King Tut and Egyptian ink 

Products from a Jim Henson lesson

A friendship lesson exhibits thoughtful planning with questions written on slides in advance

Demonstration during a martial arts lesson

Hanukkah Oil Press- Wordless Wednesday

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Happy Hanukkah! Celebrating Our Learning

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3rd Grade

Playing silent speedball with spelling bee words

Teaching her peers how to be an effective babysitter using a prezi to display the information

Well-thought class management: diaper, pacifier, and bottle small groups

An interactive smartboard activity

4th Grade

America's five regions unit:

Practicing latitude and longitude

Exploring elevation, population, and rainfall maps

The last of students' creative lessons:

Calling on student volunteers to demonstrate their learning about the Great Depression

 

Example signs from the Great Depression 

5th Grade

First Americans' Seven Regions Museum:

Wrapping up the students' literature-based lessons:

A wonderful teacher presence during her Mardi Gras lesson

An engaging ball-throwing review of the student's Black Panther Party lesson

Just-the-right amount of technology in a lesson about centaurs

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A Sneak Peek of the First Americans Museum- Wordless Wednesday

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Today's Student Lessons

A few highlights from today's lessons:

A fourth grader teaching us about earthworms with a live prop

A fourth grade lesson about Atlantis with a Lego model that he constructed