Dear Families,The children continue to amaze me each day with their enthusiasm toward learning and their kindness to one another.
Language arts centers have been a hub of activity this week as many in the class have been busy writing stories, playing bingo games and name games (matching and writing words), and adding new words to [...]

Dear Families,
We are so excited- our family tree is up and the branches are being filled on almost a daily basis. The children have completed their Me poems and added a verse to their tree branch. They also have completed their Mom Book and Dad Book (based on the interviews they did with you), both [...]

Dear Families,The children have been very busy this week with a multitude of activities.
The block corner has seen renewed interest with several elaborate structures (a free standing wall) and marble rolls being built. The level of cooperation and negotiating involved in building is enormous and it was fun to eavesdrop on the discussions.
We read “This [...]

1 1/2 sticks (3/4 cup) organic unsalted butter, softened
1 cup packed light brown sugar
2 large organic eggs
1 teaspoon organic vanilla extract
2 1/4 cups sifted organic whole wheat flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 1/ 2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt (use less if you like)
6 to 8 oz individually wrapped assorted multicolored and fruit-flavored hard candies such [...]

Dear Families,
I hope you are enjoying this beautiful fall day.
We have had great discussions centered around families and houses. The topics have ranged from learning about different families and which we are most like to the large variety of different dwellings people call home. One never knows where these discussions will lead-this week caves, cabins [...]

Dear Families,
Wow  – we have had such busy weeks.
The children have been doing several apple projects since our trip to Goold Orchard. They have used scales to weigh apples and saw that a variety of combinations of apples can be used to balance the scales. Some children also arranged the apples according to size which [...]

  Our week has flown by!  I can not believe it is Friday already.
      As many of you know, our butterflies hatched this week.  We walked in Monday to find four beautiful Monarchs spreading their wings – three males and one female.  It would be an understatement to say the children were excited!  We set one free [...]

Dear Families,
All the children are adjusting well to the long and busy days we are having.  I have seen wonderful growth this week as we continue to build our classroom community.  
We have been learning a song about butterflies this week and finding all the rhyming words in the song.  Each child has begun a song/poem folder which [...]

The K/1s are beginning to explore color mixing and thinking about caterpillars using oil pastels.

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Dear Families,
I have so enjoyed this week with the children. We have had a great time getting to know one another and I think they are a most wonderful group.
Our question of the day has helped us begin to learn about each other. We now know the number of children in our class 11- 4 [...]