Thank you for meeting with us for conferences last week. We appreciate your support and your time. Remember, if you ever have questions, contact us via email and we will get back to you as soon as we can. We want to continue to work together to help your child succeed. The students continue to practice skills in language...Read More
Thank you for meeting with us for conferences last week. We appreciate your support and your time. Remember, if you ever have questions, contact us via email and we will get back to you as soon as we can. We want to continue to work together to help your child succeed. The students continue to practice skills in language...Read More
Welcome back! Thank you again to all the families for your time and conversation during conferences! Students were able to enjoy another practical life food preparation work this week, Spreading Jam on a Cracker. This lesson emphasizes the skill of holding and using a spreader, concentrating on spreading jam, and of course eating the finished...Read More
We began the week discussing Presidents Day and reading a book about some of our past Presidents like George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Our next food preparation work was spreading jam onto a cracker! We added the tying dressing frame to practice our tying skills. This will help with any self-care tying like tying our...Read More
Hello everyone! We have made it through our winter conferences and progress reports! This means we have begun practicing some new material in earnest. In Science, we are focusing our energy on the history of Earth; primarily, how water, wind, and time have affected Earth’s crust, as well as how we got to understand that...Read More
This week we expressed how much we care about our friendships by making Valentine’s and delivering them to a friend. We explored painting hearts by splattering the paint onto a heart in a box. Another art lesson was using paper punches to punch out different types of shapes. We introduced the listening center this week...Read More
This week we introduced Tangrams for our Math Unit. This work challenges students’ spatial awareness to use 7 specific shapes to create and fit into specific structures. This work allows students to use what they have learned about geometry and problem-solving skills. We have also added to our Word Study shelf with Homonyms. These are...Read More
We celebrated Valentine’s Day this week in EC! On the art shelf we colored, cut, and delivered a Valentine to a friend. We also had a special book and class treat, as well as passed out individual Valentine cards brought from home. We also painted a heart at the easel. We are looking forward to...Read More
This week we introduced Tangrams for our Math Unit. This work challenges students’ spatial awareness to use 7 specific shapes to create and fit into specific structures. This work allows students to use what they have learned about geometry and problem-solving skills. We have also added to our Word Study shelf with Homonyms. These are...Read More
Happy February! We heard the groundhog saw his shadow and predicted 6 more weeks of winter weather! So we continued some winter art by using saltwater to paint a snowflake design on paper. We also introduced paper punching on the art shelf combining fine motor and shapes for collage work! Our beautiful bell table now...Read More
