Thank you to all parents who have already informed us of any days of school your child will miss around Spring Break! This week we began our new reading unit by doing a shared reading and book talks about Upstairs Mouse, Downstairs Mole. Students focused on the...
Thank you to everyone who came to Student Led Conferences today! Our class worked very hard to prepare and the students were so excited and proud to share their work with you! I am so proud of them! As we approach spring break, many of you may...
The Grade 1 students did a WONDERFUL job sharing all of their learning today at Student Led Conferences! We have so many experts in our class! Each student shared projects in reading, writing, math, science, and social studies, including digital items recorded on the iPads. We...
As we approach spring break, many of you may be making travel plans. If your child will miss any days of school, please contact me and Miss Pragya in advance so we can make arrangements for his/her absence before you leave. On Tuesday we took our Art/Nepali Studies field...
Today Grade 1 visited Chobar Gorge and Taudaha Lake on a Nepali Studies field trip about their unit on "Legends of the Kathmandu Valley." Students saw where the water was drained (according to legend) from a large lake and made to flow to the South, creating...
Grade 1 was pleased to celebrate their hard work in reading by sharing audiobooks that we created with the P1 class and our G5 reading buddies! Each student in our class practiced reading a book from his/her book basket to record as an audiobook. Students worked...
In reading this week, each student recorded an audiobook to share with the P1 students. We practiced using all our tools to solve tricky parts quickly and reading with fluency and expression. We look forward to sharing our audiobooks with P1 on Monday! Parents can...
We really enjoyed our visit from author John Coy this week! Students learned a lot about the book publishing process and heard many of his books read aloud. We got to listen to "Vroomaloom Zoom," "Their Great Gift," and "Two Old Potatoes and Me" on...
This week in reading, students learned more strategies for understanding their reading. We practiced making movies in our minds, keeping track of who is speaking, and what to do if you don't understand a word. In writing, students worked to revise sentences in his/her book review...
This morning the Elementary School celebrated the 2018 Winter Olympics at our Fabulous Friday assembly! Grade 1 did an awesome job reading a poem called "Salute to the Olympics." Grade 4 shared profiles of different olympic athletes who are competing in PyeongChang. Mr. Craig also showed...
