The G1 students had fun celebrating Spirit Week with the secondary students and welcoming all the SAISA teams participating in the girls' volleyball tournament! Our class cheered on the KAS Knights and ISOI Cobras at the Opening Ceremony. [envira-gallery id="273"]...
This week in reading students reviewed the good habits readers have when reading to self, reading to someone, and solving hard words. During writing we began revising our best writing piece by rereading to make sure it makes sense and by adding even more details to...
This week in reading, students practiced giving book introductions to partners and learned more strategies to try at tricky words. In writing, we studied George McClement's book Night of the Veggie Monster, noticing what he does to make his story so special, and tried out some of his...
Grade 5 attended a concert put on by Jazzmandu for school aged children. There they heard four different bands from the USA, Germany, West Africa, and Nepal. Grade 5 students posed for a photo in front of the Jazzmandu poster outside the concert. A west African artist...
We accomplished a lot in just 4 days this week! We practiced double-checking our reading at a tricky word to make sure it looks right with the letters and makes sense with the story. In writing, each student edited his/her best writing piece by rereading to make...
Another hard-working week here in first grade! Guided reading groups really got going this week during reading centers and students practiced more good habits for solving hard words when reading, like checking the picture and looking at all the parts of the word. In writing, we studied...
Students in Grade 5 music explored activism through music. They started by analyzing Bob Dylan's song "Blowing in the Wind." Through analyzing the text they discovered the song is about compassion and the importance of being a catalyst of change. After learning and recording the song...
Wow, six weeks of school finished already! I am already seeing lots of good progress this year. This week we launched our Reading Centers for the first time. Kids are Listening to Reading, doing Word Work, Reading to Someone, and practicing Poetry during this time right...
Children in Grade 3 explore culture through music. Aisha shares a Russian folk song called "Cheburashka" with the class. This was a song she learned as a young child in Russia. Arina translates the Russian song "Din Din Din." Michaela talks to her classmates about Caribbean culture and...
