We welcomed 41 Grandparents to our class on Thursday! We are all so grateful for you – thank you for coming and spending time with us. It was so wonderful to meet all the Grandmas and Grandpas and I know the children were proud to introduce them to us. What a great day! Friday, we… Continue reading Happy Grandparents Day and, Let’s Celebrate Music!
Happy National Reading Month! We read a Whistle for Willie, wrote a book report and sequenced the story. All thoroughly enjoyed the book! Also, we are starting to see signs of Spring! Working hard at rest time… Morning Announcements – my 4th grader said the announcements this week, so we relaxed in our flexible seating… Continue reading A Whistle for Willie and all about the Weather!
We celebrated Ash Wednesday this week with mass on Wednesday. We talked about receiving the ashes at Mass, about our 40 days of Lent and prayed the Stations of the Cross. Students each painted a Station today and we will use those to pray the Stations of the Cross every Friday during Lent. We also… Continue reading Our Season of Lent and Erupting Volcanoes
Our two SUPER-STARS of the week! We talked about weather, then read a story about the itsy, bitsy spider who needed an umbrella to keep dry. Can you build an umbrella that will keep a spider dry? Oh yes we can! We had a very happy Valentine’s Day with our buddies. Felt like spring out… Continue reading Happy Valentine’s Day and Umbrellas for the Itsy, Bitsy Spider!
But first…Happy Birthday, Mr. Miller! And, Happy 100th Day of School! Here’s a clip of our 100th Day Fitness, as well as Kindergarten on a parade with their 100th Day Posters. Our Prayer Leader this week! Everything You Need for a Treehouse…STEM with 5th Grade Happy Black History Month! We are celebrating our African American… Continue reading From Teeth to Treehouses!
We are so blessed to be apart of this amazing Catholic School. Thank you, parents for giving us the opportunity to share our faith and time with your angels. Here is our STAR of the Week! CSW Write the Room – our friends’ letters are fantastic! We began the week with STEM, since we have… Continue reading Happy Catholic Schools Week!
Not one, but TWO Superstars this week, and one very happy birthday! 3, 2, 1, BLAST OFF! We learned all about astronauts Leland Melvin and Mae Jemison and what it is like in space. The students recalled what the force was that keeps us on the ground – they all yelled “gravity!” when we asked… Continue reading Rockets, robots and Rainbows – and we loved /r/ing like pirates!
We learned about earthquakes, quilts and read about queens this week. Here are pictures from our buildings enduring Mrs. Linda’s quake! Out on the Playground Learning through Centers Waiting for our parents, we had fun with music and an instrument parade!
First, our STAR of the week! This week we began to talk about polar animals. We finished our Polar Bear drawings/paintings, and learned all about penguins. Our STEM project was to build a raft for our penguins that would float in water. Once we saved our penguin, we put coins and weights on our rafts… Continue reading Save the Penguins!
We enjoyed talking about New Year celebrations and making our own fireworks on Tuesday. We eased back into work this week and had a lot of fun with centers and out on the playground. Friday we learned all about the Feast of the Epiphany. Presenting…Our STAR of the Week! Fun with Centers No matter the… Continue reading Happy New Year!