In math we have been learning about two digit numbers and their values. We have been using Base Ten Blocks to count by tens and then ones. T...

To celebrate Red Ribbon Week (which just happens to fall around Halloween time, ha!) the students got to dress up as their favorite book cha...

Last week we celebrated Red Ribbon Week with various activities including wearing red, white, and blue to say "United We Stand Against ...

Each week we write using a program called Write From the Beginning . The program uses Thinking Maps to teach the students how to organize th...

In Reading and Social Studies we have been learning about the importance of maps. One of the books we read is Me On The Map by Joan Sweeney ...

In Social Studies we studied the structure and roles of families. As a part of our study we talked about family traditions. We discussed how...

We have been working on addition and subtraction word problems intensively over the last week or so. We have been learning various strategie...

In science as a part of our study in measurement, the students used pop cubes to measure their birth length. The students compared the lengt...

As review, the students created four-part charts about shapes. They had to identify and draw one real-life object that is one of the basic t...

The students used interactive writing to complete a Flow Map about the events in the story Mama's Coming Home. Retelling stories with sp...

The students created abstract pumpkins out of squares and triangles during our study of two-dimensional shapes. The goal was to see differen...

As your child reads a book at home just for fun, have them write down the book on their Jet to Success Reading log. We are having a contest ...

To help your child learn their Word Wall words, I created Word Wall Flashcards. We will be creating Word Wall Rings in class over the next f...

While lesson planning, I found great summaries online of the strategies we use in class to teach reading. Below are some reading strategies ...

One of the many activities we do in class to increase our reading fluency is choral reading. We have "Friday Face-Offs" where the ...

The students created a movie about repeating patterns in computer lab last week. We used a program called Pixie 2 . Enjoy their movie:

A large part of learning to read is fluency. According to Dr. Timothy Rasinski, a pioneer in reading education, fluency includes the followi...

This last week the students explored the features of 2-dimensional shapes in many way. The students found shapes at home to share with class...

Last week we read Up, Up, Up! It's Apple Picking Time! by Jody Fickes Shapiro. The students then worked together to retell in writing w...