Thursday, March 21, 2013

Inspiring Artists

DonorsChoose - Inspiring Artists
If you donate to our class project by March 23rd enter the key word "INSPIRE"
your donation will be matched!

Engineers in the Making Project

DonorsChoose Project - Engineers in the Making
If you would like to donate to our project add the word "INSPIRE" and your donation will be matched by DonorsChoose.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Spike, our bearded dragon, is really growing. We enjoy watching him change.

Off to a GREAT start in the New Year!

We are off to a great start in the new year. Due to high numbers I have made a schedule change with half of the second graders. I now serve 3rd grade and six 2nd graders on Mondays. Tuesdays I have 1st grade and six 2nd graders. There are no changes with 4th and 5th grades. This schedule is working great! My Monday and Wednesday groups are learning about "Pele's Peak". Towards the end of the unit I will send home a paper with instructions for each student to create their own volcano and bring in to school. My Tuesday group has started a unit called "Zoo". My Thursday group is finishing up our unit on the Middle Ages. We will start our unit on "Clipper" in the next couple of weeks. Students are also working on completing Media Festival projects that are due Feb. 1st. They are doing a great job!

Monday, December 3, 2012

Catapults

5th grade GATE students can start bringing in homemade catapults for our unit this Thursday. All catapults are due Thursday, December 13th. I can't wait to see all of your creations!